That's one way to do it! Got 'er tied up good!View attachment 2694
Heifer lost her calf. Then I had another heifer prolapse and die while calving.. trying to turn lemons into lemonade. Only been kicked twice so far..
We've found a wet calf is more likely to get licked and accepted by a cow.Two or three days ago I had a cow in the chute and was pulling a calf that was DOA. I had a twin in my hotbox that I was about to turn into a bottle calf, so before I finished pulling the dead calf I put the twin underneath and let the fluids pour all over it, rubbed it in, and slid the twin around to the front of the chute. Instant bond. Sometimes it's easy. Sometimes it not.
That was a great idea!Two or three days ago I had a cow in the chute and was pulling a calf that was DOA. I had a twin in my hotbox that I was about to turn into a bottle calf, so before I finished pulling the dead calf I put the twin underneath and let the fluids pour all over it, rubbed it in, and slid the twin around to the front of the chute. Instant bond. Sometimes it's easy. Sometimes it not.
That's how we used to do it with the sheep. We were selecting for triplets, and if we had one that only had a single, we'd graft one of the triplets or a quad onto her this way... if you saw a massively big lamb, you just kind of had to assume that she wouldn't have more than two... but you'd get fooled a lot of times guessing that it was going to be a single and then she'd have two, and that triplet you just made would've been a lot better off on its own ewe than as a triplet grafted on... but once you covered it with that other ewe's fluids, there's no going back to the "real Mom" again.Two or three days ago I had a cow in the chute and was pulling a calf that was DOA. I had a twin in my hotbox that I was about to turn into a bottle calf, so before I finished pulling the dead calf I put the twin underneath and let the fluids pour all over it, rubbed it in, and slid the twin around to the front of the chute. Instant bond. Sometimes it's easy. Sometimes it not.
Doing decent but I'm not ready to turn them out of the barn yet. I don't have to tie her anymore but I don't think she let's the calf nurse if I'm not there hollering at her.. if I'm there she grudgingly let's it nurse if I give her a little grain.How's she doing with her "new baby"?????
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Update: took a while longer than desired, but I finally turned them out together about 2 weeks ago.
I've spent 3 weeks. Two different times.how long did it take before your cow gave in? I have one here that I put a calf on her a few days after she lost hers and I didn't bother with skinning her old calf she didn't seem to care for it anyways. A week of locking her up twice a day to let calf feed and it's getting to be an old chore. Maybe put hobbles on her soon. Don't wanna give up on it yet. If this goes on another week though I might have to accept defeat