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why background /vac/ or wean em at all...just load em??
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<blockquote data-quote="BC" data-source="post: 447120" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>Those that do not even vaccinate for blackleg are playing with fire. I learned a valuable lesson several years ago when I lost a big 550 lb heifer about 2 to 3 weeks before I planned to sell her. Found her dead in the middle of the pasture. It seems to always get one that is just ready to sell. Blackleg can live in the soil for 40 years or more. I had not vaccinated that year because "my time" was more valuble. I don't think the hour it would take to pen the cows, seperate the calves and run the calves down the chute and use a $7.00 bottle of vaccine was made up.</p><p></p><p>Someone asked about how long I leave calves on their dams. It depends on the amount of grass I have, the season of the year and the market. Most of the time 7 to 9 months. This year the market is telling me to get them as big as possible. 600 to 700 lb calves will bring as much per lb as 450 lb calves. I did leave a bull calf that I plan on keeping on his dam for 10 months this year. He weighed 960 and the cow bawled and ran up to the pen for a week as I was weaning him. Plan to send him to a gain test next month.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BC, post: 447120, member: 67"] Those that do not even vaccinate for blackleg are playing with fire. I learned a valuable lesson several years ago when I lost a big 550 lb heifer about 2 to 3 weeks before I planned to sell her. Found her dead in the middle of the pasture. It seems to always get one that is just ready to sell. Blackleg can live in the soil for 40 years or more. I had not vaccinated that year because "my time" was more valuble. I don't think the hour it would take to pen the cows, seperate the calves and run the calves down the chute and use a $7.00 bottle of vaccine was made up. Someone asked about how long I leave calves on their dams. It depends on the amount of grass I have, the season of the year and the market. Most of the time 7 to 9 months. This year the market is telling me to get them as big as possible. 600 to 700 lb calves will bring as much per lb as 450 lb calves. I did leave a bull calf that I plan on keeping on his dam for 10 months this year. He weighed 960 and the cow bawled and ran up to the pen for a week as I was weaning him. Plan to send him to a gain test next month. [/QUOTE]
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