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<blockquote data-quote="certherfbeef" data-source="post: 276540" data-attributes="member: 190"><p>I was talking with a feller today that just weaned his calves. He was returning a handful if the calves to the pasture and their mammas. He weaned according to the almanac on the 19th. The calves he put back on the cows were decient calves and had grown pretty well. He said the calves weaned were all in the 170 to 190 day range.</p><p></p><p>Because I'm nosey, I couldn't supress the urge to ask why <em>those</em> calves were put back in the field after near a week in the weaning pen.</p><p></p><p>His answer intrigued me. He said he weans by the almanac but if a cow doesn't bawl for their calves for atleast a day they are sold with calves at side. His reasoning was that if they aren't worried about their calves than they either didn't have enough milk to feed them to 180 days and hence not enough maternal, be it instincts or milk, to raise the calf properly.</p><p></p><p>Anyone have any thoughts on this theory?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="certherfbeef, post: 276540, member: 190"] I was talking with a feller today that just weaned his calves. He was returning a handful if the calves to the pasture and their mammas. He weaned according to the almanac on the 19th. The calves he put back on the cows were decient calves and had grown pretty well. He said the calves weaned were all in the 170 to 190 day range. Because I'm nosey, I couldn't supress the urge to ask why [i]those[/i] calves were put back in the field after near a week in the weaning pen. His answer intrigued me. He said he weans by the almanac but if a cow doesn't bawl for their calves for atleast a day they are sold with calves at side. His reasoning was that if they aren't worried about their calves than they either didn't have enough milk to feed them to 180 days and hence not enough maternal, be it instincts or milk, to raise the calf properly. Anyone have any thoughts on this theory? [/QUOTE]
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