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First time mommy has huge bag and hard nipples
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1405749" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>One of the problems that dairy farmers see if they let their heifers get too "old" or mature is that they tend to have more edema in the udder and up under the belly and the udders and teats will be harder. With our beef cows, I don't like to calve much before about 27-30 months but seldom let them go to 3 years. If she is fairly tame, and she is close, you really ought to see if you can get any milk out of her udder. She might have mastitis already, it is not unheard of. </p><p>Too much "high quality" feed can also aggravate the edema problem. I also have a half dozen dairy animals, and feed no more than a handful of grain before they calve to just keep them accustomed to coming into the barn. And they don't seem to have as much swelling. You may have to milk her if she is too hard because she will be sore and the calf might not be able to "latch on" and suck like nesikep said.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1405749, member: 25884"] One of the problems that dairy farmers see if they let their heifers get too "old" or mature is that they tend to have more edema in the udder and up under the belly and the udders and teats will be harder. With our beef cows, I don't like to calve much before about 27-30 months but seldom let them go to 3 years. If she is fairly tame, and she is close, you really ought to see if you can get any milk out of her udder. She might have mastitis already, it is not unheard of. Too much "high quality" feed can also aggravate the edema problem. I also have a half dozen dairy animals, and feed no more than a handful of grain before they calve to just keep them accustomed to coming into the barn. And they don't seem to have as much swelling. You may have to milk her if she is too hard because she will be sore and the calf might not be able to "latch on" and suck like nesikep said. [/QUOTE]
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