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Grafting a twin to a heifer?
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<blockquote data-quote="darcelina4" data-source="post: 1630141" data-attributes="member: 27059"><p>I had 3 heifers that I grafted extra calves onto this year. The jersey I tied her up and let the first calf nurse. He was kept in the pen in the barn next to her. After 3 feedings left him in with her after he nursed. Next day got her a heifer. Tied her so it could nurse. Left her there. She adopted it. They are all in pasture with the herd. We bring the momma out to eat a bucket of grain at night. Number 2 was a beef shorthorn heifer. We brought home a day old twin heifer to find that one calving. After the natural calf had nursed we moved them into the barn as a bad storm was coming. Natural nursed until she was full and went to sleep. Brought in the twin. She went to nursing. Cow started liking her too. Adoption complete. Number 3 was a red Angus heifer. When her natural calf was 5 days, I had a dairy heifer that was recovering from being very sick. I tied the red Angus and let the dairy calf nurse. We penned them together. She adopted her. The calf did great for a week. Then crashed and died. Next year I'll probably give her an extra calf as she was so willing. I am feeding the ones with extras a whole bunch of feed. I would not do that if they were just out on pasture. I think lots of cows will adopt calves if you restrain them to let the calf nurse several times then pen them together. You may have to tie them a couple more times to let the calf nurse once together. I've never not had a cow accept a calf but I do have a very handled group of cows and we have culled hard for disposition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="darcelina4, post: 1630141, member: 27059"] I had 3 heifers that I grafted extra calves onto this year. The jersey I tied her up and let the first calf nurse. He was kept in the pen in the barn next to her. After 3 feedings left him in with her after he nursed. Next day got her a heifer. Tied her so it could nurse. Left her there. She adopted it. They are all in pasture with the herd. We bring the momma out to eat a bucket of grain at night. Number 2 was a beef shorthorn heifer. We brought home a day old twin heifer to find that one calving. After the natural calf had nursed we moved them into the barn as a bad storm was coming. Natural nursed until she was full and went to sleep. Brought in the twin. She went to nursing. Cow started liking her too. Adoption complete. Number 3 was a red Angus heifer. When her natural calf was 5 days, I had a dairy heifer that was recovering from being very sick. I tied the red Angus and let the dairy calf nurse. We penned them together. She adopted her. The calf did great for a week. Then crashed and died. Next year I'll probably give her an extra calf as she was so willing. I am feeding the ones with extras a whole bunch of feed. I would not do that if they were just out on pasture. I think lots of cows will adopt calves if you restrain them to let the calf nurse several times then pen them together. You may have to tie them a couple more times to let the calf nurse once together. I've never not had a cow accept a calf but I do have a very handled group of cows and we have culled hard for disposition. [/QUOTE]
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