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<blockquote data-quote="cowgirl8" data-source="post: 1114708" data-attributes="member: 22072"><p>Its just my funny abbreviation for a problem when you started out with Sims, then over years mix in angus. You have a big deep body angus cow with a large udder and a she has a big sim (genetic throwback) calf who is tall and leggy. Its usually a bull calf, heifers seem to figure it out. He'll root all around her side and never bump into her udder. Their noses will usually be raw by the end of the day from rubbing at her flank and neck...</p><p>We'll bring them up and put her in the chute and show them where to nurse. I'll milk her down if her udder is engorged, feed the colostrum to the calf. Once they catch on its done. If the calf is real stupid it takes a little more work. I've found that this almost always happens to the Sim throwbacks and are always bulls and big. </p><p>It use to happen more often when we had more Sim in our herds. I may have it happen once every 3 years, in fact its been about 3 years since i've had one. Along with pulling calves this is also becoming history with the more angus we get in our herds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowgirl8, post: 1114708, member: 22072"] Its just my funny abbreviation for a problem when you started out with Sims, then over years mix in angus. You have a big deep body angus cow with a large udder and a she has a big sim (genetic throwback) calf who is tall and leggy. Its usually a bull calf, heifers seem to figure it out. He'll root all around her side and never bump into her udder. Their noses will usually be raw by the end of the day from rubbing at her flank and neck... We'll bring them up and put her in the chute and show them where to nurse. I'll milk her down if her udder is engorged, feed the colostrum to the calf. Once they catch on its done. If the calf is real stupid it takes a little more work. I've found that this almost always happens to the Sim throwbacks and are always bulls and big. It use to happen more often when we had more Sim in our herds. I may have it happen once every 3 years, in fact its been about 3 years since i've had one. Along with pulling calves this is also becoming history with the more angus we get in our herds. [/QUOTE]
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