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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1642292" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>I am a big believer in a short calving season but its not a big deal if it ain't. Depends on the operation. When I bought this place four years ago it screwed up everything I had going. First I had to sell two places to buy it, which meant consolidating two herds with different calving periods and I also need to change the main calving period from winter to fall to better match the environment.</p><p>As a result my calving period has about half in the first 45 days with another 1/4 in the next 45 days and the rest a few weeks after that. Add in the fact of new cows coming into the herd sometimes makes things somewhat wacky and adds a few more to the last group. Sale barn vets are not very accurate sometimes. So what I have done is gone to weaning calves every 45 days or so which matches the time of rotation through my 9 pastures. When they come around to the pasture with the pens, the calves 6 1/2 to 8 months old get weaned. </p><p></p><p>From there they go to the precondition group after biggest trailer load from that group are removed to sell. Yes its a little more work but since I am a one man operation, it actually works to the better. I can sort from the herd and work 25 or so in about three hours. After the first group, I always have some long weaned calves to turn the new ones into. They transition from the fence line wean to the pasture and feed bunks very easily when the calves there already know the ropes. It also spreads out my sell dates to even out the seasonal pricing fluctuations. Since I also have a smaller group of spring calvers at another place, the whole process goes on from the first weaning in March to the last sale of precondition calves in December. </p><p></p><p>So do what works best for you even if it doesn't match what the experts say.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1642292, member: 5381"] I am a big believer in a short calving season but its not a big deal if it ain't. Depends on the operation. When I bought this place four years ago it screwed up everything I had going. First I had to sell two places to buy it, which meant consolidating two herds with different calving periods and I also need to change the main calving period from winter to fall to better match the environment. As a result my calving period has about half in the first 45 days with another 1/4 in the next 45 days and the rest a few weeks after that. Add in the fact of new cows coming into the herd sometimes makes things somewhat wacky and adds a few more to the last group. Sale barn vets are not very accurate sometimes. So what I have done is gone to weaning calves every 45 days or so which matches the time of rotation through my 9 pastures. When they come around to the pasture with the pens, the calves 6 1/2 to 8 months old get weaned. From there they go to the precondition group after biggest trailer load from that group are removed to sell. Yes its a little more work but since I am a one man operation, it actually works to the better. I can sort from the herd and work 25 or so in about three hours. After the first group, I always have some long weaned calves to turn the new ones into. They transition from the fence line wean to the pasture and feed bunks very easily when the calves there already know the ropes. It also spreads out my sell dates to even out the seasonal pricing fluctuations. Since I also have a smaller group of spring calvers at another place, the whole process goes on from the first weaning in March to the last sale of precondition calves in December. So do what works best for you even if it doesn't match what the experts say. [/QUOTE]
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