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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 573391" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>I'm not sure it'd be worth trying to get the calf back on it's mother. Shipping the mother outweighs keeping her, so the question is when do you want to ship her? She'll be in better shape to ship her sooner if you don't put the calf on her. </p><p>If the heifer that is expecting is a dairy heifer, then you could reasonably expect her to produce enough milk for 2 calves, but you better provide her the groceries to do it.</p><p>If you have the time to bottle feed the calf, do it, but you stand to lose more than you make on bottle calves. If the expecting heifer is a beef heifer, at least hold on to the calf until you see the next calf is doing OK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 573391, member: 1974"] I'm not sure it'd be worth trying to get the calf back on it's mother. Shipping the mother outweighs keeping her, so the question is when do you want to ship her? She'll be in better shape to ship her sooner if you don't put the calf on her. If the heifer that is expecting is a dairy heifer, then you could reasonably expect her to produce enough milk for 2 calves, but you better provide her the groceries to do it. If you have the time to bottle feed the calf, do it, but you stand to lose more than you make on bottle calves. If the expecting heifer is a beef heifer, at least hold on to the calf until you see the next calf is doing OK. [/QUOTE]
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