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    Help with 2 week old calf

    I put the calf out in the pasture with the others, It is nice to see him run and play, and getting some sun. I go out with the 4-wheeler twice a day to feed him, he is starting to reconize the 4-wheeler as the sound of his dinner time. The cow keeps a close watch on what I am doing to her baby...
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    beef cow, open, 12 yrs old

    All but her and one other of our cows have had there calves, the last one was April 28th. The other cow due is showing signs and should be anyday now. Also, the others are riding her, and she is doing the same., she is not showing, and has no big belly.
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    beef cow, open, 12 yrs old

    Hello, What would you do? Hereford beef cow, open, 12 yrs old (dob 3/19/1996). This cow has raised a good calf each year with great mothering. Does she have the potential to breed again? She was my husbands first cow, and she seems to young to be done calving. I know it is just business, but I...
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    Help with 2 week old calf

    Thank you all for the great advice. :D There is one more question I have about this, what would you do with the cow(his mom)? My husband said that last years calf from her was a runt. Would you ship her? Will she be the same next year? If I let him run with the other calves, the cow is out...
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    Help with 2 week old calf

    Hello, I have a 2 week old Hereford calf. I need some help to make sure I am doing the right thing for him. First, I am feeding him Land 0 Lakes milk replacer, 4 pints twice a day; my husband wants to increase it to 6 pints twice a day, because he looks so hungry. I have calf starter out for...
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