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<blockquote data-quote="Engler" data-source="post: 552503" data-attributes="member: 4110"><p>If you have a good place to wean them & If you have the labor to manage them right early weaning is a really good thing. </p><p>1)A cow and a calf seperate will eat about 15% less for the same gain as the pair together if I remember things right from nut. in school. This is because you're cutting out a processing step-feed to milk to calf gain vs. feed to calf gain. </p><p>2)I think U of IL did a study 15+/- years ago that said the early wean calves ended up going 5% more choice and had a better WDA than the normal management calves. </p><p>3)The cows should breed back easier & hold condition better because they have one less thing to put their nutrition to.</p><p></p><p>The hang ups on this program are many however. </p><p>1)The calves will look like hammered dog poo for a while, but if on a good feed program will look better at 8 months. </p><p>2)The little calves are going to have more health problems with early wean vs conventinal. If you're burning up with no grass I'd guess that there is a lot of dust and that's not going to help you any.</p><p></p><p>We generally wean March/April calves Labor Day at 5-6 months so if it was me I'd wait a couple weeks, let the calves get good protection from the vacine and pull them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engler, post: 552503, member: 4110"] If you have a good place to wean them & If you have the labor to manage them right early weaning is a really good thing. 1)A cow and a calf seperate will eat about 15% less for the same gain as the pair together if I remember things right from nut. in school. This is because you're cutting out a processing step-feed to milk to calf gain vs. feed to calf gain. 2)I think U of IL did a study 15+/- years ago that said the early wean calves ended up going 5% more choice and had a better WDA than the normal management calves. 3)The cows should breed back easier & hold condition better because they have one less thing to put their nutrition to. The hang ups on this program are many however. 1)The calves will look like hammered dog poo for a while, but if on a good feed program will look better at 8 months. 2)The little calves are going to have more health problems with early wean vs conventinal. If you're burning up with no grass I'd guess that there is a lot of dust and that's not going to help you any. We generally wean March/April calves Labor Day at 5-6 months so if it was me I'd wait a couple weeks, let the calves get good protection from the vacine and pull them. [/QUOTE]
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