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Calf sneaks suckle from other cows
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<blockquote data-quote="CattleAnnie" data-source="post: 23693" data-attributes="member: 220"><p>Sometimes calves rob other cows because they're not getting enough to eat from their mother (not a good milk producer, mastitis, cracked teats and kicking calf off, etc). </p><p>However, some calves are just opportunistic little rascals and will grab a snack from the closest cow that doesn't knock him off the teat.</p><p>As long as his mom isn't having health problems, I generally don't worry about. Heck, one year a cow that had lost her calf succeeded in talking old 26E's calf into sucking her as well. Two moms sounded great to him. And did he come home hog fat in the fall!</p><p>Like the man suggested though, if you think it's a huge problem, seperate them from the herd. Otherwise, don't sweat the small stuff.</p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CattleAnnie, post: 23693, member: 220"] Sometimes calves rob other cows because they're not getting enough to eat from their mother (not a good milk producer, mastitis, cracked teats and kicking calf off, etc). However, some calves are just opportunistic little rascals and will grab a snack from the closest cow that doesn't knock him off the teat. As long as his mom isn't having health problems, I generally don't worry about. Heck, one year a cow that had lost her calf succeeded in talking old 26E's calf into sucking her as well. Two moms sounded great to him. And did he come home hog fat in the fall! Like the man suggested though, if you think it's a huge problem, seperate them from the herd. Otherwise, don't sweat the small stuff. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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