Posted 2/5/2013 11:41 (#2876499 - in reply to #2876369) Subject: Re: pull the calves at 300 lbs., they're
New Mexico
eating a bunch of hard feed then so it's an easy wean.
kinda depends on your timing for your fat cow marketing window.
SAVES a pile of feed to weaned feed calves seperate from the cows.
it takes 45 days ( on up to 60 days...young side brokens get fat alot quicker than total "wore outs" ) feed to make a decent mid yield cow after pulling her calf.