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<blockquote data-quote="canoetrpr" data-source="post: 787454" data-attributes="member: 4892"><p>I have a heifer calf who will be 7 months and a uncastrated bull calf who will be 5.5 months. I would like to wean them together since they are buddies and ought to have company when weaned. Unfortunately, I have no other heifer calves this year.</p><p></p><p>I am administering the first shot of tetanus toxoid tomorrow to the bull calf so he will not be banded until about a month later wheh he is ready for the booster - as per instructions with the Callicrate bander.</p><p></p><p>I am wondering what the risk is wrt a bull this young (he will be about 6.5 months before he is banded) breeding the heifer (if she were to come into heat). I have heard of a heifer as young as 7 months old being mistakenly bred by a mature bull when she came into heat at that age. </p><p></p><p>What do you folks think? Am I better off weaning the heifer and putting her in with another cow so she has company? The bull calf can then be weaned after he has been banded, and/or can be put with older bull calves - so he will have company.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="canoetrpr, post: 787454, member: 4892"] I have a heifer calf who will be 7 months and a uncastrated bull calf who will be 5.5 months. I would like to wean them together since they are buddies and ought to have company when weaned. Unfortunately, I have no other heifer calves this year. I am administering the first shot of tetanus toxoid tomorrow to the bull calf so he will not be banded until about a month later wheh he is ready for the booster - as per instructions with the Callicrate bander. I am wondering what the risk is wrt a bull this young (he will be about 6.5 months before he is banded) breeding the heifer (if she were to come into heat). I have heard of a heifer as young as 7 months old being mistakenly bred by a mature bull when she came into heat at that age. What do you folks think? Am I better off weaning the heifer and putting her in with another cow so she has company? The bull calf can then be weaned after he has been banded, and/or can be put with older bull calves - so he will have company. [/QUOTE]
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