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Beistings

  • 30-12-2015 8:42pm
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    Miname
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    id a first Calver land a calf today, I was milking her to get beistings and it was pure white and fairly watery. She had no shortage of it in fairness but it just looked like normal milk. I had a couple of cartons in the freezer so I defrosted one of those and gave it to the calf along with two litres of its own milk. My question is; is that beistings, the fact it's so watery as good as thick yellow beistings.


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  • #2
    White Clover
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    Miname wrote: »
    id a first Calver land a calf today, I was milking her to get beistings and it was pure white and fairly watery. She had no shortage of it in fairness but it just looked like normal milk. I had a couple of cartons in the freezer so I defrosted one of those and gave it to the calf along with two litres of its own milk. My question is; is that beistings, the fact it's so watery as good as thick yellow beistings.

    Any chance another animal was sucking her?


  • #3
    Miname
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    White Clover wrote: »
    Any chance another animal was sucking her?

    There's always a chance . She's been in a calving pen this week or so with another one in the pen beside her. In fairness i hadn't seen any sucking her.


  • #4
    trixi2011
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    Miname wrote: »
    id a first Calver land a calf today, I was milking her to get beistings and it was pure white and fairly watery. She had no shortage of it in fairness but it just looked like normal milk. I had a couple of cartons in the freezer so I defrosted one of those and gave it to the calf along with two litres of its own milk. My question is; is that beistings, the fact it's so watery as good as thick yellow beistings.
    Heifers usually dont have as good of quality of colostrum as more mature cows . Wont be as good as thick golden colustrum but better than noting


  • #5
    White Clover
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    Miname wrote: »
    There's always a chance . She's been in a calving pen this week or so with another one in the pen beside her. In fairness i hadn't seen any sucking her.

    You'd have a fair idea by the feel of the teats.


  • #6
    whelan2
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    was she running milk before she calved


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  • #7
    Miname
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    whelan2 wrote: »
    was she running milk before she calved

    No, there sucklers. Most just about bag up.


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