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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1450630" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>it ABSOLUTELY makes grafting easier if the cow hasn't sniffed her real calf!</p><p>I had one, same story, a leg backward, dead when I got it out.. I backed her right up the chute and held her in the pen, disposed of the calf, milked her for 2 days, then had a twin born at 2AM to a stupid momma.. I didn't fuss with her at all, took the calf in the shop and gave it a meal, went to bed.. Next morning I carry the calf up the chute to the one who lost hers.. she mooed at me and it was hers.. like "finally you bring me my calf!" Did a great job of raising it, she didn't LOOK like a freemartin but wasn't going to take the chance on the bad odds.</p><p></p><p>I lost a cow this spring, and grafted her calf to another cow that was easy to work.. she had her own calf as well, and she did fairly well.. lots of petting, but she was alright.. still preferred her own calf of course, and the orphan wasn't as bold as some milk thieves, so he missed a lot of meals. Survival rations is what it was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1450630, member: 9096"] it ABSOLUTELY makes grafting easier if the cow hasn't sniffed her real calf! I had one, same story, a leg backward, dead when I got it out.. I backed her right up the chute and held her in the pen, disposed of the calf, milked her for 2 days, then had a twin born at 2AM to a stupid momma.. I didn't fuss with her at all, took the calf in the shop and gave it a meal, went to bed.. Next morning I carry the calf up the chute to the one who lost hers.. she mooed at me and it was hers.. like "finally you bring me my calf!" Did a great job of raising it, she didn't LOOK like a freemartin but wasn't going to take the chance on the bad odds. I lost a cow this spring, and grafted her calf to another cow that was easy to work.. she had her own calf as well, and she did fairly well.. lots of petting, but she was alright.. still preferred her own calf of course, and the orphan wasn't as bold as some milk thieves, so he missed a lot of meals. Survival rations is what it was. [/QUOTE]
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