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<blockquote data-quote="Hcc" data-source="post: 311740" data-attributes="member: 5447"><p>Thanks for the info.</p><p></p><p>Calf scours are something I "THINK" I can handle. Good greif we had so many problems with coccidia with our goats . (No matter how clean the pens or what prevenative measures we took. It was in the ground.)</p><p></p><p>I am a HUGE fan of vitmin and electrolyte powder, probias, and Pepto bismal. :lol: I also keep several anti-biotics on hand, But I will still look up the health issues on that.</p><p></p><p>I know a couple of people who raise steer calves on goat milk every year. (One of them used to own and operate a dairy farm.) They seem to do really well on it. I don't like useing formula if at all possible. They tend to get sick easier on that stuff.</p><p></p><p>This is all in the thinking stages right now. Not for sure if i even want to tie myself down to a milking schedual again. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> I did that for 8 years (and I am only 21 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> ). I know with goats you can slowly cut them back to milking one time a day if you don't want to show or can't do it twice a day. I didn't know if you could do that with a dairy cow cause the genetics have gotten so they are producing even too much milk at one time for twice a day milkings. That is why I have heard many farms are going to three times a day. To help keep their cows from getting mastitis. </p><p></p><p>Although, since we wouldn't need a TON of milk. Couldn't her diet be adjusted to cut back on the milk production? Like a lower protein grain along with a high protein hay like pure alfalfa? That way if we only wanted to milk twice a day she wouldn't get quite so full.</p><p></p><p>Also, would it be ok to breed her to an angus bull to get beef calves out of? That way we could raise it to eat and it wouldn't be quite as "fatty" as the purebred angus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hcc, post: 311740, member: 5447"] Thanks for the info. Calf scours are something I "THINK" I can handle. Good greif we had so many problems with coccidia with our goats . (No matter how clean the pens or what prevenative measures we took. It was in the ground.) I am a HUGE fan of vitmin and electrolyte powder, probias, and Pepto bismal. :lol: I also keep several anti-biotics on hand, But I will still look up the health issues on that. I know a couple of people who raise steer calves on goat milk every year. (One of them used to own and operate a dairy farm.) They seem to do really well on it. I don't like useing formula if at all possible. They tend to get sick easier on that stuff. This is all in the thinking stages right now. Not for sure if i even want to tie myself down to a milking schedual again. :P I did that for 8 years (and I am only 21 :D ). I know with goats you can slowly cut them back to milking one time a day if you don't want to show or can't do it twice a day. I didn't know if you could do that with a dairy cow cause the genetics have gotten so they are producing even too much milk at one time for twice a day milkings. That is why I have heard many farms are going to three times a day. To help keep their cows from getting mastitis. Although, since we wouldn't need a TON of milk. Couldn't her diet be adjusted to cut back on the milk production? Like a lower protein grain along with a high protein hay like pure alfalfa? That way if we only wanted to milk twice a day she wouldn't get quite so full. Also, would it be ok to breed her to an angus bull to get beef calves out of? That way we could raise it to eat and it wouldn't be quite as "fatty" as the purebred angus. [/QUOTE]
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