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<blockquote data-quote="bird dog" data-source="post: 1644712" data-attributes="member: 5381"><p>I have a young Jersey that was acting the same way as your cow. It was her first adopted calf. The cow was real gentle but didn't want the calf at all and would do the kick and head butt thing. I had them in the barn and there was a small offset where I would push her and the calf and make her stand there until the calf would nurse. I had a big stick and would whack her when she tried to get by me. She figured it out pretty quick after that and was released into the herd in about a week. She still didn't care for the calf but gave in as the calf was persistent. Now it has been five months and the calf will wean next month. She has done a great job with the calf. It is easily a five weight. </p><p>I had paid $210 for the big three day old Angus heifer calf. The calfs mom was a real head hunter that the sale barn sent to the packers. Luckily the calf wasn't old enough to pick up mom's bad attitude. Sometimes things work out as hoped for and the calf will sell in December after going through my precondition program with the rest.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bird dog, post: 1644712, member: 5381"] I have a young Jersey that was acting the same way as your cow. It was her first adopted calf. The cow was real gentle but didn't want the calf at all and would do the kick and head butt thing. I had them in the barn and there was a small offset where I would push her and the calf and make her stand there until the calf would nurse. I had a big stick and would whack her when she tried to get by me. She figured it out pretty quick after that and was released into the herd in about a week. She still didn't care for the calf but gave in as the calf was persistent. Now it has been five months and the calf will wean next month. She has done a great job with the calf. It is easily a five weight. I had paid $210 for the big three day old Angus heifer calf. The calfs mom was a real head hunter that the sale barn sent to the packers. Luckily the calf wasn't old enough to pick up mom's bad attitude. Sometimes things work out as hoped for and the calf will sell in December after going through my precondition program with the rest. [/QUOTE]
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