ksmit454 said:I just put the weaning flaps in. The calves seem a little uncomfortable with them in. Will they get used to the flaps? And how long should I leave them in? The sale is in 6 days and I planned on taking them out once I take cows to the sale.
DCA farm said:I'm gonna catch crap I'm
Sure But for the amount I raise Best thing for me to do is trailer wean them suckers. It ain't a perfect situation but I make the best if it.
DCA farm said:I'm gonna catch crap I'm
Sure But for the amount I raise Best thing for me to do is trailer wean them suckers. It ain't a perfect situation but I make the best if it.
MurraysMutts said:Keep an eye on em. They are bound to start hollering for mama soon.
Noses will heal up pretty fast from what I've heard. Dang sure wouldn't want one a those in my nose!
Redgully said:DCA farm said:I'm gonna catch crap I'm
Sure But for the amount I raise Best thing for me to do is trailer wean them suckers. It ain't a perfect situation but I make the best if it.
If you ask me the best way. That's how we did it for thirty years and never had an issue. Now i only have a few cows and like to wean and grow the calves on i use the flaps, put in for four or five days then seperate, any longer and they figure out how to drink around them especially when they have super patient mothers. I have the swing arm type so you can adjust to the animal and the calves don't get any nose irritation.
DCA farm said:I'm gonna catch crap I'm
Sure But for the amount I raise Best thing for me to do is trailer wean them suckers. It ain't a perfect situation but I make the best if it.
ksmit454 said:MurraysMutts said:Keep an eye on em. They are bound to start hollering for mama soon.
Noses will heal up pretty fast from what I've heard. Dang sure wouldn't want one a those in my nose!
Surprisingly still not a peep out of them! They are with another couple head so they have company but they act like they aren't missing their mamas at all. Yeah me either lol!
ksmit454 said:MurraysMutts said:Keep an eye on em. They are bound to start hollering for mama soon.
Noses will heal up pretty fast from what I've heard. Dang sure wouldn't want one a those in my nose!
Surprisingly still not a peep out of them! They are with another couple head so they have company but they act like they aren't missing their mamas at all. Yeah me either lol!
Brute 23 said:ksmit454 said:MurraysMutts said:Keep an eye on em. They are bound to start hollering for mama soon.
Noses will heal up pretty fast from what I've heard. Dang sure wouldn't want one a those in my nose!
Surprisingly still not a peep out of them! They are with another couple head so they have company but they act like they aren't missing their mamas at all. Yeah me either lol!
That makes all the difference right there. The place I wean at usually has calves rolling in at different times and I will purposely hold some over for that reason. A lot of times what will be my replacement heifers are there and I use them to calm in the incoming calves down. I've even gone so far as to load an old cow with the calves and keep them there. I had a cow I called mother goose that I use to drag around for that reason. They take to the system so much faster. Monkey see... monkey do. :nod:
Sadly, I'm loosing mother goose this year. She goes to the auction in a couple weeks. She has her last calf on her now and is mixed in with some replacement heifers. For an 03' model she still raised a good one this year, even with no teeth. She's one of those I might have to pay some one to haul.
... and to get way off topic. I think it helps to raise replacement heifers around a couple cows with baby calves. They will mother up and get use to those babies before they even have their own. ;-)
I started using quiet wean flaps. Much better and easier on the calves noses than others we tried in the past. That flap included. Reuse them over and over again. We used to pasture line wean but had issues at some point every year and calf weigh loss was noticeable. Quiet wean flaps are the only way I'll wean anymore. 3-5 days max in the nose. Silence when I take them out and the calves go straight to feed. Once every few years we have one or two who cry but not very often. Usually ones that lost their flaps or found a way to sneak milk around the flaps. An occasional call from moms but generally all quiet just like any other day. Weight loss is almost none if any at all according to the scale. That in itself in my opinion is worth the added work.I just took the cows to the sale this morning and took the weaning flaps off. I see pros and cons. Pros are that the calves have not made a peep at all! Super happy with that. But the cons were that it did cause irritation. I had them in for 5 days and this morning their noses had blood, so I'm not sure if I'll try these again, they seems like a huge nuisance for the calves. The flaps definitely made weaning non-stressful.
You sell and take what ever they bring. Good, Bad or Ugly. Just the nature of the game. Hamburger joints have been closed as a lot of restaurants that focus on beef recipes.The prices I've seen lately, dont even make sense to wean em. But whaddya do...
Yep.You sell and take what ever they bring. Good, Bad or Ugly. Just the nature of the game. Hamburger joints have been closed as a lot of restaurants that focus on beef recipes.