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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1397685" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>If the cow is where you can access the calves fairly easily, start just supplementing one or even both with a bottle. Once they get to realize that you are also a milk source, they will probably come running to you when you call them. This way, they will still be with mom and still getting as much as she can supply, but you can help them to grow a little better. Bottle calves here have dropped way off, most holsteins are in the $50 range, so it probably isn't worth selling the heifer. Plus, there is always the possibility that you might need a calf to go on another cow. </p><p> I had an old cow that had a calf and had very little milk. She was a bought cow for next to nothing, and she had a decent calf. I just started giving it a bottle once a day, and she would come running to me after about a week and just devour the bottle. Then when it was empty, she would go back and get a little more from momma. It wasn't an ideal situation, but the cow gained some weight, raised the calf with some help, and I got back more for the cow than I paid so the calf was nearly all "profit", it doesn't always work that way, but it was worth it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1397685, member: 25884"] If the cow is where you can access the calves fairly easily, start just supplementing one or even both with a bottle. Once they get to realize that you are also a milk source, they will probably come running to you when you call them. This way, they will still be with mom and still getting as much as she can supply, but you can help them to grow a little better. Bottle calves here have dropped way off, most holsteins are in the $50 range, so it probably isn't worth selling the heifer. Plus, there is always the possibility that you might need a calf to go on another cow. I had an old cow that had a calf and had very little milk. She was a bought cow for next to nothing, and she had a decent calf. I just started giving it a bottle once a day, and she would come running to me after about a week and just devour the bottle. Then when it was empty, she would go back and get a little more from momma. It wasn't an ideal situation, but the cow gained some weight, raised the calf with some help, and I got back more for the cow than I paid so the calf was nearly all "profit", it doesn't always work that way, but it was worth it. [/QUOTE]
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