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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1810480" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>The industry standard is 205 days to weaning. This has been the time frame that most calves get sold, cows are given the time to recondition before their next birth, and the industry has adapted to that schedule. This also give people a consistent time for comparing animals retained for breeding, both females and males, so people have something they can compare. You will see animals with notes that say 205 day (adj or actual) weaning weight. The actual weaning weight means they actually weighed the calf at 205 days and (adj) means they used a formula to determine the 205 day weaning weight at 205 days.</p><p></p><p>I am thinking that maybe we can building a holding pen maybe off the side of the barn...</p><p></p><p>That will do just fine. Your vet will appreciate it and so will you once you have the need... and you WILL have the need.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What is or isn't profitable has a lot to do with market forces and your own area and what you find in the moment. The three calves you mentioned sound like a gift... until you post pictures and we find out they are dwarf mini highlanders with birth defects and two heads. This is where you have to learn for yourself what works best and we can offer our own experiences but they don't always translate to some other place or people.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You said that it would be good to keep them in a holding pen and feed them sweet feed for like a week before turning them out to pasture. What sweet feed would you recommend?</p><p></p><p>Any kind of feed that cattle like works. They only need enough to make them friendly... not a ton of feed to make them over fat. Friendly good... fat bad unless you are slaughtering them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>10-4</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1810480, member: 42463"] The industry standard is 205 days to weaning. This has been the time frame that most calves get sold, cows are given the time to recondition before their next birth, and the industry has adapted to that schedule. This also give people a consistent time for comparing animals retained for breeding, both females and males, so people have something they can compare. You will see animals with notes that say 205 day (adj or actual) weaning weight. The actual weaning weight means they actually weighed the calf at 205 days and (adj) means they used a formula to determine the 205 day weaning weight at 205 days. I am thinking that maybe we can building a holding pen maybe off the side of the barn... That will do just fine. Your vet will appreciate it and so will you once you have the need... and you WILL have the need. What is or isn't profitable has a lot to do with market forces and your own area and what you find in the moment. The three calves you mentioned sound like a gift... until you post pictures and we find out they are dwarf mini highlanders with birth defects and two heads. This is where you have to learn for yourself what works best and we can offer our own experiences but they don't always translate to some other place or people. You said that it would be good to keep them in a holding pen and feed them sweet feed for like a week before turning them out to pasture. What sweet feed would you recommend? Any kind of feed that cattle like works. They only need enough to make them friendly... not a ton of feed to make them over fat. Friendly good... fat bad unless you are slaughtering them. 10-4 [/QUOTE]
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