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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1638136" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>And many dairy cows wouldn't give more than a seconds thought to a calf. Don't put down the dairy industry just because you have beef animals and can allow them to have and raise their own calf. If it weren't for the dairy farmers, you would never have gotten the crossbreds for bottle calves to raise as pets so that they could give you a pretty good start to a herd. </p><p></p><p>Our red poll cattle will carry on for more than a week after we pull feeders off them, 5-700 lb calves that go off to the weaning pen and barely look back but for the first 24 hours..... they are a very maternal breed. </p><p></p><p>I have the best of both worlds in many ways, with the dairy animals and using them as nurse cows and milking for the house. We cannot provide for the masses doing it like that.... because there are too many possibilities for diseases also with "sharing the teat". </p><p>Yes we have bred out the mothering instinct from most dairy breeds to some extent.... But there are way more that will pay prefunctory attention to a calf, and not get very bent out of shape when it is gone. </p><p>I have beef cows that are VERY GLAD for the calf to be gone and never look back after weaning. And many that have had a dead calf that try their da#@est to get that dead calf to get up. That is instinct; natures way to get them to want to accept and protect and raise that calf. They don't think it through. There are cows that could barely give a tinkers d#@n; no different than saying all that all human mothers are meant to be mothers and they will miss their babies..... </p><p>It is sad that the cow is mourning the loss....nature is telling her that she needs to find the baby, and she is feeling the pressure from the milk back up. I feel bad for mine that have lost a calf for whatever reason. But I am not going to impart HUMAN FEELINGS on that cow. They will look for and want the calf, they will accept it is gone after a couple of days, and they will go back to doing normal cow activities. </p><p>Cows are not so "emotional" as they are instinctional. And people can reason it out, even though they will not be able to control their emotions with reason; compared to a cow that you can't explain it to her and she will understand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1638136, member: 25884"] And many dairy cows wouldn't give more than a seconds thought to a calf. Don't put down the dairy industry just because you have beef animals and can allow them to have and raise their own calf. If it weren't for the dairy farmers, you would never have gotten the crossbreds for bottle calves to raise as pets so that they could give you a pretty good start to a herd. Our red poll cattle will carry on for more than a week after we pull feeders off them, 5-700 lb calves that go off to the weaning pen and barely look back but for the first 24 hours..... they are a very maternal breed. I have the best of both worlds in many ways, with the dairy animals and using them as nurse cows and milking for the house. We cannot provide for the masses doing it like that.... because there are too many possibilities for diseases also with "sharing the teat". Yes we have bred out the mothering instinct from most dairy breeds to some extent.... But there are way more that will pay prefunctory attention to a calf, and not get very bent out of shape when it is gone. I have beef cows that are VERY GLAD for the calf to be gone and never look back after weaning. And many that have had a dead calf that try their da#@est to get that dead calf to get up. That is instinct; natures way to get them to want to accept and protect and raise that calf. They don't think it through. There are cows that could barely give a tinkers d#@n; no different than saying all that all human mothers are meant to be mothers and they will miss their babies..... It is sad that the cow is mourning the loss....nature is telling her that she needs to find the baby, and she is feeling the pressure from the milk back up. I feel bad for mine that have lost a calf for whatever reason. But I am not going to impart HUMAN FEELINGS on that cow. They will look for and want the calf, they will accept it is gone after a couple of days, and they will go back to doing normal cow activities. Cows are not so "emotional" as they are instinctional. And people can reason it out, even though they will not be able to control their emotions with reason; compared to a cow that you can't explain it to her and she will understand. [/QUOTE]
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