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Pongpianskul t1_j2szm1z wrote

Reply to comment by burghschred in My first baby moo by khegobier

Where I worked, the babies were taken from their mothers within hours of birth and put in little pens and fed milk out of big bottles. The females were raised to be dairy cows and the males were sold to farmers who raised them for meat. It was heartbreaking to hear the babies calling for their mothers in the barn and the mothers calling back. Sometimes the mothers would escape and go looking for their young we would have to round them up and get them back in the barn. Hard.

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[deleted] t1_j2tg8ow wrote

Why bottle feed....oh right because we are stealing and drinking it's food. Dang. Yeah, that's tough and yet I still will keep drinking milk. Deep thoughts being had.

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Pomelo-jello t1_j2tm07p wrote

Please keep this baby with its mom. It’s possible to do both - milk extra for humans and nurse the baby.

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khegobier OP t1_j2tr4sn wrote

He will be staying with mom until weaned. It's actually pretty easy to "share" a mom with a calf after the first month or so, so there's no reason to take him off.

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