tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496176052542715942.post1300007965832008863..comments2023-10-20T05:14:24.050-07:00Comments on Hold Your Horse: WeaningM. Macclesfield Readhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09109530026749611987noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496176052542715942.post-54021300278355837832010-11-29T21:20:51.251-08:002010-11-29T21:20:51.251-08:00Your method sounds good. I've noticed the calv...Your method sounds good. I've noticed the calves smell a little funny and I wondered if it was from their guts getting used to the hay. They kind of smell like smoked oysters. Which seems kind of odd. Somehow. The hay they're on is good quality, and not too stemmy like you say, but we haven't given them any conditioner.M. Macclesfield Readhttp://www.holdyourhorsepg.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6496176052542715942.post-68622878708928940912010-11-27T16:39:28.202-08:002010-11-27T16:39:28.202-08:00We put the weaned calves far enough away so that t...We put the weaned calves far enough away so that the moms can't see them, It's pretty noisey around here for a couple of day's until the calves get horse. To help mitigate any problems from stress we put them on a pre conditioner from Purina, it really seems to help getting their gut in order faster. That and good hay, not too stemmy and plenty of fresh water. After about 30 days they are placed into a pasture that is next their mom's. Aside from a little nose touching between the fence, they are independent from the main herd and seem to have established their own social order.Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11747307989792820796noreply@blogger.com