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<blockquote data-quote="chippie" data-source="post: 845987" data-attributes="member: 5644"><p>When a calf is with it's mother, it will eat at will - meaning nursing when hungry and stopping when full.</p><p></p><p>When a bottle calf is fed at 12 hour intervals, it is ravenous because it is so hungry, so it will stuff itself (or overeat if given the opportunity.).</p><p></p><p>If the calf wags it's tail while nursing, it's getting milk. The calf nursing will stimulate the cow to make milk. When the udder is empty, that signals the cow's brain or whatever to make more. That is why when you dry a cow up, you don't milk it. The milk staying in the udder tells the cow that the milk isn't needed, so don't make any more.</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry about your bad luck and am glad that this one is on the mend.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chippie, post: 845987, member: 5644"] When a calf is with it's mother, it will eat at will - meaning nursing when hungry and stopping when full. When a bottle calf is fed at 12 hour intervals, it is ravenous because it is so hungry, so it will stuff itself (or overeat if given the opportunity.). If the calf wags it's tail while nursing, it's getting milk. The calf nursing will stimulate the cow to make milk. When the udder is empty, that signals the cow's brain or whatever to make more. That is why when you dry a cow up, you don't milk it. The milk staying in the udder tells the cow that the milk isn't needed, so don't make any more. I'm sorry about your bad luck and am glad that this one is on the mend. [/QUOTE]
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