Had a fr heifer calf born this morning in cubicle shed. Cow due 15th January. I served a few in early April as I was penalised for not supplying enough milk last January. A sexed mo salah calf. All good. Best of luck for calving 2022
Did you milk out the cows a bit? The teats might still have the plugs in them. A bit of honey on the teats maybe ....
Done that. They’re sucking like mad just not the cow.
Give them a couple of ml of multimin
In the wars again with two perfectly normal calves but won’t suck their cows. Left one lad 4 days without feeding but couldn’t stick the roaring any more. You’d think he’d be dead. Watched them both constantly and never went near the cow.
Feeding them once a day on a bottle. Spent an hour trying to get them sucking cow this evening but was just vexing myself.
I have a heifer calf on the ground too out of that bull. They are bigger in size than Zag calves when born
Nice calf John, I had 1 of these in 2020, sold her last year at 13 months 405 kgs €1,140, I had a a few of them last year and very happy with them, very quite cattle. I will have a more of them this year hopefully. I found them small at calving but develop quickly in nice shapely cattle. The most of mine would have been out of Zag heifers / cows
Progressive genonmics LM2388 bull calf born on Wednesday. Had to jack him out. Mother is a SHX
Lovely heifer, maybe i’m wrong but i’d let the calf suck away and wouldn’t milk her out.
I would have encouraged the calf to drink from the heifer within an hour of birth. I don't think powder colostrum has equivalent antibodies, ( open to correction).
Had this last year with a couple of our cows, as far as I remember it’s normal for a bit of blood to be in the milk (capillaries burst in the bag I think is what the vet said to us) , usually goes after the first couple of days the calf is drinking👍
Si heifer calved. 4 quarters all blood in milk. Does that do harm to calf? Gave calf powder colostrum for 24 hours (2feeds) and milked out heifer 3 times and she is coming good now.
Had a cow with milk fever there now. Rarely get it in a spring calver, she calved this evening but she took on with a calf that was born at dinner time and went mental when I took the calf away
Must look into that.she calved her first last year no problem atal
Have you any idea of the cows ICBF figures? I had a cow here once that always always had a huge calf. From her breeding I could see all hard calving bulls in her pedigree on icbf webpage.
Would that her offspring a good chance of doing the same.i kept her heifer from last year for a replacement
Genetics usually.
What would have caused the cow to put all her feeding into calf instead of herself.got thin last couple months an showed with size of calf she had.she couldn't calve it.hex second calver
Ok. Sometimes it has to be done I suppose
Cow wouldn't let calf suck atal even in crush just kicking all the time.skinning worked great feeding within 5 minutes.first time doing it
There was a post earlier someone had a dead calf, skinned it and put it on another calf
I don't follow. My calf is alive.
It’s unlikely but with the calf being small and her calving early you never know.
Yes. I wouldn’t even bother skinning a calf. I’d just get the foster calf to drink the cow twice a day then leave them off after 3 or 4 days
Do you mean to bond to the calf?
Never thought she might have another. She was cleaned when I found her calved and she wasn't that big in the belly all along.
I’d say once the cow smells her own milk passing through the calf then you will be ok
There’s hardly another one in her?
Had a 2 year old heifer calve on her own during the night. Had her outside ad she was a bit lame. A tiny gamin Bull. Not due for another 12 days. I was worried about her as she is small enough. Bring her I'm this morning and calf started to go for her teats. He drank her dry. Great when it works put like that.
She is a bit short of milk though.
Lost calf at weekend left to long to calve cow didn't open fully an must been pushing for while.anyway got foster calf an skinned dead calf cow took til it straight away.how long would I need to keep skin tied on for..
Multivitamin is brilliant for calves that are slow at drink. Thanks for reminding me as I am out of it at the minute & must pick up a bottle of it as it was very hard to get last spring.
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