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Down in Dixie
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New momma and calf seem to be doing good.
Here are the twins.
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New momma and calf seem to be doing good. Here are the twins.
MurraysMutts
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No more bottles for you!
Expect the adopted calf to scour a little bit. Only natural when she gets an all-u-can-eat buffet.
(I hope u smacked the snot outta her for laying on her calf too! )
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Expect the adopted calf to scour a little bit. Only natural when she gets an all-u-can-eat buffet.
(I hope u smacked the snot outta her for laying on her calf too! )
Smdh
Jeanne - Simme Valley
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New momma is a good looking cow. Looks like you got it licked.
I have never skinned a calf. Way too much work. Placenta works great. If not, try to catch cows urine & pour on calf. I keep O No More on hand at all times. It's a powder that you sprinkle on the calf. Cows cannot resist licking it. Once a cow licks the calf, that's 90% of the battle. O No Mo is like $9/bottle. real cheap insurance.
I have never skinned a calf. Way too much work. Placenta works great. If not, try to catch cows urine & pour on calf. I keep O No More on hand at all times. It's a powder that you sprinkle on the calf. Cows cannot resist licking it. Once a cow licks the calf, that's 90% of the battle. O No Mo is like $9/bottle. real cheap insurance.
Travlr
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Momma needs to smell her own scent coming from the back end of the calf, from her own milk passing through the calf. I think that's why Silver suggested introducing the hide covered calf to mom, butt/tail first.
I've heard of people rubbing the mother's nose with Vicks so that's all she smells and can't differentiate between one calf and another.
Yes. And no. It only works if the cow actually wants a calf. Went through 2 bottles of Orphan No More (which smells to high heaven!!!!) and tried everything under the sun with a first calf heifer one year. Eventually gave up after a week (I don't have time for that nonsense) and the heifer took a trailer ride, sold the calf to a friend that grafted onto a cow by simply giving the cow a bowl of cubes and letting the calf figure it out. Literally a few hours later, mama & her new baby were snuggled together, a perfect match.
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Down in Dixie
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Well the cow and calf were laying together earlier. She keep talking to the calf like it’s hers so I think I’m good. Hope to go feed them soon and see the calf suck or at least see a milk face from where she just had a snack.
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Down in Dixie
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I guess I need to get some to just keep on hand. I keep colostrum and electrolytes on hand but non of that. I hope to buy some and never have to use it.
Sure looks like you have a match! But agree that keeping them together for a while will create a tighter bond.
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Down in Dixie
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They have the barn to themselves and old momma has about a 500’ buffer zone so other than some bawling the calf shouldn’t have any distractions from new momma.
MurraysMutts
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I've tried o no more
Karo syrup
Powdered sugar
Chute twice a day
Feed in trough
Penning them tight
The cows urine
The cows poop
Etc etc, but never tried vicks
But nothing beats that placenta and a mama that wants a calf!!
The skinned hide works too.
A stubborn cow will take lots of effort no matter how ya do it.
You've got "the kind!"
Congratulations my friend!
After about a week when ya think they are bonded well, give it a couple more days just because. She deserves a couple more days of the spa treatment anyway!
Karo syrup
Powdered sugar
Chute twice a day
Feed in trough
Penning them tight
The cows urine
The cows poop
Etc etc, but never tried vicks
But nothing beats that placenta and a mama that wants a calf!!
The skinned hide works too.
A stubborn cow will take lots of effort no matter how ya do it.
You've got "the kind!"
Congratulations my friend!
After about a week when ya think they are bonded well, give it a couple more days just because. She deserves a couple more days of the spa treatment anyway!
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Down in Dixie
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She had a wet face when I went to feed tonight. 
Give momma some feed and calf kept coming to me instead of momma. Finally got her in the right direction though.
Give momma some feed and calf kept coming to me instead of momma. Finally got her in the right direction though.
Jeanne - Simme Valley
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Sometimes it doesn't make any difference how much effort we put into it - it doesn't work. Sometimes it's the calf - sometimes it's the cow. And sometimes everything falls right into place without any effort.
Congratulations.
O No More isn't a surefire cure-all. But, if the cow just needs a little nudge, this works great.
Congratulations.
O No More isn't a surefire cure-all. But, if the cow just needs a little nudge, this works great.
MurraysMutts
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Doesn't it feel weird not making a bottle this morning.....
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Down in Dixie
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She still wants a bottle but she needs to learn to work that udder. Saw her suck a little when I fed this morning and had a wet face again so she is getting some milk.
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Down in Dixie
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Looks like new momma and calf are doing great. Dropped off old momma at the sale barn this morning. Love the milk face.
MurraysMutts
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Love a happy ending!
What u gonna do with all that milk replacer?
Better go watch your cow sell and buy a bottle calf.....
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Congrats!!!
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Down in Dixie
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Not sure what I’m going to do with it. I have a full bag and not much in the other. Still have 3/4 bag of the soy based also. Guess I will hold on to it for a little bit and maybe sell it. Not a bad thing to keep on hand. Always got colostrum on hand.
Jeanne - Simme Valley
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You can put it in your freezer to keep it fresh. Always handy to have around.
MurraysMutts
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IF you can get a baby calf bought right and get it bottle broke, it'll turn ya a small profit just by bottle breaking it and holding it 2 weeks to make sure its healthy.
Just stay away from dairy calves.
