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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 263904" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>We have a group of old cows that were calving in July & August that we decided to calve & cull. Heifer calves were put on a bottle, bull calves were sold to a friend, cows went to hamburger heaven. A 3 year old cow got put in this sell group just because she calved late. She calved Sunday, a malpresentation which resulted in a dead calf. We decided to hold her a week until she dried up before shipping her. On Wednesday another old cow had a heifer. </p><p> We had sold the other heifer calves as a group but I really wanted to retain this heifer. So last night I separated the calf from her mother. This morning I put the 3 year old in with the calf. The cow allowed the baby a couple sucks before walking away. I was short on time so I put the cow in the headgate in the calving pen and let the calf nurse. I came back 20 minutes later and turned the cow and her foster baby loose in a small lot. Tonight I went back to check on them and that cow really didn't want me messing with <strong>her</strong> new baby. The calf had nursed her out the rest of the way. Now I guess I just have to watch to be sure the 3 year olds milk comes in.</p><p>I just love it when it goes that easy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 263904, member: 1974"] We have a group of old cows that were calving in July & August that we decided to calve & cull. Heifer calves were put on a bottle, bull calves were sold to a friend, cows went to hamburger heaven. A 3 year old cow got put in this sell group just because she calved late. She calved Sunday, a malpresentation which resulted in a dead calf. We decided to hold her a week until she dried up before shipping her. On Wednesday another old cow had a heifer. We had sold the other heifer calves as a group but I really wanted to retain this heifer. So last night I separated the calf from her mother. This morning I put the 3 year old in with the calf. The cow allowed the baby a couple sucks before walking away. I was short on time so I put the cow in the headgate in the calving pen and let the calf nurse. I came back 20 minutes later and turned the cow and her foster baby loose in a small lot. Tonight I went back to check on them and that cow really didn't want me messing with [b]her[/b] new baby. The calf had nursed her out the rest of the way. Now I guess I just have to watch to be sure the 3 year olds milk comes in. I just love it when it goes that easy. [/QUOTE]
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