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<blockquote data-quote="dwa" data-source="post: 1069757" data-attributes="member: 18609"><p>We weaned at the first of September. Kept heifers off of cows for 3 weeks and then turned them back in with the cows while we left steers on feed/pasture. Out of about 80 heifers, there were 2 that went back to nursing. Several others tried when we turned them in, but the mothers would not let them. We still have decent enough grazing to let them stay with the mature cows for another 30 days or so. We will then pull them out along with our bred heifers and put them on the higher quality stockpile and rye through the winter.</p><p></p><p>We sold the 2 that were still nursing. Easiest thing to do. It is so much easier to have one group as long as possible with daily moves. Also, the heifers will continue to learn how to be a cow. What I mean by that is that they will have to eat grass and not sit around waiting for me to bring them a bale of hay or a feed bucket.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dwa, post: 1069757, member: 18609"] We weaned at the first of September. Kept heifers off of cows for 3 weeks and then turned them back in with the cows while we left steers on feed/pasture. Out of about 80 heifers, there were 2 that went back to nursing. Several others tried when we turned them in, but the mothers would not let them. We still have decent enough grazing to let them stay with the mature cows for another 30 days or so. We will then pull them out along with our bred heifers and put them on the higher quality stockpile and rye through the winter. We sold the 2 that were still nursing. Easiest thing to do. It is so much easier to have one group as long as possible with daily moves. Also, the heifers will continue to learn how to be a cow. What I mean by that is that they will have to eat grass and not sit around waiting for me to bring them a bale of hay or a feed bucket. [/QUOTE]
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