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<blockquote data-quote="chippie" data-source="post: 902439" data-attributes="member: 5644"><p>Yes, you should dry the cow a month or so before she calves so she can rest. </p><p>Plus you do not want the grafted calves nursing the colostrum before she has her own calf.</p><p></p><p>A dairy cow will put all of her energy (grass, hay, grain) into making milk, so you need to monitor her condition to make sure that she is getting adequate nutrition to feed the calves. Now I am not saying that anyone here does this, but I've seen nurse cows that were not treated well and they just about starved to death trying to feed 3 calves. The owner ruined them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chippie, post: 902439, member: 5644"] Yes, you should dry the cow a month or so before she calves so she can rest. Plus you do not want the grafted calves nursing the colostrum before she has her own calf. A dairy cow will put all of her energy (grass, hay, grain) into making milk, so you need to monitor her condition to make sure that she is getting adequate nutrition to feed the calves. Now I am not saying that anyone here does this, but I've seen nurse cows that were not treated well and they just about starved to death trying to feed 3 calves. The owner ruined them. [/QUOTE]
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