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<blockquote data-quote="Suzie Q" data-source="post: 770572" data-attributes="member: 14334"><p>Yes hillbillycwo that is what we have said, don't feed the calf, put her on Mum to feed. Her teats are probably sore so she needs to be milked down a bit first. We have explained how to do it in a chute or in a small yard.</p><p></p><p>Cows don't mother their calves like some other animals do. They hide the calf and go back to it later. That is why you think she is not paying any attention. Her coming running shows she has accepted the calf. I am sure it is probably because of sore teats that she is not letting the calf to drink. You are starting to push her drying up and not having milk for the calf if you haven't done anything with her yet. That is if she hasn't gotten mastitis. You are also teaching the calf not to try to drink from Mum.</p><p></p><p>If you start feeding this calf instead of helping Mum to feed the calf. Then the calf should be fed twice a day. The best feed for him is milk from Mum and feed him that. The easiest way is to get her to accept him and let him out with the herd. The next easiest if she won't accept him means that you have to stand with her for half an hour twice a day while she feeds the calf with the methods above I have said. The third is to milk the cow and feed him with a bottle. Other substitutes will be expensive. Others will say that you can do it for only a short while. Me - I think it is better to do it for 6 months.</p><p></p><p>That is 6 months that you cannot go and stay anywhere. 6 months that you have to be home night and morning.</p><p></p><p>If you had put the calf on the cow when we first said, in the crush like we first said it probably would have been all over in half an hour and you wouldn't have done all the work you have been doing now, you wouldn't have a whole heap of work in front of you. You wouldn't have had to sell her and most probably the second time she calved she wouldn't have had a problem. JMHO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Suzie Q, post: 770572, member: 14334"] Yes hillbillycwo that is what we have said, don't feed the calf, put her on Mum to feed. Her teats are probably sore so she needs to be milked down a bit first. We have explained how to do it in a chute or in a small yard. Cows don't mother their calves like some other animals do. They hide the calf and go back to it later. That is why you think she is not paying any attention. Her coming running shows she has accepted the calf. I am sure it is probably because of sore teats that she is not letting the calf to drink. You are starting to push her drying up and not having milk for the calf if you haven't done anything with her yet. That is if she hasn't gotten mastitis. You are also teaching the calf not to try to drink from Mum. If you start feeding this calf instead of helping Mum to feed the calf. Then the calf should be fed twice a day. The best feed for him is milk from Mum and feed him that. The easiest way is to get her to accept him and let him out with the herd. The next easiest if she won't accept him means that you have to stand with her for half an hour twice a day while she feeds the calf with the methods above I have said. The third is to milk the cow and feed him with a bottle. Other substitutes will be expensive. Others will say that you can do it for only a short while. Me - I think it is better to do it for 6 months. That is 6 months that you cannot go and stay anywhere. 6 months that you have to be home night and morning. If you had put the calf on the cow when we first said, in the crush like we first said it probably would have been all over in half an hour and you wouldn't have done all the work you have been doing now, you wouldn't have a whole heap of work in front of you. You wouldn't have had to sell her and most probably the second time she calved she wouldn't have had a problem. JMHO. [/QUOTE]
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