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Anonymous
Howdy all,
Against everyone's sound advice, I picked up a 3 month old calf yesterday that was at "too good a price" to pass up. Up until yesterday, she's been well fed and on her mama, and looks very healthy, but now with stress of being taken from her mama, a haul, and a new herd has me concerned as to how to keep her that way. I have a cow that will nurse orphans, only she's starting to dry up from her last calf, so I'm wondering if I ought to suppliment this little gal's feed any with a milk replacer, or just let her get what she can from the nurse cow and pasture. Even at this late date in the season, my pasture is putting alot of weight on the heifers that are out here. Frankly, I'm amazed.
How would you tackle this? Shoot her with LA 200 when she gets here as a preventative? Offer milk replacer? Let the cow take over? I don't think she's ever seen feed, so I'm sure it would take a while for her to catch on to that idea, and I was hoping to keep her as healthy as I can during the transition. I plan on penning her with the cow and her calf until she stops looking for her mother, then turning the 3 of them out on pasture again. Any suggestions would be a great help.
Thanks!
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Against everyone's sound advice, I picked up a 3 month old calf yesterday that was at "too good a price" to pass up. Up until yesterday, she's been well fed and on her mama, and looks very healthy, but now with stress of being taken from her mama, a haul, and a new herd has me concerned as to how to keep her that way. I have a cow that will nurse orphans, only she's starting to dry up from her last calf, so I'm wondering if I ought to suppliment this little gal's feed any with a milk replacer, or just let her get what she can from the nurse cow and pasture. Even at this late date in the season, my pasture is putting alot of weight on the heifers that are out here. Frankly, I'm amazed.
How would you tackle this? Shoot her with LA 200 when she gets here as a preventative? Offer milk replacer? Let the cow take over? I don't think she's ever seen feed, so I'm sure it would take a while for her to catch on to that idea, and I was hoping to keep her as healthy as I can during the transition. I plan on penning her with the cow and her calf until she stops looking for her mother, then turning the 3 of them out on pasture again. Any suggestions would be a great help.
Thanks!
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