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<blockquote data-quote="Texas PaPaw" data-source="post: 785716" data-attributes="member: 2905"><p>Yes, I agree smaller groups seem to start easier with less health issues. Having multiple small groups/pens make sense to me. IMO-a small group fighting out their pecking order should be less stressful (and accomplished quicker) than with a larger group. Let us know if you go that route and how it works. FWIW- a man I know used 8 hi-tensile wires to economically subdivide some of his larger pens. He made every other wire hot and it works very well. Also, the calves are hot wire trained in a few of days. Additional gates and water tanks were the major cost. </p><p></p><p>As I'm an old one man band, buying a handful each week is what works for me from several aspects. The smaller groups make it easier to observe all of the calves during this critical period. Sure easier to spot one individual not feeling well in a group of 15-20 than 70+ hd. Keeping each weeks purchases as separate groups for 3-4 weeks seems to work really well. When I'm convinced they're healthy, they go into the main herd until a load is ready to ship.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texas PaPaw, post: 785716, member: 2905"] Yes, I agree smaller groups seem to start easier with less health issues. Having multiple small groups/pens make sense to me. IMO-a small group fighting out their pecking order should be less stressful (and accomplished quicker) than with a larger group. Let us know if you go that route and how it works. FWIW- a man I know used 8 hi-tensile wires to economically subdivide some of his larger pens. He made every other wire hot and it works very well. Also, the calves are hot wire trained in a few of days. Additional gates and water tanks were the major cost. As I'm an old one man band, buying a handful each week is what works for me from several aspects. The smaller groups make it easier to observe all of the calves during this critical period. Sure easier to spot one individual not feeling well in a group of 15-20 than 70+ hd. Keeping each weeks purchases as separate groups for 3-4 weeks seems to work really well. When I'm convinced they're healthy, they go into the main herd until a load is ready to ship. [/QUOTE]
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