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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 15462"><p>> I have a cow who had her 2nd calf</p><p>> just before Thanksgiving. To date</p><p>> I have not seen the calf. She lost</p><p>> her first calf I think to coyotes.</p><p>> This yr we haven't had as many</p><p>> coyote problems. Shouldn't she</p><p>> have brought the 2nd calf up by</p><p>> now? I am starting to think she</p><p>> has lost another calf. Because of</p><p>> this I am considering selling her.</p><p>> Any suggestions?</p><p></p><p>I assume that you and your neighbors don't have a huge, verified coyote problem but that this is an isolated experience with that particular cow. If such is the case my suggestion would be to get rid of the cow right now.</p><p></p><p>I had a very large heifer some years ago that successfully gave birth to a large calf. I saw the calf shortly after he was born and he was plenty strong, up and trying to nurse. Three days later I found his meager remains in essentially the same spot in the pasture. I chalked it up to death by natural causes or perhaps a pack of dogs or coyotes. The heifer bred back and about 11 months later presented me with another big, good looking calf. The cow left the pasture early in the morning to go to water and graze with the rest of the herd. All during that day I worked fences in the pasture in which the calf was laying and I never saw the cow come back into the pasture to allow the calf to nurse, which I thought was worrisome, but I had to leave the ranch to go to my "real" job. Sure enough, a few days later I found the calf's remains in about the same place. I concluded that the cow just didn't know how to be a mother and probably never would learn. Perhaps if I lived on the place, penned her and forced her to regularly nurse the calf that scenario would have changed. But I don't live there, and I just sold her lousy ass as soon as I could. I've not had any similar problems with any other cows and I don't think coyotes or dogs were the problem with her. Every now & then I guess you just get a cow that doesn't know how to be a mother and IMHO those are best turned into hamburger meat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 15462"] > I have a cow who had her 2nd calf > just before Thanksgiving. To date > I have not seen the calf. She lost > her first calf I think to coyotes. > This yr we haven't had as many > coyote problems. Shouldn't she > have brought the 2nd calf up by > now? I am starting to think she > has lost another calf. Because of > this I am considering selling her. > Any suggestions? I assume that you and your neighbors don't have a huge, verified coyote problem but that this is an isolated experience with that particular cow. If such is the case my suggestion would be to get rid of the cow right now. I had a very large heifer some years ago that successfully gave birth to a large calf. I saw the calf shortly after he was born and he was plenty strong, up and trying to nurse. Three days later I found his meager remains in essentially the same spot in the pasture. I chalked it up to death by natural causes or perhaps a pack of dogs or coyotes. The heifer bred back and about 11 months later presented me with another big, good looking calf. The cow left the pasture early in the morning to go to water and graze with the rest of the herd. All during that day I worked fences in the pasture in which the calf was laying and I never saw the cow come back into the pasture to allow the calf to nurse, which I thought was worrisome, but I had to leave the ranch to go to my "real" job. Sure enough, a few days later I found the calf's remains in about the same place. I concluded that the cow just didn't know how to be a mother and probably never would learn. Perhaps if I lived on the place, penned her and forced her to regularly nurse the calf that scenario would have changed. But I don't live there, and I just sold her lousy ass as soon as I could. I've not had any similar problems with any other cows and I don't think coyotes or dogs were the problem with her. Every now & then I guess you just get a cow that doesn't know how to be a mother and IMHO those are best turned into hamburger meat. [/QUOTE]
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