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Nurse cow or not. Thoughts
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1817303" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I was feeding my nurse cow with 3 calves on her 5 gallons grain a day with just hay and they did fine. The calves were eating some also... I fixed it to where they would be able to do some creep feeding and put a 1/2 bucket in there at a time; and they soon learned to go through the creep gate and go eat. I would pull the one that seemed to be doing the best if it looked like she did not have enough milk at about 3 months old. </p><p>Sorry about the pasture and fences and all with the fire but thankful no cows were in there or injured. She will probably not breed back as soon, if she is not gaining weight . But after working so hard to get the calves on her, I would just up her grain... and make sure the calves can get to it to creep feed and they will be easier to wean and not lose weight after. </p><p></p><p>If the prices are good there, I would pull the one most likely to bring a good price while it is still looking good and healthy, and sell it right then.....because pulling it and wanting it to run with the beef cattle will definitely cause it to lose some weight and look a little "rough".... Otherwise, calves under 5-6 months need grain when you wean them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1817303, member: 25884"] I was feeding my nurse cow with 3 calves on her 5 gallons grain a day with just hay and they did fine. The calves were eating some also... I fixed it to where they would be able to do some creep feeding and put a 1/2 bucket in there at a time; and they soon learned to go through the creep gate and go eat. I would pull the one that seemed to be doing the best if it looked like she did not have enough milk at about 3 months old. Sorry about the pasture and fences and all with the fire but thankful no cows were in there or injured. She will probably not breed back as soon, if she is not gaining weight . But after working so hard to get the calves on her, I would just up her grain... and make sure the calves can get to it to creep feed and they will be easier to wean and not lose weight after. If the prices are good there, I would pull the one most likely to bring a good price while it is still looking good and healthy, and sell it right then.....because pulling it and wanting it to run with the beef cattle will definitely cause it to lose some weight and look a little "rough".... Otherwise, calves under 5-6 months need grain when you wean them. [/QUOTE]
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