Calf poop

[Down in Dixie]

New momma and calf seem to be doing good. Here are the twins.

 

[MurraysMutts]

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! )
Smdh

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

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.

 

[Travlr]

Well bottle calf doesn't want a bottle and looks like she nursed. Waiting on a friend to get here to pick up some steers so barn is getting used for that at the moment. I will lock up momma and bottle calf to see what happens. I still have the placenta so will that work if I put it on the bottle calf?

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.

 

[TCRanch]

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.

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.

 

[Down in Dixie]

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.

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.

 

[Down in Dixie]

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 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.

 

[TCRanch]

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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.

Sure looks like you have a match! But agree that keeping them together for a while will create a tighter bond.

 

[Down in Dixie]

Sure looks like you have a match! But agree that keeping them together for a while will create a tighter bond.

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]

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!

 

[Down in Dixie]

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.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

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.

 

[MurraysMutts]

Doesn't it feel weird not making a bottle this morning.....

 

[Down in Dixie]

Doesn't it feel weird not making a bottle this morning.....

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.

 

[Down in Dixie]

Looks like new momma and calf are doing great. Dropped off old momma at the sale barn this morning. Love the milk face.

 

[MurraysMutts]

View attachment 23335Looks like new momma and calf are doing great. Dropped off old momma at the sale barn this morning. Love the milk face.

Love a happy ending!
What u gonna do with all that milk replacer?
Better go watch your cow sell and buy a bottle calf.....

 

[TCRanch]

Congrats!!!

 

[Down in Dixie]

Love a happy ending!
What u gonna do with all that milk replacer?
Better go watch your cow sell and buy a bottle calf.....

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]

You can put it in your freezer to keep it fresh. Always handy to have around.

 

[MurraysMutts]

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.

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.