Quick? about leaving calves together

[nduetime]

I seperate my dairy cow and her little heifer each morning so I can milk at night, then baby spends the evening warm and cozy with Momma. My question is this. I also have a little bull calf that will be 6 mos old on christmas. The heifer is about 2 mos. I put them in together thinking they would keep each other warm this afternoon. The bull calf "Burgermeister" started pushing her around pretty good until she turned the tables on him. Now she is pushing him around. Daisy (the little heifer) is not so little, she is very solid, no ribs at all, he is only about 4' taller and has a bigger belly (fatty). Do you think they will be ok together?

[nduetime]

bump!

[ozark_jewels]

Its normal for animals to shove each other around until they establish a "pecking order". As long its just shoving and not truly harmful beating, they should be fine and soon settle down together. Just keep an eye out until then.

[nduetime]

Thanks for answering Emily! I was hoping somebody would say something to that effect. It is all pretty easy going pushing. No head banging or anything like that. Yep, she is now "in charge" poor little Burgermeister, he is so gentle it is a shame to eat him. But we will!

[ozark_jewels]

Yeah, I'd be more worried if the bigger calf was shoving on the smaller, but I'm sure he will be fine. Too bad steers are usually so easy-going......makes it a bit harder to butcher them but they sure do taste good!