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<blockquote data-quote="robertwhite" data-source="post: 896969" data-attributes="member: 15043"><p>Brief synopsis...........</p><p></p><p>Early this morning I got up and saw the heifer was still not letting the calf nurse. I then bottle fed another 1 1/2qts of colostrum replacement. </p><p></p><p>I then got the heifer up in the head gate and was able to get milk from each quarter (saved it), but 2 of the 4 were a little clogged at first. Eventually, all produced milk.</p><p></p><p>Came back a few hours later and heifer would still kick at calf. Not hard, but she definitely wants no part of it. She constantly moos for the calf and is very protective, so she is not abandoning, just not nursing.</p><p></p><p>I cut a section out of the wooden part of my chute where the udder is and will catch the cow later and put the calf on her.</p><p></p><p>I am a little concerned about putting a flank rope on the cow. Partly because I have never seen it done and partly because I can't picture it working. A couple of you have said you have done it, so I may try it.</p><p></p><p>I will have to get some milk replacement as after 10 minutes of milking the cow, I only got maybe 1/2 pint. I have nerve damage in both hands, so it is very hard for me to do it. I don't mind working with the pair if a happy outcome is possible, but I also am not going to dote on them for weeks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="robertwhite, post: 896969, member: 15043"] Brief synopsis........... Early this morning I got up and saw the heifer was still not letting the calf nurse. I then bottle fed another 1 1/2qts of colostrum replacement. I then got the heifer up in the head gate and was able to get milk from each quarter (saved it), but 2 of the 4 were a little clogged at first. Eventually, all produced milk. Came back a few hours later and heifer would still kick at calf. Not hard, but she definitely wants no part of it. She constantly moos for the calf and is very protective, so she is not abandoning, just not nursing. I cut a section out of the wooden part of my chute where the udder is and will catch the cow later and put the calf on her. I am a little concerned about putting a flank rope on the cow. Partly because I have never seen it done and partly because I can't picture it working. A couple of you have said you have done it, so I may try it. I will have to get some milk replacement as after 10 minutes of milking the cow, I only got maybe 1/2 pint. I have nerve damage in both hands, so it is very hard for me to do it. I don't mind working with the pair if a happy outcome is possible, but I also am not going to dote on them for weeks. [/QUOTE]
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