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How long to wean the calf?
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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 132816" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>I'd keep them apart at LEAST eight weeks. And then let them share a fence line for a week or so, if they haven't before. Folks have quoted 6 weeks as an acceptable separation time...but I've had calves that had been in the pasture with just one nurse cow, go back to nursing after being separated for eight weeks. Even had/have some that still bawl when they see that cow...after four MONTHS! :shock: Only recently let them back in the same pasture with her, and I was holding my breath. Still not entirely certain they haven't nursed along with the four this cow has now.</p><p></p><p>It's the downside of having only one cow - the calves never get kicked away by other cows and learn some manners. IMO it makes them a lot harder to wean.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 132816, member: 852"] I'd keep them apart at LEAST eight weeks. And then let them share a fence line for a week or so, if they haven't before. Folks have quoted 6 weeks as an acceptable separation time...but I've had calves that had been in the pasture with just one nurse cow, go back to nursing after being separated for eight weeks. Even had/have some that still bawl when they see that cow...after four MONTHS! :shock: Only recently let them back in the same pasture with her, and I was holding my breath. Still not entirely certain they haven't nursed along with the four this cow has now. It's the downside of having only one cow - the calves never get kicked away by other cows and learn some manners. IMO it makes them a lot harder to wean. [/QUOTE]
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