Kell-inKY
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Had a cow die sometime Monday night, didn't find her until Tuesday after work. Not sure what killed her, nothing noticeable. My guess is something like acorn poisoning but I didn't do a blood test.
So, she had a 2 and a half month old heifer calf who is orphaned now (born 7/24). I pinned her up last night and got her to eat some sweet feed out of a bucket as long as I wasn't too close. She looked pretty good so far, she is a good sized healthy calf. After that I let her loose with the rest of the herd because she is already missing her mama and I didn't want to stress her out if I didn't have to.
So, do I need to keep her pinned up and feed her, I don't want to unless I have to but I will, I have some milk replacer I could mix up and put in a bucket as well. I am just not sure of grass quality right now and if that will sustain her, they are complaining all the time but they are pretty noisy anyway when they want to move. Last option is to sell her while she is in good condition, that might be my best option but couldn't do that until next Tuesday.
Thoughts or advice?
So, she had a 2 and a half month old heifer calf who is orphaned now (born 7/24). I pinned her up last night and got her to eat some sweet feed out of a bucket as long as I wasn't too close. She looked pretty good so far, she is a good sized healthy calf. After that I let her loose with the rest of the herd because she is already missing her mama and I didn't want to stress her out if I didn't have to.
So, do I need to keep her pinned up and feed her, I don't want to unless I have to but I will, I have some milk replacer I could mix up and put in a bucket as well. I am just not sure of grass quality right now and if that will sustain her, they are complaining all the time but they are pretty noisy anyway when they want to move. Last option is to sell her while she is in good condition, that might be my best option but couldn't do that until next Tuesday.
Thoughts or advice?