Better this time around?
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WolfLady":194pxify said:
Watch him close until you know he's at least 2 weeks old. If he scours, as long as he's eating, you'll probably do fine, 'cause he'll also take his electrolytes. Make sure you give him some probios every day...and put some calf starter dry feed out for him to nose around in.
When a jersey holstein cross does well, they do very, very well...grow like weeds. Like I said, just keep a close eye on him.
Alice
sidney411
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He sure looks thin to me. Is he shaved between his ribs and hips?
Jake
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just an idea, but start shoving grain in his mouth. he's still young enough you might be able to turn him into a "beef" animal. I know it works with holstein calves so I dont' know why it wouldn't work with him but if you get them started gaining like that early they'll grow out instead of up.
ilfarmer92
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He reminds me of the bottle calf the grand kids feed this summer. I too think he looks a little thin, but its hard to tell from the pictures. Are you usin a Medicated Milk Replacer? I've used Kent's Milk Replacer thats medicated for scours and havent had any problems for a long time, just a thought.
Alice":3c3i6mgz said:
Alice, I'm curious. Why should she be giving this calf Probios? Nothing has been said about giving him antibiotics, bloat, scours, off-feed, refusing his bottle, or anything along those lines. Help?
msscamp":2tbrnsyc said:
From what I understand and have read, probios stimulates eating. Plus, if the calf was bought at the sale barn, oh heck, ya' never know. For me, with a sale barn calf, anything that helps digestion is worth it...especially a dairy breed. Yeah, I've gotten pretty goosey with it comes to jerseys or holsteins or jersey/holstein crosses. So far, and this is going on 3 years now, probios hasn't hurt anything...so the way I look at it, if it doesn't hurt, and it might help, go for it. Just my thoughts.
Alice
eric
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sidney411":dx04ubxg said:
Sure looks like someone put the clippers to him between his ribs and his hips. Any reason why this would be done?
I really think it's the angle of the shot.
When we've bought holstein/jersey crosses from the sale barn, and that's the only place we've bought them from btw, they have all had that look about them. they're just lanky looking like that. I've said many times, "Dang, the calf looks half starved..." but it's not. And for some reason they keep that look for awhile. then once they start eating their dry calf feed it's almost like overnight, they start to grow across the back and really fill out.
At least, that's the experience we've had here.
Alice
When we've bought holstein/jersey crosses from the sale barn, and that's the only place we've bought them from btw, they have all had that look about them. they're just lanky looking like that. I've said many times, "Dang, the calf looks half starved..." but it's not. And for some reason they keep that look for awhile. then once they start eating their dry calf feed it's almost like overnight, they start to grow across the back and really fill out.
At least, that's the experience we've had here.
Alice
