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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 522327" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>The purple part is what concerns me. If she is that gorged with milk she may not want to let the calf suck those teats as they may be pretty sore/tender. Milkingsome of the excess out, insuring there isn;t anything wrong with the milk in them, is not a bad idea. Calves for some reason typically only suck on one pair for the first couple of days. As their appetite increases they'll start working on the others, IF the cow will let them. Our calves are generally left siders. They'll work over the left side thorouhgly for a couple of days before they check around and find out there are more on the other side. This year we have on that is strictly a rear end nurser. Even when he sucks the front 2 he still goes in from behind. You can imagine what his head looks like. That's the one good thing about all the rain, it keeps his head fairly clean.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 522327, member: 34"] The purple part is what concerns me. If she is that gorged with milk she may not want to let the calf suck those teats as they may be pretty sore/tender. Milkingsome of the excess out, insuring there isn;t anything wrong with the milk in them, is not a bad idea. Calves for some reason typically only suck on one pair for the first couple of days. As their appetite increases they'll start working on the others, IF the cow will let them. Our calves are generally left siders. They'll work over the left side thorouhgly for a couple of days before they check around and find out there are more on the other side. This year we have on that is strictly a rear end nurser. Even when he sucks the front 2 he still goes in from behind. You can imagine what his head looks like. That's the one good thing about all the rain, it keeps his head fairly clean. [/QUOTE]
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