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Calving woes...weak calf, prolapses, etc.
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<blockquote data-quote="raykour" data-source="post: 913980" data-attributes="member: 16801"><p>Just and update here....</p><p></p><p>My 2 mommas are starting to dry up and enjoying their corn and motherhood appears to be a distant memory to them. </p><p>Hopefully they butcher nice. </p><p></p><p>I sold the calf from the uterine prolapse on Wednesday. For $500. He was quite the strapping little bull calf but that is just nuts. I figure I'd spend $200 on milk replacer, starter, etc. for him so why not sell him for the $500 now instead of the $700 at weaning and let someone else eat the risk. </p><p></p><p>The "weak" calf is doing well. He runs and bucks and eats pretty good. He has a new momma, a lamancha nanny goat I bought up at the sale barn last week. I have heard that the goat milk is better for them, and I paid for her the same as 2 bags of milk replacer. She lets him suck if I hold her and I have been milking her and giving him a bottle as well. So far he has been healthy....no fever, respiratory of digestive issues and he is 9 days old. In another week when he is stronger (he is plenty strong now, but he is still much smaller than his siblings) I will put him out with his brothers and sisters some so he can learn to be a calf. I will probably hesitantly test him for the BVD....my daughter has named him and brushes him all the time and that just can't be a good thing!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="raykour, post: 913980, member: 16801"] Just and update here.... My 2 mommas are starting to dry up and enjoying their corn and motherhood appears to be a distant memory to them. Hopefully they butcher nice. I sold the calf from the uterine prolapse on Wednesday. For $500. He was quite the strapping little bull calf but that is just nuts. I figure I'd spend $200 on milk replacer, starter, etc. for him so why not sell him for the $500 now instead of the $700 at weaning and let someone else eat the risk. The "weak" calf is doing well. He runs and bucks and eats pretty good. He has a new momma, a lamancha nanny goat I bought up at the sale barn last week. I have heard that the goat milk is better for them, and I paid for her the same as 2 bags of milk replacer. She lets him suck if I hold her and I have been milking her and giving him a bottle as well. So far he has been healthy....no fever, respiratory of digestive issues and he is 9 days old. In another week when he is stronger (he is plenty strong now, but he is still much smaller than his siblings) I will put him out with his brothers and sisters some so he can learn to be a calf. I will probably hesitantly test him for the BVD....my daughter has named him and brushes him all the time and that just can't be a good thing! [/QUOTE]
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