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Wean at 8 OR 10 weeks under these circumstances?
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<blockquote data-quote="Brett Enright" data-source="post: 51069" data-attributes="member: 512"><p>thankyou for your responses. I just wondered whether feeding them for an extra 2 weeks (extra cost also) would be worth it, trying to catch up for possible previous lost growth, - will i gain in the long run or is that feed wasted.</p><p></p><p>To tell the truth, because I have chooks my calves are eating almost nil pellets because the chooks will eat them (NOT allowed <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />). But next season they WILL have their own yard (calves) and all day access to the pellets, instead of night access only. Keeping this in mind (they get very little pelllets) is it better to wean late or at 8 weeks? They do eat straw & malt combings and unfortunately lots of green grass. Maybe they could be transferred to another property for their last week to see if they eat 1kg of pellets each a day?</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Brett.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brett Enright, post: 51069, member: 512"] thankyou for your responses. I just wondered whether feeding them for an extra 2 weeks (extra cost also) would be worth it, trying to catch up for possible previous lost growth, - will i gain in the long run or is that feed wasted. To tell the truth, because I have chooks my calves are eating almost nil pellets because the chooks will eat them (NOT allowed :)). But next season they WILL have their own yard (calves) and all day access to the pellets, instead of night access only. Keeping this in mind (they get very little pelllets) is it better to wean late or at 8 weeks? They do eat straw & malt combings and unfortunately lots of green grass. Maybe they could be transferred to another property for their last week to see if they eat 1kg of pellets each a day? Thanks, Brett. [/QUOTE]
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