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Drying cows off

  • 10-02-2016 6:48pm
    #1
    case5130
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭


    Have been feeding two cows nothing but hay last 4 days and dry cow tubed them last nite but noticed one has a good bag on her today ..was doing twice a day sucking as it was ...and the where sucked dry last nite before the tube ... Question is should I be worried or will the tube do it's job


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  • #2
    dohc turbo2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭dohc turbo2


    case5130 wrote: »
    Have been feeding two cows nothing but hay last 4 days and dry cow tubed them last nite but noticed one has a good bag on her today ..was doing twice a day sucking as it was ...and the where sucked dry last nite before the tube ... Question is should I be worried or will the tube do it's job
    i had. The opinion that the tubes were just antibiotics and would not dry up the cow .


  • #3
    High bike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,531 ✭✭✭High bike


    If she's not on grass she will dry off in a few days,it's not unusual for her to bag up a bit


  • #4
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    dohc turbo2 wrote: »
    i had. The opinion that the tubes were just antibiotics and would not dry up the cow .

    Pretty much, they have a slow release antibiotic and also help seal up the teat. We never bother with them, just a bit of restricted diet. The cow will obviously still be producing milk but should go down in a day or two, wouldn't worry about it.


  • #5
    case5130
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭case5130


    Kovu wrote: »
    Pretty much, they have a slow release antibiotic and also help seal up the teat. We never bother with them, just a bit of restricted diet. The cow will obviously still be producing milk but should go down in a day or two, wouldn't worry about it.

    Any thing to stop the lowing ha


  • #6
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    case5130 wrote: »
    Any thing to stop the lowing ha

    Turn the radio on and drown them out ;)


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  • #7
    case5130
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 222 ✭✭case5130


    Kovu wrote: »
    Turn the radio on and drown them out ;)

    The neighbours I'm worried about


  • #8
    Kovu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,241 ✭✭✭✭Kovu


    case5130 wrote: »
    The neighbours I'm worried about

    Just turn the radio up more and drown those out too :D


  • #9
    Brown Podzol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,847 ✭✭✭Brown Podzol


    case5130 wrote: »
    Have been feeding two cows nothing but hay last 4 days and dry cow tubed them last nite but noticed one has a good bag on her today ..was doing twice a day sucking as it was ...and the where sucked dry last nite before the tube ... Question is should I be worried or will the tube do it's job

    I have dried off dairy cows doing over 20lts a day abruptly. No restriction on diet before or after. They'll be fine. Takes a couple of days for the message to get to the brain that they are on holidays now.


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