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<blockquote data-quote="MO_cows" data-source="post: 774388" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>We weaned our very first calf at 6 months of age by hauling his mother off. It went well, there were other calves to share the misery with and there was very little bawling. Usually we wean by sort of a fenceline separation. One year due to winter starting early and trouble keeping water to the calves we had to put them back together in 4 or 5 weeks. The little turds all went right back to sucking. Their mothers all tried to brush them off at first but they were persistent so eventually all the cows gave in. Those calves all got sold so I guess they got truly weaned on the trailer at 7 to 8 months. One year things were a mess when FIL was dying, and nobody got weaned at all, we just had to let nature take its course. The cows didn't go downhill over the winter and none of them looked like their teats got chapped, a pleasant surprise. As spring came, we worried the "calves" would try to nurse again as the cows freshened and rob the colostrum from the new calves, but it didn't happen. Another nice surprise. Wouldn't do it that way every year but it wasn't a big wreck when we had to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MO_cows, post: 774388, member: 9169"] We weaned our very first calf at 6 months of age by hauling his mother off. It went well, there were other calves to share the misery with and there was very little bawling. Usually we wean by sort of a fenceline separation. One year due to winter starting early and trouble keeping water to the calves we had to put them back together in 4 or 5 weeks. The little turds all went right back to sucking. Their mothers all tried to brush them off at first but they were persistent so eventually all the cows gave in. Those calves all got sold so I guess they got truly weaned on the trailer at 7 to 8 months. One year things were a mess when FIL was dying, and nobody got weaned at all, we just had to let nature take its course. The cows didn't go downhill over the winter and none of them looked like their teats got chapped, a pleasant surprise. As spring came, we worried the "calves" would try to nurse again as the cows freshened and rob the colostrum from the new calves, but it didn't happen. Another nice surprise. Wouldn't do it that way every year but it wasn't a big wreck when we had to do it. [/QUOTE]
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