AMEN purecountry--my heifers get some supplement (stress tub) when I first wean them for about 3 weeks- then they go back on grass- and I winter them right with the old cows...I figure they are going to have to start living the real life sometime- so it might as well be now...

I think throwing them back in with the old cows- and getting involved right away in the pecking order- they socialize with those cows better- and stick with the old cows, rather than act like a bunch of crazy teenagers when turned out on grass.....I put about 50 head the middle of summer down on the community pasture with several other owners- both cows and heifers- and in the fall when I gather all I have to do is usually find My herd as they all stay right together without having to ride the whole pasture...Once and awhile there is an odd one or two that wander off- but usually they stick with their herdmates.....