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Bottle fed calves
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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 641044" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>Wrong. The calf's instinct is to nurse her mother. Unless you are supplementing her to the point that she is never hungry, or have seperated her from her mother, she will continue to try to nurse her mom when she gets hungry. As she gets older, she will be able to handle the bigger tits and will need less supplementation. I would continue to milk her mother, bottle the calf with that milk, forget the milk replacer unless the mother is poor milker, and wait for the day that the calf can handle the bottle tits. I would also ship the cow after she has raised this calf because this will be an ongoing problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 641044, member: 539"] Wrong. The calf's instinct is to nurse her mother. Unless you are supplementing her to the point that she is never hungry, or have seperated her from her mother, she will continue to try to nurse her mom when she gets hungry. As she gets older, she will be able to handle the bigger tits and will need less supplementation. I would continue to milk her mother, bottle the calf with that milk, forget the milk replacer unless the mother is poor milker, and wait for the day that the calf can handle the bottle tits. I would also ship the cow after she has raised this calf because this will be an ongoing problem. [/QUOTE]
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