JJ
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Hi,
Hopefully somebody can shed some light on this. I got 2 calves. 9 week Limousin X Illawara ShortHorn Heiffer and a 7 week Brown Swiss Steer.
Both seem to be eating alright, but their body condition seems to be quite different.
The heiffer eats mainly calf rearing pellets and lucent hay and will drink some substitute milk from a bucket - about 1 litre a day. She got a slightly rounded belly and looks in good shape.
The Steer drinks about 4-6 litres of substiture milk every day and also eats some calf rearing pellets and lucent hay. He is alert and seems quite happy, however he looks very skinny in the flanks legs and tummy. He basically looks all skin and bones. After drinking he normally coughs a few times, a wet cough which is not persistent but mainly happens around drinking time. His droppings look fairly firm and there is nothing else unusual about him.
I am a little worried about him being soo skinny, as I am not sure if this is normal or not.
I hope somebody can shed some light on this
Cheers,
JJ
Hopefully somebody can shed some light on this. I got 2 calves. 9 week Limousin X Illawara ShortHorn Heiffer and a 7 week Brown Swiss Steer.
Both seem to be eating alright, but their body condition seems to be quite different.
The heiffer eats mainly calf rearing pellets and lucent hay and will drink some substitute milk from a bucket - about 1 litre a day. She got a slightly rounded belly and looks in good shape.
The Steer drinks about 4-6 litres of substiture milk every day and also eats some calf rearing pellets and lucent hay. He is alert and seems quite happy, however he looks very skinny in the flanks legs and tummy. He basically looks all skin and bones. After drinking he normally coughs a few times, a wet cough which is not persistent but mainly happens around drinking time. His droppings look fairly firm and there is nothing else unusual about him.
I am a little worried about him being soo skinny, as I am not sure if this is normal or not.
I hope somebody can shed some light on this
Cheers,
JJ