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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 27533" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>We've tried about every method possible over the years. The best we've found is fenceline weaning. A starnd of hotwire between the cows and calves so that they can still interact to a limited degree but not nurse. The calves seem to adjust better then the cows do. But after a day or two we gradually start moving the cows to paddocks that are further and further away from the calves. AFter a week or two they're treated as two seperate groups and kept that way until the calves going to the backgrounder leave. That's usually a month to month and a half. At that point, any heifers we are keeping as replacments are turned back in with the cow herd. We've only been doing this for about 10 years now so there may be problems we haven't seen, but it's weorked well for us.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 27533, member: 34"] We've tried about every method possible over the years. The best we've found is fenceline weaning. A starnd of hotwire between the cows and calves so that they can still interact to a limited degree but not nurse. The calves seem to adjust better then the cows do. But after a day or two we gradually start moving the cows to paddocks that are further and further away from the calves. AFter a week or two they're treated as two seperate groups and kept that way until the calves going to the backgrounder leave. That's usually a month to month and a half. At that point, any heifers we are keeping as replacments are turned back in with the cow herd. We've only been doing this for about 10 years now so there may be problems we haven't seen, but it's weorked well for us. dun [/QUOTE]
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