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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1585555" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>For a reference. We generally breed our cows so that they calve the same time each year.</p><p>For me, we calve Jan & Feb and we breed April & May. We let the calves nurse for 6-8 months of age. So, the cow is at least 4-6 months pregnant. Your goal should be to have a calve every year, about the same time of year.</p><p>When you wean calves (and, yes, fenceline weaning is the best IMO) you can't put their calves back with their mom for quite a while. Mine never get back with their mom until they are bred and everything is going out to pasture.</p><p>If you have last years'calves with their dam when she calves, it will be very difficult to keep them from pushing the newborn away and getting all the milk. You will most likely end up losing the newborns if this continues.</p><p>Having calving cows can get complicated on a small operation.</p><p>You can check into getting:</p><p>https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e07af6-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5&itemguid=3269df94-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5</p><p>You put it into the nose of the calves/yearlings so that they cannot suck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1585555, member: 968"] For a reference. We generally breed our cows so that they calve the same time each year. For me, we calve Jan & Feb and we breed April & May. We let the calves nurse for 6-8 months of age. So, the cow is at least 4-6 months pregnant. Your goal should be to have a calve every year, about the same time of year. When you wean calves (and, yes, fenceline weaning is the best IMO) you can't put their calves back with their mom for quite a while. Mine never get back with their mom until they are bred and everything is going out to pasture. If you have last years'calves with their dam when she calves, it will be very difficult to keep them from pushing the newborn away and getting all the milk. You will most likely end up losing the newborns if this continues. Having calving cows can get complicated on a small operation. You can check into getting: https://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e07af6-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5&itemguid=3269df94-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5 You put it into the nose of the calves/yearlings so that they cannot suck. [/QUOTE]
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