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<blockquote data-quote="raykour" data-source="post: 1019428" data-attributes="member: 16801"><p>I just grafted a calf on to a first calf heifer. She is raising him and her own calf. I don't know how successfully, but no one is dead yet, LOL. </p><p>I put hobbles on her and left them on for 10 days. She would try to beat the poop out of the calf at first so I had to tie her up and feed her grain and then hobble her up so he could eat. She got wise to my hobbling act and tried kicking MY head in, so I finally applied a pair of cotton hobbles and just left them on her. Now, she lets him nurse if she is otherwise distracted and he has gotten wise and nurses from the back. I make sure she lets him suck a couple of times a day, but I am pretty sure he is getting in there on his own also at this point. Just leaving her hobbled really got her to give in.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raykour, post: 1019428, member: 16801"] I just grafted a calf on to a first calf heifer. She is raising him and her own calf. I don't know how successfully, but no one is dead yet, LOL. I put hobbles on her and left them on for 10 days. She would try to beat the poop out of the calf at first so I had to tie her up and feed her grain and then hobble her up so he could eat. She got wise to my hobbling act and tried kicking MY head in, so I finally applied a pair of cotton hobbles and just left them on her. Now, she lets him nurse if she is otherwise distracted and he has gotten wise and nurses from the back. I make sure she lets him suck a couple of times a day, but I am pretty sure he is getting in there on his own also at this point. Just leaving her hobbled really got her to give in. [/QUOTE]
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