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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 894671" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>In Sept all of the cattle are on pasture about 7 miles from the house. I gather and sort off the calves. The calves are hauled home. I put them in a corral with three water troughs. I feed haylage and right away give them 5 pounds a day of Puriena Pre-Con 5. I swear by that Pre-Con. They go right to eating it. I have never had one not eat it. By day three there is little to no bawling going on. At about day 5 or 6 I open the gate and they go out into what is the cows winter sacrifice area. It is several acres which was planted to oats in the late spring. By that time they are really trained on the grain so they will come back to the bunk to eat. At about day 12 -14 I switch off the Pre-Con to a cheaper grain. I sell calves about 30 days post wean. Following this plan I have never had the weight loss that I hear others complain about at weaning. I have test weighed some calves at weaning and 30 days later. Very few showed a wieght loss and most gained. They average about 25 pound gain in those 30 days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 894671, member: 498"] In Sept all of the cattle are on pasture about 7 miles from the house. I gather and sort off the calves. The calves are hauled home. I put them in a corral with three water troughs. I feed haylage and right away give them 5 pounds a day of Puriena Pre-Con 5. I swear by that Pre-Con. They go right to eating it. I have never had one not eat it. By day three there is little to no bawling going on. At about day 5 or 6 I open the gate and they go out into what is the cows winter sacrifice area. It is several acres which was planted to oats in the late spring. By that time they are really trained on the grain so they will come back to the bunk to eat. At about day 12 -14 I switch off the Pre-Con to a cheaper grain. I sell calves about 30 days post wean. Following this plan I have never had the weight loss that I hear others complain about at weaning. I have test weighed some calves at weaning and 30 days later. Very few showed a wieght loss and most gained. They average about 25 pound gain in those 30 days. [/QUOTE]
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