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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 891394" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>I'd pull that calf and pen it. Forget about momma as she is going to have a growing calf on her already. That growing calf will steadily develop more and more appetite. This appetite will simply make an already bad situation a bit worse. Focus on the smaller guy. Putting him in his own pen will ensure he gets his bottle. </p><p></p><p>If you turn him out in a couple of weeks, he'll be looking for his bottle or else sneaking meals off of other cows when they are nursing their own calves. If he is snatching nutrition off of other cows in the herd at that point, it looks like you'll have no choice but to keep him seperate until weaning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 891394, member: 3162"] I'd pull that calf and pen it. Forget about momma as she is going to have a growing calf on her already. That growing calf will steadily develop more and more appetite. This appetite will simply make an already bad situation a bit worse. Focus on the smaller guy. Putting him in his own pen will ensure he gets his bottle. If you turn him out in a couple of weeks, he'll be looking for his bottle or else sneaking meals off of other cows when they are nursing their own calves. If he is snatching nutrition off of other cows in the herd at that point, it looks like you'll have no choice but to keep him seperate until weaning. [/QUOTE]
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