cow with very little milk

john mayo 10

Had a cow calf 2day with twin bull calves. Shes a simmental cow and always has plenty of milk but she has very little. Her time isnt up till next tuesday so would the fact that her time isnt up be the reason she has damn all milk. I have her on dairy nuts aswell

farmerjack

john mayo 10 wrote: »

Had a cow calf 2day with twin bull calves. Shes a simmental cow and always has plenty of milk but she has very little. Her time isnt up till next tuesday so would the fact that her time isnt up be the reason she has damn all milk. I have her on dairy nuts aswell

Could be keitosis, is there a strong smell off her breath, has she last any condition in the last couple of days.

john mayo 10

farmerjack wrote: »

Could be keitosis, is there a strong smell off her breath, has she last any condition in the last couple of days.

Shes in good condition i mite mention it to the vet n morning

Bodacious

hi John,

you were lucky both calves made it, nothing like a small garden of grass and plenty of dairy nuts to bring the milk to her, it'll come to her but you may want to get few bottles of milk from another cow to keep the calves strong and healthy in the mean time

john mayo 10

Bodacious wrote: »

hi John,

you were lucky both calves made it, nothing like a small garden of grass and plenty of dairy nuts to bring the milk to her, it'll come to her but you may want to get few bottles of milk from another cow to keep the calves strong and healthy in the mean time

m
Ill probably get a bag of maverick n morning to keep them going till she comes into milk

Username John

john mayo 10 wrote: »

m
Ill probably get a bag of maverick n morning to keep them going till she comes into milk

Hi John,

I happened to have the same issue today, albeit with a ewe. But I said I better check online as to how soon you could give powdered milk (its 5 days for a lamb)

But it seems for Maverick its 4 days. See here : http://www.goldenmaverick.ie/products/triple-a-golden-maverick-regular

(I think it says 4 days anyways)

john mayo 10

Username John wrote: »

Hi John,

I happened to have the same issue today, albeit with a ewe. But I said I better check online as to how soon you could give powdered milk (its 5 days for a lamb)

But it seems for Maverick its 4 days. See here : http://www.goldenmaverick.ie/products/triple-a-golden-maverick-regular

(I think it says 4 days anyways)

Thanks for that john.l could have done more harm than good by giving them maverick

Bizzum

No matter what you're goin to do, lorry the beastings into the calves anyway.

49801

as others have said she'll probably come into milk 7-10days

rancher

Username John wrote: »

Hi John,

I happened to have the same issue today, albeit with a ewe. But I said I better check online as to how soon you could give powdered milk (its 5 days for a lamb)

But it seems for Maverick its 4 days. See here : http://www.goldenmaverick.ie/products/triple-a-golden-maverick-regular

(I think it says 4 days anyways)

Have been feeding lamlac here to the lambs from the second day...never knew it was a problem

PMU

a local dairy farmer will give you fresh beastings for a few days. because she had twins she may have calved early, i had a man here yesterday with the same problem

john mayo 10

PMU wrote: »

a local dairy farmer will give you fresh beastings for a few days. because she had twins she may have calved early, i had a man here yesterday with the same problem

Got a beastings subsitute into them( new life ) yesterday . Gave herself an injection to help her come into milk and lord behold she has plenty of milk 2day.Happy days agsin and thanx for the advice lads

Bodacious

john mayo 10 wrote: »

Got a beastings subsitute into them( new life ) yesterday . Gave herself an injection to help her come into milk and lord behold she has plenty of milk 2day.Happy days agsin and thanx for the advice lads

how did she work out for you at the finish john?

john mayo 10

Bodacious wrote: »

how did she work out for you at the finish john?

Shes flying since she came to milk within days and the sooner i cant let her out on grass the better .its just too cold yet but the twins are happy and full

hugo29

john mayo 10 wrote: »

Got a beastings subsitute into them( new life ) yesterday . Gave herself an injection to help her come into milk and lord behold she has plenty of milk 2day.Happy days agsin and thanx for the advice lads

john what injection did you get, i have exact same issue, sim cow due friday carrying twins, no sign of bagging up and she always full of milk

was it oxytocin you gave her

Conmaicne Mara

rancher wrote: »

Have been feeding lamlac here to the lambs from the second day...never knew it was a problem

If I remember right, lambs are supposed to get colostrum for the first day or two. I think it's usefulness to the lamb diminishes quite a bit after the first twelve hours, or rather the lambs ability to use it as good as it might earlier. Then go on with powdered milk replace from day 2 or three onward.

Haven't got the bucket in front of me at the moment, can't see to find the brand I use online.

john mayo 10

hugo29 wrote: »

john what injection did you get, i have exact same issue, sim cow due friday carrying twins, no sign of bagging up and she always full of milk

was it oxytocin you gave her

It was oxytocin surely. one of the twins dropped dead this evening. dont know if he got a kick from another cow or what. you try ur best but at least its outside the house. If u have livestock u will have dead stock still gutted though