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<blockquote data-quote="WalnutCrest" data-source="post: 1133688" data-attributes="member: 21715"><p>A silver lining ...</p><p></p><p>In February, we had a calf born into a foot of snow and -30 windchills. Here is her story --> <a href="http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=90395" target="_blank">viewtopic.php?f=7&t=90395</a></p><p></p><p>Summing it up, we took that heifer and her mama (a cow named Xenia) to a specialty vet in Hot Springs, AR in mid-March. The heifer (Begonia) is doing very well.</p><p></p><p>We decided to go down to get Xenia and bring her home ... first to try to see if we could graft the orphaned heifer (Beatrix) to her ... and second because it's time to do the AI's right around the corner and we needed to get her home and re-acclimated to life here beforehand.</p><p></p><p>Well, our local vet (a very well respected guy) thought it would be a low-probability deal with using Xenia as a nurse cow for Beatrix because, while Aubracs are known for their performance on range, they're typically not known for performance under heavy handling situations (like, say, a Jersey nurse cow might be). We understood his concerns, but what we also knew was Aubracs have strong maternal instincts, and Xenia's sire is renoun for the quality of his daughters ... so ...</p><p></p><p>...we came home with Xenia on Tuesday and arrived home around 5:30pm ... quickly off to my sons baseball game (which they won, my first game as the head coach of anything!) ... then home ... and we put Beatrix on the trailer with Xenia. Within 45 seconds, she was nursing. After about an hour, we closed the partition on the trailer keeping them close (but separated) all night ... then, in the AM, we opened it back up, and she nursed again. We left them together the rest of the day and the next night. About 36 hours after first meeting each other, we turned them both into the pasture. And this morning, you'd never know they weren't mom/daughter given how they were moving around together -- heck, even Xenia grunted at me a little bit when she thought I was a little too close to her new baby. </p><p></p><p>I'm very pleased!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnutCrest, post: 1133688, member: 21715"] A silver lining ... In February, we had a calf born into a foot of snow and -30 windchills. Here is her story --> [url=http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=90395]viewtopic.php?f=7&t=90395[/url] Summing it up, we took that heifer and her mama (a cow named Xenia) to a specialty vet in Hot Springs, AR in mid-March. The heifer (Begonia) is doing very well. We decided to go down to get Xenia and bring her home ... first to try to see if we could graft the orphaned heifer (Beatrix) to her ... and second because it's time to do the AI's right around the corner and we needed to get her home and re-acclimated to life here beforehand. Well, our local vet (a very well respected guy) thought it would be a low-probability deal with using Xenia as a nurse cow for Beatrix because, while Aubracs are known for their performance on range, they're typically not known for performance under heavy handling situations (like, say, a Jersey nurse cow might be). We understood his concerns, but what we also knew was Aubracs have strong maternal instincts, and Xenia's sire is renoun for the quality of his daughters ... so ... ...we came home with Xenia on Tuesday and arrived home around 5:30pm ... quickly off to my sons baseball game (which they won, my first game as the head coach of anything!) ... then home ... and we put Beatrix on the trailer with Xenia. Within 45 seconds, she was nursing. After about an hour, we closed the partition on the trailer keeping them close (but separated) all night ... then, in the AM, we opened it back up, and she nursed again. We left them together the rest of the day and the next night. About 36 hours after first meeting each other, we turned them both into the pasture. And this morning, you'd never know they weren't mom/daughter given how they were moving around together -- heck, even Xenia grunted at me a little bit when she thought I was a little too close to her new baby. I'm very pleased! [/QUOTE]
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