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Now my bull was kinda smallish but in the last year or so he's really come on Do you think there something to that? Yea go figure out of the 4 heifers she the smallest and has the biggest calf and she was the one i was worried about i guess for good reason. I guess maybe a lot of factors come...

I would not say immature, shes 2.5 years old. Shes on the small side and all my other heifers calfed with no problems at all. out of 6 calves, 5 were very small 50lbs range. Even my older cows had very samll calves. Why she had such a big calf ? dunno. she the sister to one of the other...

R U trying to p.o. me??? YES vet came out and like i said in a previous post. Said, we did and are doing the right thing. it happens, Happen to him. SO i guess you know more than the vet now????. I tried everyones advice but i'm not going to risk my safety or the calfs safety just to say oh...

(It is a lifestyle choice if you can not be there for your animals then question if you should have them.) I don't know of a single person in MY area that doesn't have cattle and work. I do what it takes for all of my animals. How many other people on this board have cattle...

NO NEED A FOR THAT. You don't take into account i'm at work either, some of us have to work to suport the rest of the country. today i will have time today is my go home early day. No she won't have a choice TODAY. But in the mean time i have to keep the calf alive don't yall...

thanks and yes i wish you were closer. He wants to suck. i tried yesterday evening in the corral giving her some feed and he was just about to suck on it and she head butted him to the ground. So today is the day i have time to run her in the chute tie her legs and her head and if he don't suck...

Don't get all crazy on me now, i'm trying. i asked for advice and got it. I'm keeping him alive while i do these things. I can't just throw my hands in the air and quit, than he dies, than what?? Right now both are find, i sprayed coloring on her teats yesterday i will know the outcome this...

HELL NO. she won't let me get that close. i can get arms length away thats it until i can get her in the chute. What i'm doing seems to be working until i can get away from work to pen her up and go thru all that. But my work comes first. Hes doing well and she seems fine to going too use...

Yea, she licked him. he follows her when i led him to her. Most of the time i have to, because he wants to follow me. Going to try the food coloring ideal. I took a good look at her yesterday, but i'm unable to tell if she is or isn't . AT first look i said yes. than i look at another cow...

I have a homemade chute & head gate. it will work she been in there b4. thanks :cowboy:

NO, she won't let but i might beable to spray some color might try that, GOOD ideal. what could i spray???

clean and smooth??? yea i looked yesterdaty and one looked kinda clean and smooth not wrinkled like the others . Like i said i'm at work so i can't see wahts going on right now. It seems as though sometimes she leds hm away from me like i've seen others do. But would he be that hungry and...

THANKS thats what i was need to know. I tried a little yesterday evening , but she comes running when he balls for me. But than i led him towards her she walk walks away from us. and he ends up being by himself. But like i said i'm not there enough to see whats going on. But judging by what...

problem is she's not even paying much attention to him at all. THAT I SEE. i got up early this morning. fed him and he was already in the barn. got a whole bottle down him and he went to join the rest. Do i need to keep giving him the colstrum.??? and how much should he be getting milk...

well, i just go back. he was fine. hard to say if she let him nurse, don't think so. he woofed down about 2-3 pints. from his new momma, ME but he was alert an in the shade. he's moving around alot & he got up on his own no problems. Momma cow came running but same ole thing she just...

Yes, mixed up a batch with milk, than when to the feed store and all the had left was a tube that you adminster on the back of the tongue, he got it all. i still have a batch of colostrum wait on me as soon as i get home for lunch. he's alert, gets up on his own. and sucks on his own. I just...

i bought one last year, did same thing very good looking momma cow. don't know if she had a rough time or not. but she did the same dang thing. I was going to ship her out but she dropped a nice lil bull calf last monday. Shes taking very good care of it. This calf seem a little big compared...

Ok my last heifer calfed sunday morning It seemed a little rough on her i was able to pull it as she seemed to be struggling, She stayed down for about an hour. In the mean time the lil bull calf was alive and well except that his momma wouldn't nurse him because she was still down. I...

The calves will either be sale barn or slaugther for family & one or 2 for me. prolly 1/2 sale barn 1/2 freezer. sounds like a good ideal though. they eat a little feed now and again when i put some out

I did a search on weaning age. too much to sort thru. I also heard about the 205 day weaning age. But can You wean earlier, is it a good/bad ideal to wean early. Or is the 205 weaning age the normal.? Most of the momma cows are in pretty good shape except for one. especially after the...