Lee VanRoss
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I'm guessing he has a name? (Hardest kind to sell!)
I always like for the mother to have a 2-3 month break between calves so leaving him 6-7 months should not be a problem from my experience.This calf was born on April 11th so just shy of 4 months old.
Had a man tell me a big calf like that I could go ahead and pull and put him on feed and grass but I've always left them together until 6 or 7 months old.
Any thoughts????
That's why we all can't wait to see what you'll say nextHello welcome. Good people on here that can give good advice. I'm normally not one I just like to b.s.
When some one tells you some thing like that it's important to ask... why? Try to understand why he thinks that would be a good idea. It might be a good idea... it might not.This calf was born on April 11th so just shy of 4 months old.
Had a man tell me a big calf like that I could go ahead and pull and put him on feed and grass but I've always left them together until 6 or 7 months old.
Any thoughts????
He said it would give the cow more time to bounce back and make it easier on her to produce calves like that over and over.
But all my calves are weaned by pulling them off mama and taking them to a small place behind the house that I keep just for weaning and the occasional bull or something new in quarantine etc.... once there I can put the feed to them and keep a closer eye on them. They usually stay for atleast a month sometimes 2 then whatever I haven't sold straight off the farm goes to sale barn.
I think 4 sold him to TR at six months old.CB, looks good. How old is he in this photo?