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Give him colostrum or colostrum replacer asap.

Are your cows registered? If so what's the number and breed? If not can you take pictures of them and give some insight on what you want to improve on.

I would deworm her again with either injectable Ivomec plus or oral Valbazen.

If the calves are pretty close in size and are nice to each other then keeping them together would be fine. They both can have calf starter but just give the younger one milk. Having them together will not only provide companionship but they will learn from each other too.

Can you pen them all up together for a while? Supplement the special calf with a bottle colostrum first then milk replacer daily. Sometimes they just take a little more time to figure everything out. Usually by the end of the week it will be better.

Usually in bull/heifer twins the heifer is sterile but not always.

Odds are 1 in 8 for as chromed up a calf as this (hereford + simmental spotting). Yes it can happen with any of your Sim cross cows as long as they carry the spotting gene and are crossed with that same Hereford bull. As for Angus cows, no none of their calves should be as spotted UNLESS...

Selenium can be fatal if overdosed.

You can give Kaolin Pectin (basically animal Pepto) to the calf to help prevent diarrhea also. I've just mixed it in with the milk before. Also what kind of milk replacer are you feeding the calf or whole milk?

50% this year on timed AI using Select Sync and Timed AI protocol. It's ranged in previous years from 25-50%.

cowgirl8 This is bottle calf #11. Generally 1-2 per season. Mixing in a pan for me works better and I like that there is no little clumps stuck inside the bottle like when I've mixed it in the bottle. If it works that way for you though great, maybe your tap water is hotter? Our calves do get...

We keep our milk replacer in a plastic tote with snap on lid, it works well. We do feed 3 times daily but give more than recommended. We heat water in a pan to very warm then add in the powder and whisk it till smooth. Right now the bottle calf we have is 2 months old and getting 4 quarts 3...

You could feed them more milk replacer as long as you do it gradually. Add a 3rd feeding at half strength then gradually increase to full strength (over 10-14 days). We always feed our bottle calves more than the bag says. Current bottle calf is almost 2 months old and gets 1 gallon 3 times a...

We have on hand: Calf puller extra pulling straps (we like the ones made out of 1" flat webbing) powdered or frozen colostrum bottle + nipple OB gloves+ lube lariat rope calf blanket + hood (it's still very cold here) phone number to a good cattle vet or cattle savy friend+ cell phone pitchfork...

Although she's likely open I'd still blood test her first because you say you like her. Sometimes, rarely cows/ heifers that are actually bred may act like they're not and even let others mount them. The test is cheap and then if she's open you'll be able to sell her as documented open.

Do you have anything other than just grass hay to feed her for hay? Adding some alfalfa, peanut or pea hay will really help her too along with the creep feed/grain. You can even get some alfalfa pellets/ cubes soak them to make a mash to add to the grass hay. Also make sure you have colostrum...

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I'd give her one more chance at raising a calve. Making sure she is in good shape and has a good balanced mineral available. If she doesn't do better at the next calf then a trip is in order.

Make sure you give the colostrum supplement a couple times and see if you can get any local help to get the calf on the cow. Bottle calves never turn out as good as mom raised.

What do you want to do with the resulting calf? Also what semen company do you have reps available for around you? I'd look for a bull with higher WW and better carcass values without getting too big on the BW/ CED. But there are lots out there like that so help us narrow it down some. Aprille