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<blockquote data-quote="annmariemz23" data-source="post: 1673987" data-attributes="member: 40498"><p>Notice this is an old thread, but have to comment. Every cattle operation is unique. Ours is run on a forest permit in rugged mountains. My father in law didn't used to tag the animals at all, but then the USFS required it. We began to notice that tagging calves gave us a really good handle on their movements. As they got closer to weaning age, they opted to live with "auntie" and cousins rather than their mothers. It also made it so we knew there were other cows in the vicinity when we found one bunch if there were large calves without their assigned mothers. </p><p>When we mark-up, the calves are anywhere from newborn to 4 months old. And no, when we put them back with their mothers, not all of them join up. "Auntie" is fine as far as some of them are concerned. I spend more time trying to mother calves later on than I would if I tagged them as they hit the ground. However, I do not like to disturb a new mother. We just let 5 filter back into the woodlot yesterday because their calves were brand new, and we didn't want to separate them from their mothers for the few hours it would take to run the rest of them all through.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="annmariemz23, post: 1673987, member: 40498"] Notice this is an old thread, but have to comment. Every cattle operation is unique. Ours is run on a forest permit in rugged mountains. My father in law didn't used to tag the animals at all, but then the USFS required it. We began to notice that tagging calves gave us a really good handle on their movements. As they got closer to weaning age, they opted to live with "auntie" and cousins rather than their mothers. It also made it so we knew there were other cows in the vicinity when we found one bunch if there were large calves without their assigned mothers. When we mark-up, the calves are anywhere from newborn to 4 months old. And no, when we put them back with their mothers, not all of them join up. "Auntie" is fine as far as some of them are concerned. I spend more time trying to mother calves later on than I would if I tagged them as they hit the ground. However, I do not like to disturb a new mother. We just let 5 filter back into the woodlot yesterday because their calves were brand new, and we didn't want to separate them from their mothers for the few hours it would take to run the rest of them all through. [/QUOTE]
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