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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 889534" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>If you mean she's been dried off three months ago (turned dry) and is no longer lactating she won't be feeding anything till she calves again. You may have read on here that one of my heifers considers herself exempt from such laws of nature... that's a maybe one in 10,000 occurence.</p><p></p><p>The normal routine for a cow calving at twelve month intervals is milking/feeding calves from the day she calves, bred at about three months after calving and continues milking/feeding calves until 6 - 8 weeks before her next calf is due. She needs that short time dry for her udder to regenerate and start producing colostrum. Milking through early and mid-pregnancy is fine and yes, she needs enough feed to support herself, and her unborn calf, and her milk production.</p><p>If there isn't enough feed available then drying her off earlier will help her maintain/gain weight. </p><p></p><p>Make sure she is confirmed pregnant before you offer to buy her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 889534, member: 9267"] If you mean she's been dried off three months ago (turned dry) and is no longer lactating she won't be feeding anything till she calves again. You may have read on here that one of my heifers considers herself exempt from such laws of nature... that's a maybe one in 10,000 occurence. The normal routine for a cow calving at twelve month intervals is milking/feeding calves from the day she calves, bred at about three months after calving and continues milking/feeding calves until 6 - 8 weeks before her next calf is due. She needs that short time dry for her udder to regenerate and start producing colostrum. Milking through early and mid-pregnancy is fine and yes, she needs enough feed to support herself, and her unborn calf, and her milk production. If there isn't enough feed available then drying her off earlier will help her maintain/gain weight. Make sure she is confirmed pregnant before you offer to buy her. [/QUOTE]
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