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Deworm again with Valbazen orally or Ivomec Plus injectable, give a shot of Multimin and start giving them some cracked corn. This should help.

Do you call in to consign your animals? My sales barn will only state vaccines if proof of given by a vet ( invoice) is provided.

Can you creep feed the calves for a month? 4 month olds are likely to do better plus be heavier and worth more.

It's safe for bred cows.

You can try putting some of their grain on the tub to get them started on it. Usually only takes a time or two for them to figure it out.

Try the Safeguard dewormer pellets for them. How much grain are they getting daily?

Try putting the milk replacer in a bucket.

A 3 sided shed/ barn with an attached pasture or corral would be good. If you keep the cows in a stall or inside a barn constantly they are more prone to respiratory issues and they can get a little rammy without an area to walk around. As long as you can get them feed and water the snow really...

Yes heifers can and often do cycle at 6 months of age, some even younger. Check the others.

Usually a couple weeks or so until the calf can keep up with its moms milk let down. Check its temperature so you know if you need to continue on with antibiotics. Otherwise just keep her warm, dry and with mom.

Sometimes the new calves will do that. Leave her with her mom. Is she running a temperature? Otherwise might just be stressed from travel.

Send in a few different samples for Johnes testing, the wormer won't effect those results. Ideally you'd wait 30 days after deworming to do a fecal float.

Youngest we've ever had come in heat is 4 months.

No real help from Zoetis but I did find this info http://genetics.zoetis.com/newzealand/_ ... ure_nz.pdf which helps some. Looks like from what I understand the lower the number (1-100) the better except for height (lower is taller) and milking ability. Aprille

Ok some of my registered cows have the Zoetis Percent Bank listed at the bottom of their registration forms. Does anyone know the link to a good explanation of what those numbers mean? Or can explain it to me? Do I want high numbers or low numbers or does it differ between traits? I tried...

If the nipple has a big enough hole in it that the milk will drip out without being even sucked you can squirt some into their mouths which helps them get the hang of it faster.

If you let everyone in the corral (usually by using feed as a bribe) the pour some more feed 10-15 feet outside of the gate and work the gate letting out the ones you don't want caught it seems to work the best.

If your wormer doesn't have any residual effect use it again 2 weeks after you first gave it. That's the life cycle of most parasites. Aprille

We have been using the long necked calf z tags on everyone for a couple years now. They seem to be holding in there fine and because they are the long neck version look fine on cows too. Aprille

If you have rusted out or broken water troughs or lick tub containers they make great container gardens if you fill them 3/4 way full with older manure.