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<blockquote data-quote="TheBullLady" data-source="post: 70131" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>Great to hear your daughter is home! Maybe that means good luck for the cow/ calf as well.</p><p></p><p>It sounds like you are doing everything you can possibly do. And don't feel bad for "screwing up".. I know I've been there more times than I care to remember. You do what you think is right at the time.. and if it's not, you have to figure out something else! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>A 40 lb calf isn't going to have the capacity to eat very much at a time, so keep that in mind. It's really hard to tell if the calf is nursing while you're not around. It's great that the heifer is interested in the new calf, that's half the battle.</p><p></p><p>I think milking the cow and feeding it to the calf is the best bet. At some point I suspect you'll actually see him nursing the cow, or he'll no longer be interested in a bottle.</p><p></p><p>I would really watch the yearling. I would be afraid to put the new momma back out with her calf from last year. Anytime I've had a calf go back to nursing after it had been weaned, I've never had luck getting it completely weaned permanently.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Best of luck! I bet it will work out fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBullLady, post: 70131, member: 173"] Great to hear your daughter is home! Maybe that means good luck for the cow/ calf as well. It sounds like you are doing everything you can possibly do. And don't feel bad for "screwing up".. I know I've been there more times than I care to remember. You do what you think is right at the time.. and if it's not, you have to figure out something else! :) A 40 lb calf isn't going to have the capacity to eat very much at a time, so keep that in mind. It's really hard to tell if the calf is nursing while you're not around. It's great that the heifer is interested in the new calf, that's half the battle. I think milking the cow and feeding it to the calf is the best bet. At some point I suspect you'll actually see him nursing the cow, or he'll no longer be interested in a bottle. I would really watch the yearling. I would be afraid to put the new momma back out with her calf from last year. Anytime I've had a calf go back to nursing after it had been weaned, I've never had luck getting it completely weaned permanently. Best of luck! I bet it will work out fine. [/QUOTE]
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