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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 12874"><p>> So I pulled two huge bull calves</p><p>> last night, left them with their</p><p>> mommas to let nature take its</p><p>> course, came out two hours later</p><p>> and they were damn near dead. (30</p><p>> below windchill) I brought them in</p><p>> the house, dryed them off, tubed</p><p>> them with colostrum, got their</p><p>> body temp up and put them in small</p><p>> pens with moms. The heifers are</p><p>> sniffing around them but not</p><p>> "mothering" them.Do you</p><p>> think they will figure it out or</p><p>> am I in for two weeks of putting</p><p>> them in the chute to nurse?</p><p></p><p>> I've had mixed results over the</p><p>> years and would appreciate any</p><p>> insight from people that have a</p><p>> sure fire method. Or at least</p><p>> maybe BlackPower can tell me how</p><p>> to graft them on a goat.</p><p></p><p>Since they are sniffin them, one trick that we have used is to put salt on the calf's back- They start licking the calf and the salt, get a smell and taste of the calf and sometimes claim them. I've also found sometime with heifers it takes them a few hours to settle down after a delivery. I've had them absolutely fight the calf until after they'd cleaned (expelled the afterbirth).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 12874"] > So I pulled two huge bull calves > last night, left them with their > mommas to let nature take its > course, came out two hours later > and they were damn near dead. (30 > below windchill) I brought them in > the house, dryed them off, tubed > them with colostrum, got their > body temp up and put them in small > pens with moms. The heifers are > sniffing around them but not > "mothering" them.Do you > think they will figure it out or > am I in for two weeks of putting > them in the chute to nurse? > I've had mixed results over the > years and would appreciate any > insight from people that have a > sure fire method. Or at least > maybe BlackPower can tell me how > to graft them on a goat. Since they are sniffin them, one trick that we have used is to put salt on the calf's back- They start licking the calf and the salt, get a smell and taste of the calf and sometimes claim them. I've also found sometime with heifers it takes them a few hours to settle down after a delivery. I've had them absolutely fight the calf until after they'd cleaned (expelled the afterbirth). [/QUOTE]
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