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Anonymous
I know this has been discussed here before but I can't find the information in the archives.
Here is my tale of woe. We have a calf drop last week that evidently became separated from it's momma. We also don't have our cow's tagged and became confused on who the mamma is since they are all calving now. Anyway, we finally got the right one up and have been putting her in the headshoot and letting the calf nurse the past three days but so far there is no bonding between the two and the cow is figuring out the routine of running her in the headshoot as is getting to be a job to get her in it.The mamma is not rejecting her but neither are nurturing each other. I work outside the farm and cannot help my wife during the day.
Question? If this turns into a bottle calf, how long does she suck the bottle and what the heck do I need to watch for?
Thanks,
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Here is my tale of woe. We have a calf drop last week that evidently became separated from it's momma. We also don't have our cow's tagged and became confused on who the mamma is since they are all calving now. Anyway, we finally got the right one up and have been putting her in the headshoot and letting the calf nurse the past three days but so far there is no bonding between the two and the cow is figuring out the routine of running her in the headshoot as is getting to be a job to get her in it.The mamma is not rejecting her but neither are nurturing each other. I work outside the farm and cannot help my wife during the day.
Question? If this turns into a bottle calf, how long does she suck the bottle and what the heck do I need to watch for?
Thanks,
[email protected]