When to wean a calf?

darbyfamily · #1 03/15/10, 05:53 PM

How old does a calf need to be before you can wean it? I know we could sell this jersey bull calf as a bottle calf and have more milk for ourselves

but we're okay with easing into it too. I just wonder how old I should expect him to be old enough to wean and sell?

topside1 · #2 03/15/10, 06:31 PM

I wean & sell @ eight weeks and never had a problem. Some folks wean @ six weeks, I'd rather not...Good luck...Topside

darbyfamily · #3 03/15/10, 07:26 PM

Thanks

he's just 12 days old right now, so we've got a little time yet

Callieslamb · #4 03/15/10, 07:46 PM

I went almost 3 months with mine. Just to finish out the MR.

springvalley · #5 03/15/10, 09:06 PM

we wean most times around two months, but not always. A few times, if we had way to much milk I have been known to keep calves on milk for several more months. Thanks Marc.