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geting cow to accept new calf
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<blockquote data-quote="Lucky_P" data-source="post: 997053" data-attributes="member: 12607"><p>I wouldn't do it. A cow with a dead calf here - regardless of 'why' - is leaving. Sold three last fall - and it was not 'their fault' - but I wouldn't feed 'em through two more winters before I had a calf big enough to sell.</p><p>Now, if I already had an orphan calf waiting in the wings, 'cause it's mama died, I'd try grafting it onto this cow, but I'm not gonna go buy a calf - which may introduce who knows what new disease into my herd - just to allow this cow to stay around. </p><p>By the time you purchase a calf and work with this cow to try to get her to take it - there won't be much 'meat left on the bone' at the end of the day. </p><p>You'll be $$ and heartache ahead shipping the cow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lucky_P, post: 997053, member: 12607"] I wouldn't do it. A cow with a dead calf here - regardless of 'why' - is leaving. Sold three last fall - and it was not 'their fault' - but I wouldn't feed 'em through two more winters before I had a calf big enough to sell. Now, if I already had an orphan calf waiting in the wings, 'cause it's mama died, I'd try grafting it onto this cow, but I'm not gonna go buy a calf - which may introduce who knows what new disease into my herd - just to allow this cow to stay around. By the time you purchase a calf and work with this cow to try to get her to take it - there won't be much 'meat left on the bone' at the end of the day. You'll be $$ and heartache ahead shipping the cow. [/QUOTE]
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