Recent content by John1987

Well, I went and fed tonight and before I gave the calf a bottle, I tried one more time to get him to latch on to his mama's rear tits, but he still wasn't interested. So I gave him his bottle and let my daughter feed him. She's only a little over 2 years old, so she was no match for a hungry...

I don't believe it's because I interviened, this calf tries its best to suck, sometimes up to a few minutes at a time, but just on the front, which are dry. I am 100% sure of this as I have tried to milk them dozens of time without a single drop of milk from either. As soon as I'm done giving...

Well, it's been 48 hour since I gave that calf a bottle. I wish I could say that everything was going good, but it's not. That stubborn little fellow still won't suck those rear quarters, and is now dehydrated. He is alert and will get up when I go to the barn, but now won't even go to his mama...

I know I will lose some, especially calves, I wasn't meaning that, just that I don't want to lose any more due to my not paying attention. I didn't pay attention to some a few years ago and lost a few cows as a result.

Well, tomorrow its on its own, I'll let it go till Thursday and see if it's eating by then. Thanks for the advice, I'll try to start listening to it! It's just hard to think about the what if's, I've lost them before cause I wasn't worried, don't want that to happen again.

Gave the calf one last bottle this evening, it was trying to eat off of its mama, but it will only suck off the from two quarters, which are dry.

I have only been giving him a bottle twice a day, just in case he wasn't sucking get, he wouldn't get weak. He is three days old today though, and if he's not eating on his own by this evening when I get in, it will be his last bottle. He either learns or goes to the sale. I hope you guys are...

Well, yesterday was another day of bottle feeding. I thought the calf was going to suck on its own, but it wasn't, so I am back to milking and feeding bottles. Last night I tried getting it on its mom, but it was just too stubborn. So I gave it a bottle, and when it was gone, it wanted more and...

My best guess is she was bred to a Charolais bull, or at least Charolais cross. Still, I'm not dissapointed with this little bull calf. Only the second bull calf so far, with the rest heifers.

Here is a pic of the calf, doing good today, thanks for the advice yesterday. I was surprised by this calf, it was out of an angus cow and a (supposedly) black lim bull.

Thanks for the advice, she will definitely be culled, as I don't want any more problems than I am going to have already, even if this calf does good, not taking a chance again. I believe her front teats are blocked, whether from mastitis or injury, I'm not sure, but they have absolutely no milk...

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn14 ... 6pwief.jpg the only photo I could get uploaded to photobucket, maybe more tomorrow.

Thanks for all the replies, I think it may be okay. By the time I got to it, my brother-in-law had already gave it a bottle, but I went ahead and put it on her teats. It sucked a little, two different times, but wanted to lay down and sleep. Now I'm more worried about her front two teats. I...

First off, I'm new here and I'm not sure how to go about asking questions, so I hope I'm asking this in the right area, I'm sorry if not. I had a calf born yesterday morning while I was out of town. Brother-in-law checked on the cows and let me know this morning that somthing was wrong, the calf...