Raising twins

[coachg]

Sometimes mom just needs to get off her feet and rest a minute with twins !

 

[coachg]

I'm sure it happens but in all my years of fooling with cattle I've never seen a calf nurse with mom lying down .

 

[Silver]

I see it now and then, always makes me pause and shake my head. Nice pic!

 

[MurraysMutts]

@coachg

Freaking LOVE IT!!!


I tried to get a calf to nurse a downed cow once. She had prolapsed and I wanted to get the colostrum in the calf any way possible.
Didn't work! Not natural for a newborn I reckon.

Again. LOVE THAT! How kool that u got a pic!
Pasture looks nice too

 

[coachg]

Shot a doe a few years back , her half grown fawn ran up and nursed her lying dead on the ground . One reason I rarely shoot does unless we are totally out of meat .

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Have seen a couple times. Usually with abit older calves. Moms need rest too!

One of my pics. Remember that got the same shot of one calf two years ago too.

 

[Nesikep]

I'm sure it happens but in all my years of fooling with cattle I've never seen a calf nurse with mom lying down .

Mine would do it all the time!... This one only had one calf and didn't feel like getting up


This is her grandma the year before when she had twins... sleep while you can.. darned death nap!

A month earlier when they were brand new

 

[TCRanch]

I'll see it occasionally with a cow that just too dang tired to get up or she was already sleeping & her calf spied DINNER just sticking out there. That said, we had a down cow probably 10 years ago and that's how she nursed her calf. We didn't dare attempt nursing when she was in the hip lift, but once we let her back down she'd roll to her side and her calf would go at it.

 

[lithuanian farmer]

Well, todays photo

Heifer was very eager to nurse, but mom wanted her morning nap.