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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 31232" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>We do similar to Hawk, but wean in mid to late Spetember.</p><p>If a heifer is loosing condition addressing it at weaning time is abit late. Generally a poor conditioned heifer won't breed back. You need to keep track of them more diligently then cows. If the heifer is loosing too much condition the calf needs to be pulled off, creep fed, or just live with the heifer(now cow) won't breed back. The last option is expensive, the second may be exoensive depending on the cost of cree and the amount of gain. The first can be exensive if the calf is less trhen a couple of months old and has it's growth slowed, but only if you are going to keep it around a while. The last feeder sale I attended was a real eye opener. By rough esitmate, 50% of the calves were in the mid 3's to low 4's. Never saw so many light weight calves at one time.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 31232, member: 34"] We do similar to Hawk, but wean in mid to late Spetember. If a heifer is loosing condition addressing it at weaning time is abit late. Generally a poor conditioned heifer won't breed back. You need to keep track of them more diligently then cows. If the heifer is loosing too much condition the calf needs to be pulled off, creep fed, or just live with the heifer(now cow) won't breed back. The last option is expensive, the second may be exoensive depending on the cost of cree and the amount of gain. The first can be exensive if the calf is less trhen a couple of months old and has it's growth slowed, but only if you are going to keep it around a while. The last feeder sale I attended was a real eye opener. By rough esitmate, 50% of the calves were in the mid 3's to low 4's. Never saw so many light weight calves at one time. dun [/QUOTE]
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