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We have a 2 year old heifer that refused her calf. We tried everything to get her to accept it, but she didn't want any part of it and ended up snorting, charging and jumping the fence. She will go to the salebarn and we started bottle feeding the calf. Four days later we had a heifer that lost...

I would like to thank all of you who take the time to respond to the entries on this Forum. I get on here as often as I can, and have learned so much from you all.

We had 6 Black Angus calves born this week to 5 cows. One of the calves was left orphaned and we don't know who she belonged to. Is it normal for cows to forget one of their twin babies? It was running from one cow to the other and none of them would claim it. It's now a bottle calf.

I feel stupid and scared to ask this question, but here goes. What is the difference between Simmental and Hereford cattle?