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<blockquote data-quote="donnaIL" data-source="post: 360392" data-attributes="member: 37"><p>Went to our farm on Tuesday afternoon to find the first calves of the season--twins. This cow had dead twins a couple years (first year we had her) ago, and a single calf last year. We successfully grafted a calf on her the first year, with a little work. Last year she acted like a nut after the calf was born (knocking him around alot for a few minutes) but then took care of fine. </p><p></p><p>When I arrived she had both of them cleaned up and was really stressed running from one to another. It seemed like when she was with one calf she would forget about the other. So we locked calves & cow up in a small pen, till next morning, so she could adjust. Calves would bawl every so often and go try to nurse, but we never saw them latch on, cow would stand but after a few minutes she would loose patience and walk off. We tryed some persuasion with her and also helped calf to get in the right spot to no avail...finally let her out and bottle fed them, they both drank 2 quarts eagerly (she was bawling at them the whole time we did this). We really do not know if they nursed or not but assume not since they seemed so hungry. </p><p></p><p>Left them with her, hoping that the colostrum we gave them would give them some strenght and hoping she will feed them. </p><p>She is protective of them and has stayed with them, knows they are both her calves. I'm hoping I pull up today and she is standing there nursing them, but if not any advise on what I should be looking for. I am assuming they will be bawling if they are not fed, but they really were not complaining much yesterday. Thanks,Donna </p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/medium/DSCF0598.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/medium/DSCF0596_edited.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnaIL, post: 360392, member: 37"] Went to our farm on Tuesday afternoon to find the first calves of the season--twins. This cow had dead twins a couple years (first year we had her) ago, and a single calf last year. We successfully grafted a calf on her the first year, with a little work. Last year she acted like a nut after the calf was born (knocking him around alot for a few minutes) but then took care of fine. When I arrived she had both of them cleaned up and was really stressed running from one to another. It seemed like when she was with one calf she would forget about the other. So we locked calves & cow up in a small pen, till next morning, so she could adjust. Calves would bawl every so often and go try to nurse, but we never saw them latch on, cow would stand but after a few minutes she would loose patience and walk off. We tryed some persuasion with her and also helped calf to get in the right spot to no avail...finally let her out and bottle fed them, they both drank 2 quarts eagerly (she was bawling at them the whole time we did this). We really do not know if they nursed or not but assume not since they seemed so hungry. Left them with her, hoping that the colostrum we gave them would give them some strenght and hoping she will feed them. She is protective of them and has stayed with them, knows they are both her calves. I'm hoping I pull up today and she is standing there nursing them, but if not any advise on what I should be looking for. I am assuming they will be bawling if they are not fed, but they really were not complaining much yesterday. Thanks,Donna [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/medium/DSCF0598.JPG[/img] [img]http://cattletoday.com/photos/data/500/medium/DSCF0596_edited.JPG[/img] [/QUOTE]
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