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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 21277" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>We fencline wean in adjoining paddocks. The calves are in the paddock with the highest quality forage. They got used to coming up for grain when they were just a couple of months old when we would bring everyone up for breeding every day or so. Even when they haven't had grain in months, they remember the grain bucket. Weseperate them for 4 to 8 weeks. When we ship the ones that are leaving we turn the retained stuff back in with the cows. We use a single strand of polywire, they;ve been in hot wire their entire life so they don't even mess with it. After the first 4-5 days we start moving the cows further away. It seems like the weaning process is harder on the cows then the calves. Anyway the cows are the ones that make all the racket. The calves don't seem to mind all that much, they just are used to the company. By the time they're 6-7 months old the teat is more of a toy or pacifier then an actual nutrition source. With fencline weaning and on a minimul ration of grain but high qaulity pasture or hay the calves run around 2 lbs a day rate of gain.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 21277, member: 34"] We fencline wean in adjoining paddocks. The calves are in the paddock with the highest quality forage. They got used to coming up for grain when they were just a couple of months old when we would bring everyone up for breeding every day or so. Even when they haven't had grain in months, they remember the grain bucket. Weseperate them for 4 to 8 weeks. When we ship the ones that are leaving we turn the retained stuff back in with the cows. We use a single strand of polywire, they;ve been in hot wire their entire life so they don't even mess with it. After the first 4-5 days we start moving the cows further away. It seems like the weaning process is harder on the cows then the calves. Anyway the cows are the ones that make all the racket. The calves don't seem to mind all that much, they just are used to the company. By the time they're 6-7 months old the teat is more of a toy or pacifier then an actual nutrition source. With fencline weaning and on a minimul ration of grain but high qaulity pasture or hay the calves run around 2 lbs a day rate of gain. dun [/QUOTE]
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