Unfortunately, not wanting to mother a calf is a bigger problem with the first timers than worrying about being taken.
Couple that with a big clod of a calf who doesn't want to suck to begin with.. that's what we are dealing with on one heifer right now. We pulled a monster of a calf (don't ask.. AI sired, good CE numbers with high accuracy) and that dumby hasn't even tried to suck until last night. This morning for the first time, he got up on his own and went to the cow. She doesn't seem to care one way or the other about him, so at least she hasn't been fighting him off.
Couple that with a big clod of a calf who doesn't want to suck to begin with.. that's what we are dealing with on one heifer right now. We pulled a monster of a calf (don't ask.. AI sired, good CE numbers with high accuracy) and that dumby hasn't even tried to suck until last night. This morning for the first time, he got up on his own and went to the cow. She doesn't seem to care one way or the other about him, so at least she hasn't been fighting him off.