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Weight gain or loss after weaning?
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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1653034" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>Little Joe is doing what I prefer. Fenceline wean where the calves have free choice hay and some starter type feed. Get them up up about 1% in the first week and move them on to pasture if you have some. Continue with the feed three or four days a week depending on your forage. They will gain back what they lose in about two to 2 1/2 weeks then start gaining about 1.25 lb/day.</p><p></p><p>At 45 days they will be gaining 1.5 lbs/day. From 45 days onward they really will stack on the weight if you want. My wean calves put on about 60 lbs in 45 days doing this. Some way better, some hardly gain anything. My cost is about .75 lb per added pound not including labor. I am not trying to put on a bunch of weight, I am just getting them straightened out so they won't lose much weight getting sold. I also try not to get them to full. Thats a real money waster.</p><p></p><p>Scales are very educational. Unweaned calves going directly to the sale will lose 10% of their weight very easily but you have to look at your facilities, your time, and your market to determine if it is worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1653034, member: 5381"] Little Joe is doing what I prefer. Fenceline wean where the calves have free choice hay and some starter type feed. Get them up up about 1% in the first week and move them on to pasture if you have some. Continue with the feed three or four days a week depending on your forage. They will gain back what they lose in about two to 2 1/2 weeks then start gaining about 1.25 lb/day. At 45 days they will be gaining 1.5 lbs/day. From 45 days onward they really will stack on the weight if you want. My wean calves put on about 60 lbs in 45 days doing this. Some way better, some hardly gain anything. My cost is about .75 lb per added pound not including labor. I am not trying to put on a bunch of weight, I am just getting them straightened out so they won't lose much weight getting sold. I also try not to get them to full. Thats a real money waster. Scales are very educational. Unweaned calves going directly to the sale will lose 10% of their weight very easily but you have to look at your facilities, your time, and your market to determine if it is worth it. [/QUOTE]
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