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To Wean or Not To Wean...That Is The Question
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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 131615" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>The first thing that comes to mind is that perhaps the Jersey had a mineral deficeny that was taken care of when he started eating more grain post-weaning. I wouldn't normally assume any calf would do better off the bottle/cow than on.</p><p></p><p>I *usually* wean my bottle calves around 7 weeks, and calves on the nurse cow no earlier than 11-13 weeks or so. There will always be exceptions and twins are one of those - I like to leave them on milk a few extra weeks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 131615, member: 852"] The first thing that comes to mind is that perhaps the Jersey had a mineral deficeny that was taken care of when he started eating more grain post-weaning. I wouldn't normally assume any calf would do better off the bottle/cow than on. I *usually* wean my bottle calves around 7 weeks, and calves on the nurse cow no earlier than 11-13 weeks or so. There will always be exceptions and twins are one of those - I like to leave them on milk a few extra weeks. [/QUOTE]
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