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<blockquote data-quote="CWT Angus" data-source="post: 195317" data-attributes="member: 1509"><p>Hello All</p><p></p><p>I have a 2yo registered Angus cow that had her 1st calf 4 days ago. All went well, she had an easy delivery & the calf was healthy & vigorous from the start. She had a good size bag w/ full teats & the calf nursed withing 20 minutes. All 4 quarters seemed to be nursed pretty evenly. Now I have noticed that he seems to nurse often, and switches teats often. He seems to drink mainly from the front 2 quarters more. The back 2 look fine, just bigger than the front & the teats don't get huge like he is completely ignoring them. I also don't notice him having milk on his face like the other calves do, (but they are 3 1/2 weeks older). I don't expect her to have the volume of milk that the older cows do so I don't know if this is a common situation or not. The calf is active & plays with the others & doesn't seem hungry or frustrated & I see him urinate regularly. It just seems like their nursing habits are different than the other cows, but I don't have a lot of experience with 1st calf heifers, so maybe this is normal?</p><p></p><p>Any ideas? Is this common? Thank you in advance for your thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CWT Angus, post: 195317, member: 1509"] Hello All I have a 2yo registered Angus cow that had her 1st calf 4 days ago. All went well, she had an easy delivery & the calf was healthy & vigorous from the start. She had a good size bag w/ full teats & the calf nursed withing 20 minutes. All 4 quarters seemed to be nursed pretty evenly. Now I have noticed that he seems to nurse often, and switches teats often. He seems to drink mainly from the front 2 quarters more. The back 2 look fine, just bigger than the front & the teats don't get huge like he is completely ignoring them. I also don't notice him having milk on his face like the other calves do, (but they are 3 1/2 weeks older). I don't expect her to have the volume of milk that the older cows do so I don't know if this is a common situation or not. The calf is active & plays with the others & doesn't seem hungry or frustrated & I see him urinate regularly. It just seems like their nursing habits are different than the other cows, but I don't have a lot of experience with 1st calf heifers, so maybe this is normal? Any ideas? Is this common? Thank you in advance for your thoughts. [/QUOTE]
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