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should she stay or should she go?
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<blockquote data-quote="Victoria" data-source="post: 417834" data-attributes="member: 1258"><p>The rule here is that if the cow does not accept the calf at birth she goes. That is how it goes. We don't want cows that don't do their job. It's hard enough fighting the weather here to keep them alive, much less fighting a cow, besides I hate orphans.</p><p></p><p>That said we shipped one cow that was a perfect mother as a first calver. She had her second calf and would not take it. I had a bottle baby named Angel, very healthy calf. Two years later I had a vet out to see Angel because she just wasn't doing well. She had a heart problem and had to be put down. I always wondered if the cow somehow knew that her calf wasn't healthy and so was going to let her die. Still ship them if they don't take their calves though. I guess what it comes to is a personal choice for you, how much time and energy do you want to spend on this cow next year?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Victoria, post: 417834, member: 1258"] The rule here is that if the cow does not accept the calf at birth she goes. That is how it goes. We don't want cows that don't do their job. It's hard enough fighting the weather here to keep them alive, much less fighting a cow, besides I hate orphans. That said we shipped one cow that was a perfect mother as a first calver. She had her second calf and would not take it. I had a bottle baby named Angel, very healthy calf. Two years later I had a vet out to see Angel because she just wasn't doing well. She had a heart problem and had to be put down. I always wondered if the cow somehow knew that her calf wasn't healthy and so was going to let her die. Still ship them if they don't take their calves though. I guess what it comes to is a personal choice for you, how much time and energy do you want to spend on this cow next year? [/QUOTE]
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