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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1710168" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>You are right Banjo, its not for everyone. Its not worth it for small producers except for the pride in knowing that you are supplying a healthy calf that will make the next owner some money and maybe build a reputation so that the buyer will want your calves in the future. To many people in this business don't care about the next guy and that is the reason that death loses in the feedyards have remained steady for the last 20 years.</p><p> Assuming you have a squeeze, facilities to wean are not much more than a small stout fenced enclosure with a water source where they only need to stay for a few days if you can move them after that to a grass pasture away from their dams. The calves should already have been vaccinated and implanted long before weaning to get the benefit of both. After that its just a booster shot and maybe another implant.</p><p></p><p>As I mentioned before and what GoWyo is saying is your feed doesn't have to be much. You are wanting them straightened out first of all, gains come second. Mine are on decent pasture and get about 5 lbs of 14% creep, twice a week. After 45 days they have gained about 60 lbs. (more in the spring) They know how to eat and drink from a trough. They shrink very little at the sale. Its well worth it to me. The commission company I assign them to will buy them for his operation about half the time. He knows they are healthy and well taken care of even though the quality is less than others. This time of year they will go from the sale yard directly to wheat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1710168, member: 5381"] You are right Banjo, its not for everyone. Its not worth it for small producers except for the pride in knowing that you are supplying a healthy calf that will make the next owner some money and maybe build a reputation so that the buyer will want your calves in the future. To many people in this business don't care about the next guy and that is the reason that death loses in the feedyards have remained steady for the last 20 years. Assuming you have a squeeze, facilities to wean are not much more than a small stout fenced enclosure with a water source where they only need to stay for a few days if you can move them after that to a grass pasture away from their dams. The calves should already have been vaccinated and implanted long before weaning to get the benefit of both. After that its just a booster shot and maybe another implant. As I mentioned before and what GoWyo is saying is your feed doesn't have to be much. You are wanting them straightened out first of all, gains come second. Mine are on decent pasture and get about 5 lbs of 14% creep, twice a week. After 45 days they have gained about 60 lbs. (more in the spring) They know how to eat and drink from a trough. They shrink very little at the sale. Its well worth it to me. The commission company I assign them to will buy them for his operation about half the time. He knows they are healthy and well taken care of even though the quality is less than others. This time of year they will go from the sale yard directly to wheat. [/QUOTE]
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