We are fairly new in the cattle business, (bet you hear that alot!) We bought 10 heifers last spring from a sale barn. Brought them home to bred with our bull (all commerical angus). Well, we found a calf on New years day that was black and white, and way to early to be from our bull. Anyway, the calf got sick, took it to the vet, but to late, we lost the calf a couple of days ago. My question is what to do for the mother cow? This is first calf for her, she hasen't been eating very good the past few days. We have her in a corral so we can keep an eye on her. We don't have the option of " getting a calf to put on her" Will she just dry up like when we wean? The calf was 3 weeks old. Thanks for any input we appreciate it.