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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 65775" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>First, I would NEVER get a calf from another farm during calving season. The new calf may be the healthiest calf from a great farm, but it is carrying "bugs" that your herd is not immune to. You are risking all the other new born's health. But, now that you have it, you can keep the calf in a pen next to the cow, so she can see it & smell it. After nusing the cow for a few days, the calf's excrement will smell like the cow and that should help her accept it. Also, we use a product called O-No-Mo to sprinkle on the calf. Cows cannot resist licking it. Once the cow licks the calf, problem is usually solved. You need to put them together each time she nurses him - but watch them. If she is mean, seperate them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Do you vaccinate? Lepto or IBR come to mind causing abortion. Also, there may have been another calf - twins aborting early is common. Or, maybe she just aborted - just like women - sometime there is no explainable reason. Hope this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 65775, member: 968"] First, I would NEVER get a calf from another farm during calving season. The new calf may be the healthiest calf from a great farm, but it is carrying "bugs" that your herd is not immune to. You are risking all the other new born's health. But, now that you have it, you can keep the calf in a pen next to the cow, so she can see it & smell it. After nusing the cow for a few days, the calf's excrement will smell like the cow and that should help her accept it. Also, we use a product called O-No-Mo to sprinkle on the calf. Cows cannot resist licking it. Once the cow licks the calf, problem is usually solved. You need to put them together each time she nurses him - but watch them. If she is mean, seperate them. Do you vaccinate? Lepto or IBR come to mind causing abortion. Also, there may have been another calf - twins aborting early is common. Or, maybe she just aborted - just like women - sometime there is no explainable reason. Hope this helps. [/QUOTE]
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