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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1846643" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>What I have discovered. At 30 days wean, they haven't had enough time to start gaining good but it will help some with the shrinkage. They will weigh about what they did fresh off the cow. At 45 days calves on good spring/summer pasture will gain a average of 1 1/4 lbs per day. Add some good 14% feed a couple times a week seems to be well worth it to me. They will do a little better on oats or wheat. Shrink goes down another percentage point or two. Some calves at 45 days will gain up to 3 lbs per day while others gain a 1/2 lb. At 60 days your daily gain will go up some more and your shrinkage will go down some more. This is where the level out for me and I only keep them past this if I have abundant forage.</p><p></p><p>One interesting thing I have noticed is some calves off poor doing cows or off thin heifers will start doing very well after just a couple weeks. Its like that once they are on their own they are forced to work and actually perform better than they were sucking down a thin animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1846643, member: 5381"] What I have discovered. At 30 days wean, they haven't had enough time to start gaining good but it will help some with the shrinkage. They will weigh about what they did fresh off the cow. At 45 days calves on good spring/summer pasture will gain a average of 1 1/4 lbs per day. Add some good 14% feed a couple times a week seems to be well worth it to me. They will do a little better on oats or wheat. Shrink goes down another percentage point or two. Some calves at 45 days will gain up to 3 lbs per day while others gain a 1/2 lb. At 60 days your daily gain will go up some more and your shrinkage will go down some more. This is where the level out for me and I only keep them past this if I have abundant forage. One interesting thing I have noticed is some calves off poor doing cows or off thin heifers will start doing very well after just a couple weeks. Its like that once they are on their own they are forced to work and actually perform better than they were sucking down a thin animal. [/QUOTE]
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