Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Health & Nutrition
50-50 chance
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="TR" data-source="post: 169665" data-attributes="member: 22"><p>I had 2 first calvers (sisters) out here this past year with coke bottle nipples. First calf was an easy pull, but was weak, so we stripped the mama and tubed the calf his first meal as he hadn't nursed in 12 hrs, then I milked her 2 more times and fought with the calf to get his dinner down him. After that 3rd arguement with the calf, I figured if he's too strong for me to hold, then he was strong enough to find his own dinner. No more problems with the coke bottles.....</p><p></p><p>The calf from the 2nd cow was working on the back two only for a few days, so we pulled mama up and stripped her for a week until the calf latched on to the front two too. I suspect that he would have gotten around to the front two eventually. However, I was out of town for my off the ranch job, and the gal who watches the place for me got a little worried about the possibility of mastitis, so bless her heart, she was the one who pulled the cow up to milk. Either way, the calves turned out fine, mamas were heavy milkers and weaned off good sized calves.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TR, post: 169665, member: 22"] I had 2 first calvers (sisters) out here this past year with coke bottle nipples. First calf was an easy pull, but was weak, so we stripped the mama and tubed the calf his first meal as he hadn't nursed in 12 hrs, then I milked her 2 more times and fought with the calf to get his dinner down him. After that 3rd arguement with the calf, I figured if he's too strong for me to hold, then he was strong enough to find his own dinner. No more problems with the coke bottles..... The calf from the 2nd cow was working on the back two only for a few days, so we pulled mama up and stripped her for a week until the calf latched on to the front two too. I suspect that he would have gotten around to the front two eventually. However, I was out of town for my off the ranch job, and the gal who watches the place for me got a little worried about the possibility of mastitis, so bless her heart, she was the one who pulled the cow up to milk. Either way, the calves turned out fine, mamas were heavy milkers and weaned off good sized calves. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Health & Nutrition
50-50 chance
Top