giving calves poitin?

ddogsbollix

I know we have all giving it to calves...! I gave it to a calf today, but i often thought is there any benefit to giving it? and is it doing more harm than good!

mattthetrasher

well ya could always give some to the calf some to yourself and see who is sicker in the morning:)

Pulsating Star

Don't really know but my dad who was a teetotaller and a very comitted stockman would always make sure there was some in the house.

EGAR

OH gives it to cows that are down. We had one who fell in a ditch and she wouldn't stand up after we got her out. The day after she fell in she was still down so she got the *magic* and it worked.

who the fug

Suppose it works same way as taking a hot toddy when one has the flu.

Alleviates the symptoms, makes ones sleep so the body can get on with recovering.


Don't give them to much, nothing worse than a yearling with a sore head:D

bbam

I suppose it could act as a painkiller in small amounts.
It's not something we'd give but then there are lots of different remedies in different parts of the country.
I know if I have a few shots of it I feel invincible !

For a while anyway

pakalasa

I know of a guy that drank too much poitin one Saturday night. On the Sunday morning, not feeling the best, he got dragged out to Mass. He fell asleep, woke up and thought he was still in the nightclub. He got out into the aisle of the church and started dancing around......:D
True Story !!

Username John

pakalasa wrote: »

I know of a guy that drank too much poitin one Saturday night. On the Sunday morning, not feeling the best, he got dragged out to Mass. He fell asleep, woke up and thought he was still in the nightclub. He got out into the aisle of the church and started dancing around......:D
True Story !!

Ah - dragged out to mass on a Sunday morning with a desperately sore head... takes me back

Poitín - we would always have some, to give to a very sick animal. Only a small amount. I think a small bit prob helps, mixed up in a tonic - but giving something warm & high energy to the animal probably helps as much IMO

5live

who the fug wrote: »

Suppose it works same way as taking a hot toddy when one has the flu.

Alleviates the symptoms, makes ones sleep so the body can get on with recovering.


Don't give them to much, nothing worse than a yearling with a sore head

A teenager with a sore head;)

Kovu

We would give it to a few every year, usually mixed with warmed milk or a glucose mix to stimulate the stomach and give it a bit of a boost rather than hitting an animals stomach with the alcohol.

I have fond memories of poor old Lazarus, a weanling that was flat out on the ground with pneumonia that the vet had given up on.
A nice dose of poitin later and he was looking brighter. Was up and walking the next day:D