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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 637527" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>I had the same situation a few years back. I knew which cow was the mother as I had seen the second cow give birth to the dead calf. Cows were on pasture, I wasn't feeding and cull market was poor, so I left things alone, thinking if calf got more milk that would be a good thing. But it didn't work out that way. The cows started fighting over the calf. They would go in a circle with there heads under each other near the bags. One day I noticed at the end of these fight that they were sucking each other. Caught them doing this several times and I don't know how long it went on. Separated them when calf was about 3- 4 months and that calf weaned at 50 pounds less than average. Next spring they both had calves and I figured problem solved. But no, those two cows would start fighting and after about 5 minutes of pushing and circling they would end up sucking each other again. Cows were not a former mother daughter which might have explained it. Had to separate them again. I sold one when we weaned there calves that fall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 637527, member: 9933"] I had the same situation a few years back. I knew which cow was the mother as I had seen the second cow give birth to the dead calf. Cows were on pasture, I wasn't feeding and cull market was poor, so I left things alone, thinking if calf got more milk that would be a good thing. But it didn't work out that way. The cows started fighting over the calf. They would go in a circle with there heads under each other near the bags. One day I noticed at the end of these fight that they were sucking each other. Caught them doing this several times and I don't know how long it went on. Separated them when calf was about 3- 4 months and that calf weaned at 50 pounds less than average. Next spring they both had calves and I figured problem solved. But no, those two cows would start fighting and after about 5 minutes of pushing and circling they would end up sucking each other again. Cows were not a former mother daughter which might have explained it. Had to separate them again. I sold one when we weaned there calves that fall. [/QUOTE]
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