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Selling Light Calves vs. Leaving Them on the Cow?
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<blockquote data-quote="angie1" data-source="post: 696748" data-attributes="member: 3886"><p>First of all ~ welcome to cow/calf! How much fun is this!! :nod: </p><p></p><p>How old will your calves be in December? I am assuming they will be past the traditional 7 months? I am thinking there is really not much more gain to be had on the calves <em>through nursing</em> at that point. The cows milk production has dramatically decreased by that time, and she needs what she can get to carry her through these wicked winters :frowns: in good enough shape for those new babies to hit the ground running in May. Quite a few bred cattle come out of winter looking pretty pulled down ~ it is the nature of the beast. Good for you that you have a chance to send them healthy into the winter and enough to keep them in good shape through winter. Take the babies off. :nod:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="angie1, post: 696748, member: 3886"] First of all ~ welcome to cow/calf! How much fun is this!! :nod: How old will your calves be in December? I am assuming they will be past the traditional 7 months? I am thinking there is really not much more gain to be had on the calves [i]through nursing[/i] at that point. The cows milk production has dramatically decreased by that time, and she needs what she can get to carry her through these wicked winters :frowns: in good enough shape for those new babies to hit the ground running in May. Quite a few bred cattle come out of winter looking pretty pulled down ~ it is the nature of the beast. Good for you that you have a chance to send them healthy into the winter and enough to keep them in good shape through winter. Take the babies off. :nod: [/QUOTE]
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