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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 198138" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>I personally wouldn't mess with mom or the calf the first day if I didn't have to - especially first time calvers - others will disagree with me, however. We generally give them the first 24 hours to settle down and take care of the calf before tagging. The younger the calf the more protective mom is going to be, generally speaking, but it depends on the mom. It is not difficult to catch and tag a calf up to about 3 days or so old, we just tagged a bunch that were a week old. Ran them in the alleyway, cornered them and tagged them - but it was a two person operation. A man could probably do it alone, I cannot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 198138, member: 539"] I personally wouldn't mess with mom or the calf the first day if I didn't have to - especially first time calvers - others will disagree with me, however. We generally give them the first 24 hours to settle down and take care of the calf before tagging. The younger the calf the more protective mom is going to be, generally speaking, but it depends on the mom. It is not difficult to catch and tag a calf up to about 3 days or so old, we just tagged a bunch that were a week old. Ran them in the alleyway, cornered them and tagged them - but it was a two person operation. A man could probably do it alone, I cannot. [/QUOTE]
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