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Calf born dead this morning
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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 316686" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>And now for a different opinion. A lot of heifers are nutty when the first calve, a dead calf just accentuates. If she settles down, no harn - no foul. I'ld rather have a heifer a little agressive defending her calf then a lazy lout that walks away and doesn;t take care of it. Heifers that don;t take care of their first calf aren;t generally going to do any better with subsequent calves. An overly protective heifer usually settles down. A heifer has brand new hormones flashing around in her, she had the pain of something strange happening and now there is this lifeless lump that instinctively she knows should be moving and it isn;t. Charging is her only method, since the calf can;t run with her, to protect her calf.</p><p>If you keep her, keep an eye on her next year around calving. We have a couple of cows that I don;t mess with their calves for the first day or 2, after that you can do anything you want with them. Depends on the cow/heifer</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 316686, member: 34"] And now for a different opinion. A lot of heifers are nutty when the first calve, a dead calf just accentuates. If she settles down, no harn - no foul. I'ld rather have a heifer a little agressive defending her calf then a lazy lout that walks away and doesn;t take care of it. Heifers that don;t take care of their first calf aren;t generally going to do any better with subsequent calves. An overly protective heifer usually settles down. A heifer has brand new hormones flashing around in her, she had the pain of something strange happening and now there is this lifeless lump that instinctively she knows should be moving and it isn;t. Charging is her only method, since the calf can;t run with her, to protect her calf. If you keep her, keep an eye on her next year around calving. We have a couple of cows that I don;t mess with their calves for the first day or 2, after that you can do anything you want with them. Depends on the cow/heifer dun [/QUOTE]
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