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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 209116" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Beef breeds sort of dry themselves off on their own by about 6 months or so in milk - milk production diminishes until there's not enough to mention. Dairy breeds can go two years between calves without too much trouble. One of my cows calved in August of '04, and then her next calf came in February of '06. She wasn't milking too well by the time I dried her off in Dec, though. lol. I have another that was milking well enough 18 months in milk (since her last calf) that I could still put two calves on her. She's easily 24 months now, perhaps a hair over, since her last calf, and she's not due to calve again until July. Ideally you do like them to calve closer to 12 month intervals though. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>:lol: That was the approach I took two weeks ago. Ordered in $150 in drugs prior to picking up that trailerload of bottle calves, in the hopes that I wouldn't have to doctor any of them. So far so good *fingers crossed*</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 209116, member: 852"] Beef breeds sort of dry themselves off on their own by about 6 months or so in milk - milk production diminishes until there's not enough to mention. Dairy breeds can go two years between calves without too much trouble. One of my cows calved in August of '04, and then her next calf came in February of '06. She wasn't milking too well by the time I dried her off in Dec, though. lol. I have another that was milking well enough 18 months in milk (since her last calf) that I could still put two calves on her. She's easily 24 months now, perhaps a hair over, since her last calf, and she's not due to calve again until July. Ideally you do like them to calve closer to 12 month intervals though. :P :lol: That was the approach I took two weeks ago. Ordered in $150 in drugs prior to picking up that trailerload of bottle calves, in the hopes that I wouldn't have to doctor any of them. So far so good *fingers crossed* [/QUOTE]
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