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Heifer adopts wrong calf
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<blockquote data-quote="farmwriter" data-source="post: 660400" data-attributes="member: 10309"><p>We had a similar situation several years back. A heifer had trouble and calf had to be pulled. Cow broke free before calf nursed, and she took off. Before we could get them back together, a heifer who had not yet calved adopted the calf and let it suck, even though calf was getting nothing. We penned the calf with the right cow, but she never paid it any attention. The calf cried all day for adoptive mom, and adoptive mom paced and hollered right back for the calf. With the calf going 24 hours without nursing, we put him in the barn and on the bottle. He did fine, and the cow has since then calved and raised her calves fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmwriter, post: 660400, member: 10309"] We had a similar situation several years back. A heifer had trouble and calf had to be pulled. Cow broke free before calf nursed, and she took off. Before we could get them back together, a heifer who had not yet calved adopted the calf and let it suck, even though calf was getting nothing. We penned the calf with the right cow, but she never paid it any attention. The calf cried all day for adoptive mom, and adoptive mom paced and hollered right back for the calf. With the calf going 24 hours without nursing, we put him in the barn and on the bottle. He did fine, and the cow has since then calved and raised her calves fine. [/QUOTE]
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