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older cow with bad bag..but new heifer calf...what are the odds of her passing bad bag to new calf?
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<blockquote data-quote="TCRanch" data-source="post: 1847583" data-attributes="member: 24027"><p>Yup. But I'll chime in with my 2 cents. Three-year-old cow had her 2nd calf this morning, a beautiful, big heifer. And the calf can't nurse her enormous bottle teats. Gave the calf a bottle of colostrum replacer, just to be sure, and got her latched on. Which lasted all of 30 seconds before mama kicked her off. Okay, give it some time. Went out this afternoon and the calf still hadn't nursed. Another bottle. And the calf still wanted more, so tried to get her latched on again. Fail - and I darn near got my teeth knocked out. They're at the lake and not remotely close to a corral/chute, so Plan B is to continue bottle feeding this calf until she either figures it out or I can get them in.</p><p></p><p>So, what's going on with this cow? She comes from a prolific lineage with outstanding udders, and I have 3 other cows & 2 granddaughters from the dam. Never a problem. But they all had different sires.</p><p></p><p>On the flip side, I had a Simm-Angus that was my fave cow but had a horrible udder. As in, I always had to get her calves latched on and she finally blew out a teat before she was retired. And yet, I kept the only heifer she gave me, who is now 10 years old and still has a great udder. Same with subsequent heifers I've retained from her.</p><p></p><p>It's a gamble, retaining heifers from dams with poor udders. But there's certainly no guarantee about retaining heifers from dams with good udders! I'm gonna blame the bull, just because.[ATTACH=full]43002[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCRanch, post: 1847583, member: 24027"] Yup. But I'll chime in with my 2 cents. Three-year-old cow had her 2nd calf this morning, a beautiful, big heifer. And the calf can't nurse her enormous bottle teats. Gave the calf a bottle of colostrum replacer, just to be sure, and got her latched on. Which lasted all of 30 seconds before mama kicked her off. Okay, give it some time. Went out this afternoon and the calf still hadn't nursed. Another bottle. And the calf still wanted more, so tried to get her latched on again. Fail - and I darn near got my teeth knocked out. They're at the lake and not remotely close to a corral/chute, so Plan B is to continue bottle feeding this calf until she either figures it out or I can get them in. So, what's going on with this cow? She comes from a prolific lineage with outstanding udders, and I have 3 other cows & 2 granddaughters from the dam. Never a problem. But they all had different sires. On the flip side, I had a Simm-Angus that was my fave cow but had a horrible udder. As in, I always had to get her calves latched on and she finally blew out a teat before she was retired. And yet, I kept the only heifer she gave me, who is now 10 years old and still has a great udder. Same with subsequent heifers I've retained from her. It's a gamble, retaining heifers from dams with poor udders. But there's certainly no guarantee about retaining heifers from dams with good udders! I'm gonna blame the bull, just because.[ATTACH type="full"]43002[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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