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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1388281" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I have to agree on maybe not keeping the "thief" heifer even if she is nice because of the cow maybe not milking that well. You don't want to perpetuate a poor milking strain in your group. If you can separate the thief calf and it's mother, then see if the cow doesn't have much milk or even some problem with the udder, then that will determine the fate of the cow. If the cow maybe got mastitis and lost a quarter or two then that is the reason the calf is stealing. Doesn't mean it will happen to the calf when she grows. There was a rash of mastitis and lost quarters a couple of years ago in heifers, here on several different dairy farms, and they all traced it back to a fly population explosion with some real wet then very warm weather. So if your least favourite cow has issues, it won't necessarily manifest its self in the heifer but would be something to note. Have you kept any other heifers out of this cow and if so how have they done? But regardless, you do need to let the cow with the little calf have a chance to feed her calf with no interference from the thief heifer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1388281, member: 25884"] I have to agree on maybe not keeping the "thief" heifer even if she is nice because of the cow maybe not milking that well. You don't want to perpetuate a poor milking strain in your group. If you can separate the thief calf and it's mother, then see if the cow doesn't have much milk or even some problem with the udder, then that will determine the fate of the cow. If the cow maybe got mastitis and lost a quarter or two then that is the reason the calf is stealing. Doesn't mean it will happen to the calf when she grows. There was a rash of mastitis and lost quarters a couple of years ago in heifers, here on several different dairy farms, and they all traced it back to a fly population explosion with some real wet then very warm weather. So if your least favourite cow has issues, it won't necessarily manifest its self in the heifer but would be something to note. Have you kept any other heifers out of this cow and if so how have they done? But regardless, you do need to let the cow with the little calf have a chance to feed her calf with no interference from the thief heifer. [/QUOTE]
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