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im sick o these cows already. colostrum question
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<blockquote data-quote="BARNSCOOP" data-source="post: 654855" data-attributes="member: 7032"><p>I feel your pain. This has been a unsettling calving season for me also. I hear you on not wanting the calves in the woods. I spend about three hours Saturday looking for a calf just born that morning. Mamma was balling for him all afternoon, we thought she lost him....no.. just hid him in the woods real deep. Didn't find him until Sunday at 3:00pm, moved him and her with another cow that calved on Monday into a field to themselves and all is well. The rest of the herd is in another field and they can see each other. I would try putting the cow in the field with someone other than the milk thief and his mom. After she calves and it is old enough for your comfort I would switch and put the milk thief and momma where he can't steal. He may do this to anyone that will let him until he is weaned. If that's the case your other calves will suffer. The one due to calf may be a cull because she allows it and seems to tear up fences. I hope it gets better for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BARNSCOOP, post: 654855, member: 7032"] I feel your pain. This has been a unsettling calving season for me also. I hear you on not wanting the calves in the woods. I spend about three hours Saturday looking for a calf just born that morning. Mamma was balling for him all afternoon, we thought she lost him....no.. just hid him in the woods real deep. Didn't find him until Sunday at 3:00pm, moved him and her with another cow that calved on Monday into a field to themselves and all is well. The rest of the herd is in another field and they can see each other. I would try putting the cow in the field with someone other than the milk thief and his mom. After she calves and it is old enough for your comfort I would switch and put the milk thief and momma where he can't steal. He may do this to anyone that will let him until he is weaned. If that's the case your other calves will suffer. The one due to calf may be a cull because she allows it and seems to tear up fences. I hope it gets better for you. [/QUOTE]
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