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Post by onthebit on Oct 9, 2009 9:06:11 GMT -5
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Post by marion on Oct 9, 2009 10:35:17 GMT -5
Wow, obviously not a 'three-titter' ;D Nice! ..marion
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Post by Clive on Oct 9, 2009 11:45:28 GMT -5
Yikes, amazing!
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Post by wdd on Oct 9, 2009 14:11:42 GMT -5
None of them appear to have missed a meal or needs to fight for a different quarter either.
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Post by liz on Oct 9, 2009 15:32:19 GMT -5
Poor girl! If she had only realized that it was either 'be milked by you or four calves', she might have been more amenable to you! ;D
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Post by Clive on Oct 10, 2009 2:40:32 GMT -5
Is that cow actually bringing up four calves or just the occasional suckle? We've had sheep bring up quads a number of times, but their teats get ruined.
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Post by onthebit on Oct 10, 2009 22:26:03 GMT -5
She raised them. They are from April 6 to Mid May in age. 3 girls and a boy. They have been with her pretty well since they were born....one at a time LOL Then Last week the 4 of them decided to trot into the village for ice cream? So I decided to start weaning them off her. They get to nurse now once a day but even once a day she comes in so full it frightens me. (afraid she could get mastitis) I have acquired another little calf and although she won't take him as her own (yet?) she is happy to let him nurse in the stanchion. Petula was a nut case when I tried to milk her for her first time in the spring so that is what she ended up doing instead to prove her worth. She has too much milk though for the little guy so I let the other 4 finish off. Im kinda working with her so she might accept me milking her too....she still needs to dry off by December. She loves all 4 of those calves too and counts to make sure they are all there. They also always nurse in the same positions.
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Post by Clive on Oct 10, 2009 22:40:11 GMT -5
I've spoken to another breeder in the last few days who said she raised three calves on a dexter, and one of them was a hereford. She didn't have a problem.
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