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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 175771" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>I have read that in the "wild" Scottish Highlands will only have a calf every two years and the yearlings still drink from their mothers. When the cow is ready to have her next calf supposedly she will keep her other calf away. True or not I don't know, just what I read many years ago on a book on Highlands.</p><p></p><p>We've only tried natural weaning once with one particular cow. Her calf was in the corral to be weaned and jumped out. We got her back in and she jumped out again. The mother is our lead cow and is smarter than your average cow (maybe even your average person <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> ) so we decided to see if she would wean it herself. Had it been any other cow we would have found a way to get that heifer calf to auction. The cow weaned her that day. She didn't even wait until her other calf was born. She kept her calf with her, although we have two other daughters of hers and she travels with them too. </p><p></p><p>I wouldn't do it with just any cow though and I certainly wouldn't do it as a method of weaning. Most cows will not wean their own calves. If you are thinking about going that method S.R.R. you will pay for it in a lower survival rate of calves and run down cows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 175771, member: 1258"] I have read that in the "wild" Scottish Highlands will only have a calf every two years and the yearlings still drink from their mothers. When the cow is ready to have her next calf supposedly she will keep her other calf away. True or not I don't know, just what I read many years ago on a book on Highlands. We've only tried natural weaning once with one particular cow. Her calf was in the corral to be weaned and jumped out. We got her back in and she jumped out again. The mother is our lead cow and is smarter than your average cow (maybe even your average person :P ) so we decided to see if she would wean it herself. Had it been any other cow we would have found a way to get that heifer calf to auction. The cow weaned her that day. She didn't even wait until her other calf was born. She kept her calf with her, although we have two other daughters of hers and she travels with them too. I wouldn't do it with just any cow though and I certainly wouldn't do it as a method of weaning. Most cows will not wean their own calves. If you are thinking about going that method S.R.R. you will pay for it in a lower survival rate of calves and run down cows. [/QUOTE]
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