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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 97636" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Good chance she'll mother him...big question is how's she producing? where she's 4 months post calving, I doubt she's giving enough now to support two calves of those ages/sizes. I'd just figure you have yourself a bottle calf - he probably wouldn't get near enough milk from that cow to grow right. That older calf will get most of the milk and the little guy'll be shorted.</p><p></p><p>When I put calves on my nurse cow I don't like a wider age difference than 2 weeks between oldest and youngest. Even that's pushing it, and if I don't watch the youngest/smallest one gets shorted. I'll run 4 calves to a cow, so it's important that they're all the same size. An age difference of over 3 months between calves is too much IMO - or at least if they're with her 24/7...if you separated cow and calves you could make sure the younger one got his share, but that'd be more work than just bottle feeding that orphan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 97636, member: 852"] Good chance she'll mother him...big question is how's she producing? where she's 4 months post calving, I doubt she's giving enough now to support two calves of those ages/sizes. I'd just figure you have yourself a bottle calf - he probably wouldn't get near enough milk from that cow to grow right. That older calf will get most of the milk and the little guy'll be shorted. When I put calves on my nurse cow I don't like a wider age difference than 2 weeks between oldest and youngest. Even that's pushing it, and if I don't watch the youngest/smallest one gets shorted. I'll run 4 calves to a cow, so it's important that they're all the same size. An age difference of over 3 months between calves is too much IMO - or at least if they're with her 24/7...if you separated cow and calves you could make sure the younger one got his share, but that'd be more work than just bottle feeding that orphan. [/QUOTE]
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