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should she stay or should she go?
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<blockquote data-quote="CWT Angus" data-source="post: 416652" data-attributes="member: 1509"><p>Had a 3yo cow do the same thing this year w/ her 2nd calf. She was great with the 1st one. I wonder if I created that problem by leaving her in with cows that had already calved. </p><p></p><p>It was cold & rainy & I could tell she was in labor, off by herself in the small field near the barn, didn't eat dinner, swishing her tail etc. All the cows had the habit of cramming themselves into the shelter during the night. She went in there too for one reason or another, pushed her calf out right at the gate & went to licking another heifer ( few days old) which is where I found her.</p><p>I kicked everyone else out & tried to get them together. She was trying to ram the poor little guy into the walls. I tried everything for 2 weeks with her & she never would take him. This is a very gentle, halter broke cow that has never shown any signs of agression to anyone. She was just adimate that that calf did not belong to her.</p><p>She's still here, bred back. I may be kicking myself next Feb for it, but I just wonder if she was really confused & if I had separated her this might not have happened??????. her mom & sister are great mothers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CWT Angus, post: 416652, member: 1509"] Had a 3yo cow do the same thing this year w/ her 2nd calf. She was great with the 1st one. I wonder if I created that problem by leaving her in with cows that had already calved. It was cold & rainy & I could tell she was in labor, off by herself in the small field near the barn, didn't eat dinner, swishing her tail etc. All the cows had the habit of cramming themselves into the shelter during the night. She went in there too for one reason or another, pushed her calf out right at the gate & went to licking another heifer ( few days old) which is where I found her. I kicked everyone else out & tried to get them together. She was trying to ram the poor little guy into the walls. I tried everything for 2 weeks with her & she never would take him. This is a very gentle, halter broke cow that has never shown any signs of agression to anyone. She was just adimate that that calf did not belong to her. She's still here, bred back. I may be kicking myself next Feb for it, but I just wonder if she was really confused & if I had separated her this might not have happened??????. her mom & sister are great mothers. [/QUOTE]
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