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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1742728" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>[USER=28532]@BFE[/USER] .... If the cow was milking when you got her from the dairy and she never had her calf to suck/stay with her, then I am not surprised she is reluctant to take them. Some cows just won't... ever... but many times when they have their own, then they get the "mothering instinct" to kick in and then they will take a 2nd calf... There is just no guarantee... a calf sucking and butting feels NOTHING like a milking machine... I had a cow that just never would take a calf... not even her own... hated them... was a dream to milk... I wound up raising about 12 off her milk that lactation.... but I had to bottle feed them. She looked at me and said her job was to produce the milk... I could do whatever I DA#@ felt like with it after she produced it....... OKAAAAY, point taken... Got one that hates to be in the barn, jumps fences/gates... raises one he// of a calf and should have a 2nd one but not going to fight her.... </p><p>I would take the calves away from her after they get to suck... as murray said, let her get some pressure... put them on her while tied, eating grain, scratching her tailhead or what ever... then when she gets done, kick her out, away from contact with the calves... make her associate coming in to get grain/feed/alfalfa hay or whatever, with feeding the calves... I had one that i worked with for over a month... then one day she just gave in and then they were fine...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1742728, member: 25884"] [USER=28532]@BFE[/USER] .... If the cow was milking when you got her from the dairy and she never had her calf to suck/stay with her, then I am not surprised she is reluctant to take them. Some cows just won't... ever... but many times when they have their own, then they get the "mothering instinct" to kick in and then they will take a 2nd calf... There is just no guarantee... a calf sucking and butting feels NOTHING like a milking machine... I had a cow that just never would take a calf... not even her own... hated them... was a dream to milk... I wound up raising about 12 off her milk that lactation.... but I had to bottle feed them. She looked at me and said her job was to produce the milk... I could do whatever I DA#@ felt like with it after she produced it....... OKAAAAY, point taken... Got one that hates to be in the barn, jumps fences/gates... raises one he// of a calf and should have a 2nd one but not going to fight her.... I would take the calves away from her after they get to suck... as murray said, let her get some pressure... put them on her while tied, eating grain, scratching her tailhead or what ever... then when she gets done, kick her out, away from contact with the calves... make her associate coming in to get grain/feed/alfalfa hay or whatever, with feeding the calves... I had one that i worked with for over a month... then one day she just gave in and then they were fine... [/QUOTE]
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