[deleted] t1_j2sowz0 wrote
At what age will you be taking this calf away from their mother?
PorkchopFunny t1_j2t4fp9 wrote
Highlands are beef cattle so will stay on mom until she decides to wean. If you're gonna try to troll at least educate yourself first.
burghschred t1_j2tcbwo wrote
Why don't they do that with dairy cows?
Eagle_Arm t1_j2tprdy wrote
Because the milk is then generated for people, not for the calf, so we can drink it. If the calf gets it, we don't.
Also not sure if actually serious question or if just asking it so can be like, "SEE! SEE! Stealing milk from the calf for human consumption! We're the only animal that steals other animals milk!!!!" Obnoxious hippie screech
khegobier OP t1_j2ud2fe wrote
This comment doesn't seem like the kind that needed downvotes. Might have been a legitimate educational question, though I can understand the sarcastic undertones probably generating the downvotes.
I will be taking him away from his mother when it's time for him to wean. Many months from now. I'm not an industrial farm, I have no need to keep cows bred to make milk. For my purposes milk is just a bonus of the situation, and if there's enough to share between the calf and us, great. If not, it's all for him.
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