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<blockquote data-quote="DavisBeefmasters" data-source="post: 1041824" data-attributes="member: 2263"><p>The bottle teat CAN feel very different to a calf, as well as they know the difference between the real thing and that from a mix. If the calf was a dumb sucker and never actually nursed she COULD have dried up in that time before the little bugger figured it out.</p><p></p><p>Should this ever happen again, you might want to try and milk the cow - put THAT in the bottle and feed it to the calf -- it would do 2 things for you:</p><p> 1. You would know if the cow has sufficient milk</p><p> 2. You would ensure the calf gets enough nutrition to survive</p><p></p><p>In this market, we would sell the cow -- it's a 1 strike year, no room in the figures this year for 2 strikes... if a cow so much as looks like she want to try and stretch a fence - she'll be gone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DavisBeefmasters, post: 1041824, member: 2263"] The bottle teat CAN feel very different to a calf, as well as they know the difference between the real thing and that from a mix. If the calf was a dumb sucker and never actually nursed she COULD have dried up in that time before the little bugger figured it out. Should this ever happen again, you might want to try and milk the cow - put THAT in the bottle and feed it to the calf -- it would do 2 things for you: 1. You would know if the cow has sufficient milk 2. You would ensure the calf gets enough nutrition to survive In this market, we would sell the cow -- it's a 1 strike year, no room in the figures this year for 2 strikes... if a cow so much as looks like she want to try and stretch a fence - she'll be gone. [/QUOTE]
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