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The calf says he's too shy to have his picutre taken! I was making like a cow because he stands high up on his toes and puts his head 3 feet in the air to find the udder, with the bottle under me he's learned that food is down, not up. Now he's sucking reasonably well we are running him through...

Just an update on this subject for those of you who kindly replied to my original post. The cow in question delivered twin calves (pd as single pregnancy) a week ago. She now lays down like the others in the herd and no fidgeting. Must have been those advancing pregnancy blues! Now I'm...

Yes I have ordered magnets, unfortunately in the UK they are seen as weird voodoo but I'm going to do it myself anyway. BTW she hasn't been left a month to suffer, the vet has actually been out twice in the last 6 weeks. Nobody can see anything obvious, but if I watch her long enough I can see...

Thanks will look into that with vet. Another possibility is laminitis, her feet neet trimming, she tends to stand there, take a few steps backwards and lifts up front leg like its hurting. On the other hand she ran round like a loony when I opened up new pasture today. Will advise. Thanks all.

Yes that's what we had in mind, we'll keep an eye on her and get vet out again if necessary. She's full of beans otherwise, good appetite, walks fine etc.

Hi there, I am fairly new to cows, I bought a small herd of 5 cows/2 calves last year. The cows arrived last November. Both calves were nursing normally, however, the cow with the bull calf seemed uncomfortable after about a week, i thought she had a touch of mastitis, she wouldn't let the calf...