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Supposedly it is likely that she will. However, there are cows (and heifers) that aren't too keen about kicking off their own calf even if there's a new one on the way. Domestication can be blamed for this, mostly because in some females the natural mothering instincts have been selected less so because it's the humans that are going to be working to make sure newborn calves are going to survive instead of letting the cow do her job. This is especially apparent in dairy cows. It can be a problem in beef cows that do not have as strong of mothering instincts as other cows do. However, if a cow is selected to and allowed to raise her calf as she sees fit (provided she gets the proper nutrition to be able to raise a healthy calf), she will more than likely know when and how to wean her own calf.
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∙ 13y agoYes, there are some cows out there that have no qualms with acting as a temporary surrogate mother to other calves that still have their mothers, but like to suckle on her. Some cows, though, go to the further extreme of stealing another cow's calf and having it nurse her along with her own calf. Sometimes these kinds of cows need to be separated from the herd, or culled, if it gets too bad.
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∙ 13y agoMost cows would let both calves to suckle off of her, but others may not, particularly if the one being rejected is smaller than the one that the mother chooses to keep by her side.
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