First Batch of Green Weanies

The first 5 calves have gotten their new jewelry in the form of a green plastic clip that snaps into their nose.

This little clip lets the calves wean themselves while they hang out in the same pasture with their mothers who are able to comfort their babies while their milk dries up.

This handy-dandy tool completely alleviates the pacing of fence lines, the bawling babies,  and the mothers who get worked up and try to jump across all lines to get to their calves. The calves are able to eat normally just not nurse.

After a few days the calves can be moved away from their mothers and have the clips removed. At that time, they will be moved into the show barn where I get to spoil them by feeding all the hay they can eat along with a mixture of grass seed screenings made into pellets with molasses and sliced apples.

The babies soon learn that I will take good care of them through the rest of the weaning process.