Posted by notjustair on March 11, 2018 at 06:34:38 from (184.191.48.136):
A couple of days ago I had three new calves in the heifer pen. Two had been at the same time and one a little later. When I went to band and tag them I noticed one of the new mothers wasn’t standing over me. I finished and looked up and noticed that she was licking the other one that was born at the same time. Those to cows were standing close enough that when she turned around to start mothering she attached herself to her sisters calf. Sis was not happy with the agreement, of course. I got sis and her well-licked baby out into the alley and got the other mom and her baby into jail. She’s been in and out of the chute every few hours for junior to suck for three days now. I’m sure if he wasn’t such a brute he would have given up from the kicks. Last night for the first time he sucked only a couple of minutes and then bawled at me. I ended up fixing him a bottle. She had been slow dropping milk, but there wasn’t more than a dab last night. She still calls and mourns for that baby she swears someone stole. Now she’s drying up. It’s not like she had a bunch of milk as a heifer, but she’s been fed and watered well. She really isn’t eating. She’s busy mourning.
Can a cow overcome nature and dry up even though there is a baby sucking them? I can’t imagine it’s true since a dairy herd works, but I don’t know Holsteins and they were long gone when I started farming 40 years ago. This one stumps me. She’s in very good flesh. I wish I knew if she was always going to be a nut job - she’d go to the sale today. I think baby is along with weaned steers. I’m not doing a bottle calf! Just did that last calving and got rid of her a couple days ago. My rule has always been it works by sale day or they are gone. Today is sale day...
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