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Poor mothering heifer, second chance or ship?
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<blockquote data-quote="TCRanch" data-source="post: 1722325" data-attributes="member: 24027"><p>I'm all about getting her in the chute & the calf latched on - for a while. A lot of people will try & force the love for as long as it takes, but I don't have the time or desire for that kind of nonsense. Sometimes they just need a little encouragement (heifers are the equivalent of teenage girls) and their mothering instinct kicks in once that calf nurses. But not always, in which case she earns a ride on the trailer.</p><p></p><p>There are all sorts of tips & tricks: give her a shot of oxy, Orphan No More, put a dog in with them, rub the calfs urine or afterbirth on the dams nose, slather on Vics Vapor Rub . . . . . Some work some don't BUT only if she wants to be a mom in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCRanch, post: 1722325, member: 24027"] I'm all about getting her in the chute & the calf latched on - for a while. A lot of people will try & force the love for as long as it takes, but I don't have the time or desire for that kind of nonsense. Sometimes they just need a little encouragement (heifers are the equivalent of teenage girls) and their mothering instinct kicks in once that calf nurses. But not always, in which case she earns a ride on the trailer. There are all sorts of tips & tricks: give her a shot of oxy, Orphan No More, put a dog in with them, rub the calfs urine or afterbirth on the dams nose, slather on Vics Vapor Rub . . . . . Some work some don't BUT only if she wants to be a mom in the first place. [/QUOTE]
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