6 days old

[randiliana]

Here are some pictures of our preemie now. It sure doesn't take long for them to fill out!!

Newborn

Today

Got an itch

Trying out new things

Moooommy

I can go anywhere!!

Mmmm dinner

 

[BlackBaldyMan]

Lol glad the little thing made it, think you can pick out the calf's number with that tiny little ear tag??? :lol:

 

[randiliana]

Lol glad the little thing made it, think you can pick out the calf's number with that tiny little ear tag??? :lol:

I dunno, depends on how far away he is ;-) he's actually got a pair of tags, just to make sure that he doesn't get unbalanced. There is a RFID tag in the other ear. The orange tag is one of the smaller Y-tex tags.

 

[cattleluvr18]

boy he sure is a cutie!! :heart:

 

[Alice]

Thank you so much for posting those, Randi...the little dickens! :heart:

Alice

 

[bigbull338]

now that is one cute little calf.love that big red eartag in her ear.will give her something to grow into.

 

[preston39]

rand...,
Looking back...was there anything unusual that happened to mom during the gestation period..that may have caused the early birth? Nutrition, management,stressful experience,illness,treatment,etc.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

Once they get on-their-feet so to speak they really take off. That's how it was with the preemie which I had that lived.

Glad to see he's doing so well.

The one I had, weaned off within the same weights as his peers. You never would have known he had been a preemie.

BTW, he's very cute.

Katherine

 

[randiliana]

rand...,
Looking back...was there anything unusual that happened to mom during the gestation period..that may have caused the early birth? Nutrition, management,stressful experience,illness,treatment,etc.

Not that I can think of. She was penned with about 20 other heifers and a few cows, and nothing sticks out in my mind. I know she started acting off about a week before she went into labour (see my post "uncomfortable heifer"). The weather had taken a cold turn, after a mainly warm winter for us. But that shouldn't have caused a problem. Unless something happened while we were gone the first weekend of Feb. The nephew fed them then, and I know some cows were mixed up when we got back, but he didn't say anything.

 

[randiliana]

Thanks for all the comments. He has done very well so far, and I expect that he will be fine.

 

[Susie David]

Sure nice to know that he is another one that you don't have to worry about...

 

[*Cowgirl*]

he's such a cutie

 

[Joy in Texas]

I'm so glad he's doing so good. He is so cute and healthy looking. Good job,Randi ....