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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 1606339" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>I'm a little confused. Why do you need to "mother" the calves up with dams? If you turn 50 calves loose with their dams, they will find their mom - with no help from you (or me)???</p><p>Yes, there has been lots of articles about pulling the calves for 24-48 hours to trigger the cow into heat. But, if you are needing to "entice" the cow to come into heat, the calves are probably around 30-45 days old (or older). My question, is how do you keep the calves healthy??? first, you are depriving them of their main source of nutrition (milk), then you turn them lose and they gorge themselves. Good recipe for illness. Just my 2 cents.</p><p>Best is to catch all, let cows out, work calves - as many as you can, marking them as you go. Catch and work the rest the following day or week - as long as you can ID the worked calves. But, I would NOT keep the calves away from their dams over-night.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 1606339, member: 968"] I'm a little confused. Why do you need to "mother" the calves up with dams? If you turn 50 calves loose with their dams, they will find their mom - with no help from you (or me)??? Yes, there has been lots of articles about pulling the calves for 24-48 hours to trigger the cow into heat. But, if you are needing to "entice" the cow to come into heat, the calves are probably around 30-45 days old (or older). My question, is how do you keep the calves healthy??? first, you are depriving them of their main source of nutrition (milk), then you turn them lose and they gorge themselves. Good recipe for illness. Just my 2 cents. Best is to catch all, let cows out, work calves - as many as you can, marking them as you go. Catch and work the rest the following day or week - as long as you can ID the worked calves. But, I would NOT keep the calves away from their dams over-night. [/QUOTE]
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