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i raise lots of bottle calves. what i do when they arent quite scoured yet but it looks like the scours may be coming is put a raw egg in the bottle. this sometimes will keep them from getting full blown scours. if the calf does get scours i take them off of milk, use a good electrolyte (i use...

sorry the correct spelling is smartlic

i just googled it and it came right up supposed to be the best, harder than crystalyx and drier than any other tub feed

hello all i raise bottle calves and today picked up a flyer at the feed store about smartlik. there was also a study on the board so i read it. it stated that k-state did a study and said that in cows this stuff is better than feed basically. my question is concerning weening bottle calves does...

there are also people put into the stands that help the auction to protect the seller. this is very important if you are the seller. i have been to many a sale that two or three guys in the stands will bid with no real intent on buying the animal, they are protecting the seller and the barn, if...

anyone have a web address for the urban company, i tried to google it but keep getting dance clubs

i would also keep some mineral and salt around for them to eat if they need it. alot of babys problems are mineral deficiencys, if it is ther and they need it they will instinctively crave it and eat it. ive seen calves eat dirt before because minerals weren't available for them. they cannot...

went to the vet today at noon. a quick autopsy and he said it was a toxen of some sort. he said i probably killed him indirectly with the shot of baytril. the baytril kills the bacteria almost instantly, when they are killed they release a toxen, sends them into shock and walla dead calf. the...

i only put mine up to feed then they are let out of the stalls and roam freely on about a half an acre with a creep feeder and free choice hay, along with whatever grass they can pick. ctlbaron: i dont think we had the same thing, mine never got completely scoured with white or clear stools...

ive never had much luck with jerseys, i have kept them alive in the past but they always seem stunted. like i said in my other post i got them for a good price and thought id try, if these stupid things get my other calves sick i will be really angry

my wife works at wal-mart home office and said they put out a report as to what the top 25 items purchased with the fema cards were, number one item................................................sony play station 2

i posted earlier today about a baby bull calf that ended up dying, i had another brother of his that took sick with the same symptoms and died about 5-6 hours later. i have raised and treated about a million of these little boogers but this was the first time any had died so soon. i feel ripped...

his status has changed drastically, i went to check on him about 5 minutes ago and he was dead. i did get him for next to free but now im out the meds and electrolyes. i tried he just wasnt strong enough to help me help him

ill try that in a few hours. im afraid to put anything else in him right now he is full looks bloated, im going out every hour and rolling him over. at about 2 ill try to get some gelatin in him.

ive raised many a sick calf and been through most of the problems but have never seen the sunken in eyes like this before, he is also very loose but they usually get that way first sign of sickness. he is passing almost pure water. definately not any thicker than water.

also it has been really cool here the past few days down into the upper 40's last nigh it was great

the calf came from a dairy where i know for sure he got three days worth of mothers milk. i have been tubing him 4 times a day with bounce back(electrolytes). he was born on last wednesday so he is 11 days old today. i have to go back to work tomorrow so i will have to tube him 2 maybe three...

i have a very weak baby jersey. i have raised about a million of these baby bottle calves but i have never seen one like this. symptoms, very weak, i have tubed him with electrolytes, given him 2cc of baytril (im out of nuflor), the part that baffles me is his eyes are sunken into his head, he...