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<blockquote data-quote="SRBeef" data-source="post: 894665" data-attributes="member: 7509"><p>I fenceline wean and have had good luck doing it. At around the 205 day avg calf age in late Oct I get the whole herd into the corral, the vet comes over and every bull cow and calf gets weighed and (except steers being harvested off of corn in April) shots/boosters and poured. Cows get preg checked/sleeved. Retained heifer calves get their new permanent rfid, bangs & eartags.</p><p></p><p>Coming out of the chute the calves go to the right back into the same pasture they had been in, cows and bulls to the left back into the corral and when all done out to an adjacent pasture with a real hot wire on the calf side.</p><p></p><p>Very little bawling. Calves go to eating more of the same hay out of the same feeders they have been eating from, water from the same waterer and everything is the same for them except mama is on the other side of the fence. Vet takes care of everything in one fall trip. Now that we have done this a few times he and I have this down and can get the whole thing done in an hour or two. We have it choreographed pretty well. A good handling facility and cattle that come when called for a bit of sweet feed help a lot.</p><p></p><p>8 weeks later steer calves and any non retained heifers are separated from the retained heifers. Cows go back in with the retained heifer calves, steers and non retained heifers go to grazing corn and my 2 bulls go to their own pasture on the other side of the ridge until June.</p><p></p><p>I have not seen any "sickness" from this type weaning. I must say I am surprised to hear above in this thread about all the antibiotics being given out at weaning as shots and in feed to calves that aren't sick as a "preventive" measure. I know there are different problems in different systems but antibiotic resistance from excessive prophylactic use can also be a hidden problem. jmho.</p><p></p><p>Jim</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRBeef, post: 894665, member: 7509"] I fenceline wean and have had good luck doing it. At around the 205 day avg calf age in late Oct I get the whole herd into the corral, the vet comes over and every bull cow and calf gets weighed and (except steers being harvested off of corn in April) shots/boosters and poured. Cows get preg checked/sleeved. Retained heifer calves get their new permanent rfid, bangs & eartags. Coming out of the chute the calves go to the right back into the same pasture they had been in, cows and bulls to the left back into the corral and when all done out to an adjacent pasture with a real hot wire on the calf side. Very little bawling. Calves go to eating more of the same hay out of the same feeders they have been eating from, water from the same waterer and everything is the same for them except mama is on the other side of the fence. Vet takes care of everything in one fall trip. Now that we have done this a few times he and I have this down and can get the whole thing done in an hour or two. We have it choreographed pretty well. A good handling facility and cattle that come when called for a bit of sweet feed help a lot. 8 weeks later steer calves and any non retained heifers are separated from the retained heifers. Cows go back in with the retained heifer calves, steers and non retained heifers go to grazing corn and my 2 bulls go to their own pasture on the other side of the ridge until June. I have not seen any "sickness" from this type weaning. I must say I am surprised to hear above in this thread about all the antibiotics being given out at weaning as shots and in feed to calves that aren't sick as a "preventive" measure. I know there are different problems in different systems but antibiotic resistance from excessive prophylactic use can also be a hidden problem. jmho. Jim [/QUOTE]
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