Most of our cows were indifferent when the calves were taken away. Some rejected the calf outright, attacking it and refusing to let it feed. One, after delivering twins, killed one of them. Another rejected her own calves, but attempted to commandeer the calves of other cows. Some feeder cows, cows who were not mechanically milked but instead ran with our dairy herd while feeding one or more calves, quite happily accepted any calf.
