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dead cow with newborn calf

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  • 28-03-2019 1:21pm
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    omu
    Registered Users Posts: 117 ✭✭


    hi all,

    lost a cow 3 days ago after calving. have been giving calf beastings from a nearby dairy since and calf in good nick. thinking of my options now..have i any other options other than going back again to the dairy farmer for more milk? unfortunately this is my first calf and arrived premature so wont have another calf for a month approx. waiting for tag to arrive so selling is out at the moment. any tips are welcome!! thanks


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    wrangler
    Registered Users Posts: 11,057 ✭✭✭✭wrangler


    omu wrote: »
    hi all,

    lost a cow 3 days ago after calving. have been giving calf beastings from a nearby dairy since and calf in good nick. thinking of my options now..have i any other options other than going back again to the dairy farmer for more milk? unfortunately this is my first calf and arrived premature so wont have another calf for a month approx. waiting for tag to arrive so selling is out at the moment. any tips are welcome!! thanks

    Milk replacer will be good enough now, here's some information on rearing calves on milkreplacer
    http://agritech.ie/milk-replacer-feeding-guidelines/


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    lanod2407
    Registered Users Posts: 641 ✭✭✭lanod2407


    Did you get sorted?


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