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How long to give a cow that won't take her calf?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 962957" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>We've had cow/calf confusion twice. </p><p>1st time, 2 cows were calving in the field. Cow A had dropped a calf, Cow B was at the 'up & down' stage, she'd lay down, push, then get up and sniff around. Cow B was too close to Cow A and sniffed her calf and claimed it. Cow A had started cleaning her calf, but then layed down and gave birth to a twin. Cow B still claimed Cow A's first calf. Cow A didn't know what to do with 2. Cow B finally layed down and had her calf, but she still wanted Cow A's first calf. We finally took Cow A's first calf and put it in the barn. We took Cow B & her calf and penned them separate for a week. She still went looking for that first calf when we turned her loose, but she didn't reject her calf so it was OK.</p><p></p><p>2nd time, 2 cows penned in the barn. Cow A calved a week before Cow B. Both cows claimed the calf. When Cow B calved, she rejected her calf. We penned her separate and worked for a couple weeks to get her to take that calf. Cow B was a former show girl, or we wouldn't have worked so hard on keeping the pair together. I'm not sure it was worth the work. Cow B had raised calves before this, and after this. But that time we should have just put a bottle in front of the calf and called it a day. We've grafted calves easier than convincing that cow to take her calf that time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 962957, member: 1974"] We've had cow/calf confusion twice. 1st time, 2 cows were calving in the field. Cow A had dropped a calf, Cow B was at the 'up & down' stage, she'd lay down, push, then get up and sniff around. Cow B was too close to Cow A and sniffed her calf and claimed it. Cow A had started cleaning her calf, but then layed down and gave birth to a twin. Cow B still claimed Cow A's first calf. Cow A didn't know what to do with 2. Cow B finally layed down and had her calf, but she still wanted Cow A's first calf. We finally took Cow A's first calf and put it in the barn. We took Cow B & her calf and penned them separate for a week. She still went looking for that first calf when we turned her loose, but she didn't reject her calf so it was OK. 2nd time, 2 cows penned in the barn. Cow A calved a week before Cow B. Both cows claimed the calf. When Cow B calved, she rejected her calf. We penned her separate and worked for a couple weeks to get her to take that calf. Cow B was a former show girl, or we wouldn't have worked so hard on keeping the pair together. I'm not sure it was worth the work. Cow B had raised calves before this, and after this. But that time we should have just put a bottle in front of the calf and called it a day. We've grafted calves easier than convincing that cow to take her calf that time. [/QUOTE]
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