Retired
The calves 81 was suckling switched allegiance within a day of meeting 110. 110, as it happens, wanted the babies from the first day she saw them.
Fostering calves onto cows isn't always this easy. 110 had been lame, and when the vet saw her she was retired from the dairy herd - arthritis. Her first couple of days trying to keep up with the calves weren't pretty, as her lurching around left me in disbelief that she'd actually been walking to the cowshed once a day pre-retirement (and wondering whether giving her two lively calves to look after was good for her). She's walking much better now. She has a little more milk than the calves can manage but that will soon adjust, either as the calves grow into bigger appetites or her milk drops to a lower level.
posted by nellta holdings @ 2:34 AM
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