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Calf from Boston, MA gets fitted with prosthetic legs?
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<blockquote data-quote="hillsdown" data-source="post: 712693" data-attributes="member: 5106"><p>Alison alot of us that winter or spring calve have encountered -40 weather and with the wind chill it can be below 50 at times. I like to check at all hours during those occasions and have recently installed cameras for my calving areas. But I will do all night checks every 2 hours and if a calf is born during those periods they are grabbed and put in a warming box in my shop. I try to let them nurse first but sometimes that is not an option in such severe weather, so they are given a first feeding of colostrum by me as much as they want to drink if it is 8 pints then that is what they get. As soon as they are dry they are sent back to mom . My cattle also have shelters and huge straw packs as well to keep them warm. Usually the new babies snuggle in deep into the straw beside mom. They get cute little toques to wear as well until they are at least 24 hours or more older in sever weather..</p><p></p><p>It is alot more work and effort but I really don't mind. I love calving season and I love a challenge. The past couple of years my cows and calves have been so fantastic, as well as not as severe weather that it has become boring at times. :lol2:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hillsdown, post: 712693, member: 5106"] Alison alot of us that winter or spring calve have encountered -40 weather and with the wind chill it can be below 50 at times. I like to check at all hours during those occasions and have recently installed cameras for my calving areas. But I will do all night checks every 2 hours and if a calf is born during those periods they are grabbed and put in a warming box in my shop. I try to let them nurse first but sometimes that is not an option in such severe weather, so they are given a first feeding of colostrum by me as much as they want to drink if it is 8 pints then that is what they get. As soon as they are dry they are sent back to mom . My cattle also have shelters and huge straw packs as well to keep them warm. Usually the new babies snuggle in deep into the straw beside mom. They get cute little toques to wear as well until they are at least 24 hours or more older in sever weather.. It is alot more work and effort but I really don't mind. I love calving season and I love a challenge. The past couple of years my cows and calves have been so fantastic, as well as not as severe weather that it has become boring at times. :lol2: [/QUOTE]
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