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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1806201" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>One bad thing I have seen in dairy and dairy/x heifers that have been allowed to nurse too long is they are more likely to try to nurse another cow after becoming an adult. I have had 2 in the last couple of years that were raised on a nurse cow and weaned off at 5-6 months and put one more calf on the cow as she did not breed back as soon as I wanted; and 2 of the 3 on the nurse cow went to sucking later when the group of heifers all calved... one was real bad about sucking another first calf heifer from the back while the heifers' own calf was trying to nurse from the side... I put weaner nose rings in, and she got 2 different ones off and I got pi$$ed and shipped her and her calf to a sale... the other one that was trying to suck some, got moved in with some older cows and haven't seen her do it since. She tried one cow and the cow swung around and butted her so hard she got knocked down and I think that was her comeuppence....</p><p></p><p> I also have had bottle calves that were kept on a bottle over 3 months decide to try sucking anything they could as adults.... not many but a few. </p><p></p><p>Funny that I have had only one or two beef heifers that were weaned off their dam at 6-7 months, ever bother about trying to suck after they were bred and calved in as first calf heifers...over 40 years.... and we run over 150 brood cows on average. Both of them got moved in with other cows and immediately stopped. Needless to say I am not a fan of ever offering a bottle to an adult cow. [USER=24027]@TCRanch[/USER] has that one pet cow (hers are all "pets"... and nice animals) that will take a bottle as an adult.... but I don't think she would tolerate her sucking another cow...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1806201, member: 25884"] One bad thing I have seen in dairy and dairy/x heifers that have been allowed to nurse too long is they are more likely to try to nurse another cow after becoming an adult. I have had 2 in the last couple of years that were raised on a nurse cow and weaned off at 5-6 months and put one more calf on the cow as she did not breed back as soon as I wanted; and 2 of the 3 on the nurse cow went to sucking later when the group of heifers all calved... one was real bad about sucking another first calf heifer from the back while the heifers' own calf was trying to nurse from the side... I put weaner nose rings in, and she got 2 different ones off and I got pi$$ed and shipped her and her calf to a sale... the other one that was trying to suck some, got moved in with some older cows and haven't seen her do it since. She tried one cow and the cow swung around and butted her so hard she got knocked down and I think that was her comeuppence.... I also have had bottle calves that were kept on a bottle over 3 months decide to try sucking anything they could as adults.... not many but a few. Funny that I have had only one or two beef heifers that were weaned off their dam at 6-7 months, ever bother about trying to suck after they were bred and calved in as first calf heifers...over 40 years.... and we run over 150 brood cows on average. Both of them got moved in with other cows and immediately stopped. Needless to say I am not a fan of ever offering a bottle to an adult cow. [USER=24027]@TCRanch[/USER] has that one pet cow (hers are all "pets"... and nice animals) that will take a bottle as an adult.... but I don't think she would tolerate her sucking another cow... [/QUOTE]
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