yearling stealing milk?

[BryanM]

Here is my situation, I have 2 cows that had calves this spring and I also have a heifer who is now bred. actaully all are bred and the spring calves where weaned and sold. so its just the three again.

When I did have the calves the yearling heifer would what I call steal milk from a cow. So when I weaned the calves the heifer went with the calves so I could let the cows dry up and put condition on. Well I let the heifer back in with the cows after I sold their calves and she goes back too milking of one cow. I would have thought she would of dryed up after 40 days, but not so I seperated again?

is this a problem? wht do I do? do you think she will keep stealing milk when she has her own calve? :???:

 

[Anonymous]

She won't change. Just pull the cow down. Seperate them for good or sell her.

 

[Kathie in Thorp]

She won't change. Just pull the cow down. Seperate them for good or sell her.

We just pulled a yearling heifer out of the bunch that was still nursing. She started out tiny, and she's been working herself out of it ever since.

 

[dun]

She won't change. Just pull the cow down. Seperate them for good or sell her.

You'll either have to always keep her separate or ship her. It sucks when they're bred to have to do it. We ate one a couple of years ago that was bred and started nursing again.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

I say the same as Dun and Hooknline. I had 1 that did that, and I hated to get rid of her because she was bred and real nice, BUT I wasn't about to keep her to herself forever. She had to go.

most likely yours will do the same thing after they all calve and she'll be taking milk from calf. She's gotta go.

Katherine

 

[wbvs58]

Use a nose flap on her.
Ken

 

[Anonymous]

I tried the flap with one thief. She would come up behind any cow she could and nurse while a calf was nursing. Put the flap and her and she just turned her head sideways.

 

[dieselbeef]

been there done that....the pain of selling her will be over long before the grief of dealing with the problem is

 

[jerry27150]

bull ring with 4-5 inches of log chain usually works

 

[longhornlover3498]

Here is my situation, I have 2 cows that had calves this spring and I also have a heifer who is now bred. actaully all are bred and the spring calves where weaned and sold. so its just the three again.

When I did have the calves the yearling heifer would what I call steal milk from a cow. So when I weaned the calves the heifer went with the calves so I could let the cows dry up and put condition on. Well I let the heifer back in with the cows after I sold their calves and she goes back too milking of one cow. I would have thought she would of dryed up after 40 days, but not so I seperated again?

is this a problem? wht do I do? do you think she will keep stealing milk when she has her own calve? :???:

we had a longhorn/maximizer cross heifer that nursed her mama until just before her mama had her next calf. the calf was born when it was cold and he died so the cow let her yearling nurse her again. when the cow had her 1st baby she stopped nursing but she would bully her little sister while she nursed.

 

[Taurus]

Here is my situation, I have 2 cows that had calves this spring and I also have a heifer who is now bred. actaully all are bred and the spring calves where weaned and sold. so its just the three again.

When I did have the calves the yearling heifer would what I call steal milk from a cow. So when I weaned the calves the heifer went with the calves so I could let the cows dry up and put condition on. Well I let the heifer back in with the cows after I sold their calves and she goes back too milking of one cow. I would have thought she would of dryed up after 40 days, but not so I seperated again?

is this a problem? wht do I do? do you think she will keep stealing milk when she has her own calve? :???:

we had a longhorn/maximizer cross heifer that nursed her mama until just before her mama had her next calf. the calf was born when it was cold and he died so the cow let her yearling nurse her again. when the cow had her 1st baby she stopped nursing but she would bully her little sister while she nursed.

cull the yearling heifer.

 

[breed549]

would you do the same for a bull calf thanks br

 

[longhornlover3498]

Here is my situation, I have 2 cows that had calves this spring and I also have a heifer who is now bred. actaully all are bred and the spring calves where weaned and sold. so its just the three again.

When I did have the calves the yearling heifer would what I call steal milk from a cow. So when I weaned the calves the heifer went with the calves so I could let the cows dry up and put condition on. Well I let the heifer back in with the cows after I sold their calves and she goes back too milking of one cow. I would have thought she would of dryed up after 40 days, but not so I seperated again?

is this a problem? wht do I do? do you think she will keep stealing milk when she has her own calve? :???:

we had a longhorn/maximizer cross heifer that nursed her mama until just before her mama had her next calf. the calf was born when it was cold and he died so the cow let her yearling nurse her again. when the cow had her 1st baby she stopped nursing but she would bully her little sister while she nursed.

cull the yearling heifer.

shes actually 4 now and she only bullied that one calf.

 

[vclavin]

We had 1 heifer yearling do that. We re-weaned her lol. We actually put her in with some newly weaned calves and that seems to have broke her of the bad habit... at least we have not caught her at it again.
Blessings
Valerie