I have a cow that had twins today. She keeps head butting one of them any time it's close to her. I tried rubbing the afterbirth on the calf to see if that would help. She still isn't accepting it. She favors the other calf and seems to be very motherly toward it. This is her second and third calf. Last time she had one, I put 2 additional calves on her by putting her in a head catch and letting the orphan calves nurse. I've put her rejected calf on her twice this evening by putting the mom in a head catch. I guess I'll keep doing this until he is too big and persistent for her to keep away.

I read online about a product called O NO MO (short for orphan no more) that you put on the calf to get the mom to accept it. People seem to like it a lot and say it works great. Have any of you had experience with this product?





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