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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1814330" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>So, calf claim with the bull calf??? And I would keep encouraging him to nurse from the back if nothing else and he will figure out that when the heifer goes to nursing he needs to dive in there too... some are just dumb as a rock.... he may get a few piles on his head, but if he figures out that if he goes on from the back he has access to 2 teats pretty close together, he will get it.</p><p> </p><p>We had a bought beef cow that just calved and the calf had severely deformed legs that crossed like a scissor... and it wasn't "right". I tried bottle feeding, didn't drink right or swallow and in 2 days was dead... Got a calf from a dairy (black ang/hol x heifer) and it got the whole idea of going on the cow but after 3 days of letting the calf nurse while eating, cow decided she was tired of being in the pen and got to shoving pretty bad wanting out. Calf was pretty aggressive so after 2 more days, I let them out. She is a crappy mother... ignores the calf... and the calf will go around just hollering for her... and smelling and checking out every other cow... but as soon as she finds the "right one" the calf will go on from the back and stick with her and when the cow is walking and stops to eat, calf goes right back on from the back and gets a few more sucks. She is sticking with a couple other calves and follows them in the creep gate and in the barn when it is hot and comes out when they do, and goes "looking " for her "mother" when they come out to nurse their own mothers. Haven't seen her steal yet, but I wouldn't blame her if she did. She looks okay so she is getting enough. I don't know if it is because the cow never really claimed it since her own calf was alive for 2 days and she did mother and lick it... she has tolerated this calf but never mothered it. </p><p>I will leave it up to son to decide if he wants to give her another chance. Bull is in there with them to breed a few heifers and the 5 in there with calves...so there is a good chance she will cycle and breed back; he will come out in about 30 more days, as we are going to wean some other calves and put the heifers up there and don't want them to get bred too young and there is plenty of grass there and I can creep feed or just feed everyone a little grain to keep the calves friendlier and coming in the pen, every few days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1814330, member: 25884"] So, calf claim with the bull calf??? And I would keep encouraging him to nurse from the back if nothing else and he will figure out that when the heifer goes to nursing he needs to dive in there too... some are just dumb as a rock.... he may get a few piles on his head, but if he figures out that if he goes on from the back he has access to 2 teats pretty close together, he will get it. We had a bought beef cow that just calved and the calf had severely deformed legs that crossed like a scissor... and it wasn't "right". I tried bottle feeding, didn't drink right or swallow and in 2 days was dead... Got a calf from a dairy (black ang/hol x heifer) and it got the whole idea of going on the cow but after 3 days of letting the calf nurse while eating, cow decided she was tired of being in the pen and got to shoving pretty bad wanting out. Calf was pretty aggressive so after 2 more days, I let them out. She is a crappy mother... ignores the calf... and the calf will go around just hollering for her... and smelling and checking out every other cow... but as soon as she finds the "right one" the calf will go on from the back and stick with her and when the cow is walking and stops to eat, calf goes right back on from the back and gets a few more sucks. She is sticking with a couple other calves and follows them in the creep gate and in the barn when it is hot and comes out when they do, and goes "looking " for her "mother" when they come out to nurse their own mothers. Haven't seen her steal yet, but I wouldn't blame her if she did. She looks okay so she is getting enough. I don't know if it is because the cow never really claimed it since her own calf was alive for 2 days and she did mother and lick it... she has tolerated this calf but never mothered it. I will leave it up to son to decide if he wants to give her another chance. Bull is in there with them to breed a few heifers and the 5 in there with calves...so there is a good chance she will cycle and breed back; he will come out in about 30 more days, as we are going to wean some other calves and put the heifers up there and don't want them to get bred too young and there is plenty of grass there and I can creep feed or just feed everyone a little grain to keep the calves friendlier and coming in the pen, every few days. [/QUOTE]
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