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<blockquote data-quote="kdougl" data-source="post: 468325" data-attributes="member: 7385"><p>I think I accidently misled you.</p><p>I didn't mean that I planned on only putting them together for twice a day feedings. I intend to leave them together 24/7 just like you do. (I really don't have time for anything else).</p><p>However, my experience helping my neighbor getting calves started with his cow, she will not stand still and let the adopted calves nurse. She runs away or else head butts them away from her. For the first week or two, we have to tie her up and force her to stand still so the calves can nurse. She does stand still for her own calf so eventually the adopted calves learn that that is the time to jump in. But it takes some time and patience before they get strong enough to fight for their milk. Within a couple weeks all is well, but then the next year we go through it all again.</p><p>Since my heifer is a bit wild, if she doesn't want to hold still and let the adopted calves nurse, it will be very difficult for me to force her to.</p><p></p><p>I've thought about just keeping her in addition to a nurse cow, just so I will have an angus calf to sell every year, along with the holstien steers (they usually sell for quite a bit more), but my pasture is limited and it might not be worth my while to feed a cow year round for a single calf.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kdougl, post: 468325, member: 7385"] I think I accidently misled you. I didn't mean that I planned on only putting them together for twice a day feedings. I intend to leave them together 24/7 just like you do. (I really don't have time for anything else). However, my experience helping my neighbor getting calves started with his cow, she will not stand still and let the adopted calves nurse. She runs away or else head butts them away from her. For the first week or two, we have to tie her up and force her to stand still so the calves can nurse. She does stand still for her own calf so eventually the adopted calves learn that that is the time to jump in. But it takes some time and patience before they get strong enough to fight for their milk. Within a couple weeks all is well, but then the next year we go through it all again. Since my heifer is a bit wild, if she doesn't want to hold still and let the adopted calves nurse, it will be very difficult for me to force her to. I've thought about just keeping her in addition to a nurse cow, just so I will have an angus calf to sell every year, along with the holstien steers (they usually sell for quite a bit more), but my pasture is limited and it might not be worth my while to feed a cow year round for a single calf. [/QUOTE]
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