We've had them go through good barbed wire fences to get back with their mothers if they were on the same fenceline. So we keep them in a corral for a week to ten days. If the cows are not on the same fenceline we'll put them out in the pasture after a week. The heifers don't go back in with their mothers until they're yearlings, sometimes not until they're bred. So they're separated for at least five or six months.
> We are keeping the heifer calves
> to increase our breeding herd. We
> want to get the calves off their
> mommas at an appropriate time (6
> months) so the cows can start
> getting into shape for the next
> calf. How long do you have to
> separate the weaned heifer from
> her momma before we can bring them
> back together. Second question: Do
> we have to send the calves to a
> distant pasture or can we put them
> in an adjacent pasture?
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