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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 377554" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>I'm with you, dun. I routinely wean mine between 6 and 8 weeks. So long as they'll eat grain, I can feed a bottle calf more, for less work, and cheaper than I can feed a combination of milk replacer and grain. My bottle calves weaned at 6-8 weeks grow every bit as good as if they'd been on a cow, and my heifer calves are routinely bred and settle between 11-13 months.</p><p></p><p>I won't raise pot bellied calves, I like my yearlings at 800lbs or more, and I can wean them at 6-8 weeks and get them there without problems.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sometimes, BHB. I frequently bucket feed mine, as does the dairy I worked on, and neither I nor they had potbellied, poor-doing calves. The only times I've ever seen "bottle calves" get potbellied is when they're not getting enough nutrition (in this case, grain) or had been sick for a long period of time. I'll bet had your BIL asked how much grain/hay they were getting, it wouldn't have been much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 377554, member: 852"] I'm with you, dun. I routinely wean mine between 6 and 8 weeks. So long as they'll eat grain, I can feed a bottle calf more, for less work, and cheaper than I can feed a combination of milk replacer and grain. My bottle calves weaned at 6-8 weeks grow every bit as good as if they'd been on a cow, and my heifer calves are routinely bred and settle between 11-13 months. I won't raise pot bellied calves, I like my yearlings at 800lbs or more, and I can wean them at 6-8 weeks and get them there without problems. Sometimes, BHB. I frequently bucket feed mine, as does the dairy I worked on, and neither I nor they had potbellied, poor-doing calves. The only times I've ever seen "bottle calves" get potbellied is when they're not getting enough nutrition (in this case, grain) or had been sick for a long period of time. I'll bet had your BIL asked how much grain/hay they were getting, it wouldn't have been much. [/QUOTE]
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