Doing this I had no sick calves to doctor. My calving began April The 20th of August I weaned the older calves on grass with no shots and no special feed. They never looked back, gaining from day one. No sick calves. The first week in September I weaned the younger calve.
No sickness. My weaning procedure always began with waiting until the calves had sucked their mothers and eaten some grass before gathering at about I used good stockmanship while sorting and turned the calves out with a full belly. More information about text formats. Text format Comments Plain text. Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Leave this field blank. What Is Efficient Beef Production? Beef production totals in Photo credit: Amber Yutzy. Table items in bold represent critical design or management recommendations. To reduce the likelihood of injury and poor growth pay particular attention to the variation of size of animals in any group.
Provide continuously available fresh, clean, frost-free water to all animals. Provide access to a convenient means for restraining all animals either in their pen or in adjacent working facility. Feed barriers with gangs of self-closing stanchions are often used for heifer restraint and feeding. Experience has shown that young animals have difficulty learning to maneuver in and out of these devices.
For this reason self-closing stanchions are not recommended for newly weaned and grouped animals. Close observation and procedures for acclimating animals to these devices are recommended. Whether all animals can access feed at the same time is controlled by the total length of feed barrier available to the group and the number of animals. Floor plans that do not allow all animals in a pen to eat at the same time require appropriate feeding management.
Holsteins Weight by Month of Age U. For each age, percentile data 1 are presented to show the range of performance observed. Recommended ranges are between the 75th and 95th percentiles. Recommended range of hip height and width for Holstein heifers. Age months Hip Height inches Hip Width inches 2 Age months Body Weight pounds Withers Height inches 1 93 29 32 2 30 33 3 32 34 4 34 36 5 35 38 6 36 39 7 38 40 8 39 41 9 40 42 10 40 42 11 41 43 12 42 44 13 43 45 14 44 45 15 44 46 16 45 46 17 45 47 18 45 47 19 46 47 20 46 48 21 47 48 22 47 49 23 48 49 24 48 50 Data from the National Dairy Heifer Evaluation Project Age Body Weight pounds Withers Height inches 1 32 34 2 34 36 3 36 38 4 37 40 5 39 42 6 40 44 7 42 45 8 43 46 9 44 48 10 45 49 11 46 50 12 47 51 13 48 52 14 49 52 15 49 53 16 50 54 17 50 54 18 51 55 19 51 55 20 52 56 21 52 56 22 52 56 23 53 57 24 53 57 25 53 57 from the National Dairy Heifer Evaluation Project Age months Body Weight pounds Withers Height inches 1 31 33 2 33 35 3 35 37 4 37 38 5 38 41 6 40 42 7 41 43 8 42 44 9 43 47 10 44 46 11 45 47 12 46 48 13 46 48 14 47 49 15 48 50 16 49 51 17 50 52 18 50 52 19 51 52 20 51 53 21 51 53 22 52 54 23 52 54 24 52 55 Data from the National Dairy Heifer Evaluation Project Age months Body Weight pounds Withers Height inches 1 31 32 2 32 34 3 34 36 4 36 38 5 37 39 6 39 41 7 40 42 8 41 43 9 42 44 10 43 45 11 44 46 12 45 47 13 46 48 14 46 48 15 47 49 16 48 49 17 48 50 18 48 50 19 49 50 20 49 51 21 49 51 22 50 52 23 50 52 24 50 52 25 51 53 Data from the National Dairy Heifer Evaluation Project Age months Body Weight pounds Withers Height inches 1 31 32 2 33 34 3 34 36 4 36 38 5 37 39 6 37 41 7 40 42 8 41 43 9 42 44 10 43 45 11 44 46 12 45 47 13 46 47 14 46 48 15 47 49 16 47 49 17 48 50 18 48 50 19 49 50 20 49 51 21 49 51 22 50 51 23 50 52 24 50 52 25 51 52 Data from the National Dairy Heifer Evaluation Project Authors Coleen M.
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