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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 363596" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>It doesn't work that way - salt and mineral are vital, necessary elements of a cows health. To withhold those elements to try to get her to accept a calf is pure folly! Sure, she will lick the calf to get what she needs to maintain herself, but it doesn't mean she is accepting that calf. To believe it does, and turn them out into an uncontrolled environment is a damned good way to end up with a dead calf. You've got a 50/50 chance this cow will accept this calf - either she will, or she won't, but I would not turn them out until I <strong>knew without a shadow of a doubt</strong> that she had accepted him! Considering the fact that you've not given her salt in 'a few days', I would not take the face licking as any kind of hopeful sign - it probably just means that she was licking and hoping to find what she needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 363596, member: 539"] It doesn't work that way - salt and mineral are vital, necessary elements of a cows health. To withhold those elements to try to get her to accept a calf is pure folly! Sure, she will lick the calf to get what she needs to maintain herself, but it doesn't mean she is accepting that calf. To believe it does, and turn them out into an uncontrolled environment is a damned good way to end up with a dead calf. You've got a 50/50 chance this cow will accept this calf - either she will, or she won't, but I would not turn them out until I [b]knew without a shadow of a doubt[/b] that she had accepted him! Considering the fact that you've not given her salt in 'a few days', I would not take the face licking as any kind of hopeful sign - it probably just means that she was licking and hoping to find what she needed. [/QUOTE]
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