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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1497722" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Sounds like you had great success. I've heard of skinning the calf, but I like the idea of making it into a tube.</p><p></p><p>I haven't grafter a calf onto a cow for many years, but when I did, I just took the afterbirth and rubbed all the "gook" all over the calf and tied it around it's neck. Anytime I have a cow/heifer that is not a good licker, I use O-No-More. It's a powder that you sprinkle on the calf. A cow cannot resist licking it.</p><p>I would never buy a calf and bring it on my farm during calving. You are taking a risk of getting all your newborns sick with the bugs the "stranger" calf has. Just because the new calf is healthy, doesn't mean it won't make your newborns sick. A healthy animal from another farm, carries bugs that it is immune to because of the exposure on their own farm. But, your cattle do not have the exact same bugs as another farm. Risky business as far as I'm concerned.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1497722, member: 968"] Sounds like you had great success. I've heard of skinning the calf, but I like the idea of making it into a tube. I haven't grafter a calf onto a cow for many years, but when I did, I just took the afterbirth and rubbed all the "gook" all over the calf and tied it around it's neck. Anytime I have a cow/heifer that is not a good licker, I use O-No-More. It's a powder that you sprinkle on the calf. A cow cannot resist licking it. I would never buy a calf and bring it on my farm during calving. You are taking a risk of getting all your newborns sick with the bugs the "stranger" calf has. Just because the new calf is healthy, doesn't mean it won't make your newborns sick. A healthy animal from another farm, carries bugs that it is immune to because of the exposure on their own farm. But, your cattle do not have the exact same bugs as another farm. Risky business as far as I'm concerned. [/QUOTE]
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