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<blockquote data-quote="wbvs58" data-source="post: 1104452" data-attributes="member: 16453"><p>We are in bad drought this year, I have weaned all my bull calves about 2 months early but all the heifers I have left on their mothers. The whole lot are going into a 500 acre scrub block that has plenty of low quality feed. They will be supplemented with whole cottonseed about 1 kg/day and free access to a molasses/urea liquid. I am going to let the cows/calves wean themselves or when I pull them out of there just before the earliest ones start calving and the heifers will be seperated then and run as a seperate group when I will pick out the ones I am keeping. </p><p>This strategy will keep them out of my hair for a while and I will only have my 1st calvers on the home block over autumn and first half of winter and hopefully enough grass will be stockpiled to get me through to spring. If this strategy works I may adopt it in future years.</p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wbvs58, post: 1104452, member: 16453"] We are in bad drought this year, I have weaned all my bull calves about 2 months early but all the heifers I have left on their mothers. The whole lot are going into a 500 acre scrub block that has plenty of low quality feed. They will be supplemented with whole cottonseed about 1 kg/day and free access to a molasses/urea liquid. I am going to let the cows/calves wean themselves or when I pull them out of there just before the earliest ones start calving and the heifers will be seperated then and run as a seperate group when I will pick out the ones I am keeping. This strategy will keep them out of my hair for a while and I will only have my 1st calvers on the home block over autumn and first half of winter and hopefully enough grass will be stockpiled to get me through to spring. If this strategy works I may adopt it in future years. Ken [/QUOTE]
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