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Consistent Maternal Attitudes ?
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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1157248" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>I think there is more to learning than people realize. Heifers seem to want to calve alone and wait a few days before rejoining the herd. This can lead to problems with varmints. I have had a couple lose their first calf because of this but the seem to learn and the next year it is not a issue. Another thing that irks me is a heifer that leaves her calf out in the hot sun while she retreats to the shade. The old cows don't do this but the heifers don't seem to know better. Older cows that come to a new location sometimes have the same problems.</p><p>It seems to me a cow needs to learn the dangers the hard way to figure it out but I would not cull and take a big loss on the animal on her first go round if this was her only issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1157248, member: 5381"] I think there is more to learning than people realize. Heifers seem to want to calve alone and wait a few days before rejoining the herd. This can lead to problems with varmints. I have had a couple lose their first calf because of this but the seem to learn and the next year it is not a issue. Another thing that irks me is a heifer that leaves her calf out in the hot sun while she retreats to the shade. The old cows don't do this but the heifers don't seem to know better. Older cows that come to a new location sometimes have the same problems. It seems to me a cow needs to learn the dangers the hard way to figure it out but I would not cull and take a big loss on the animal on her first go round if this was her only issue. [/QUOTE]
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