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Heifer calved and is not letting her milk down ANYONE?????
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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 360587" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>If you have been using oxytocin and she still isn't letting any milk down, then she doesn't have any. It happens some times. Best thing to do is to get the calf on a bottle, and sell the cow. Odds are that she won't have much more milk next year. Oxytocin works pretty quickly so you are getting what she has.</p><p></p><p>If you don't want to put the calf on the Jersey, you can either by replacer and bottle the calf until you need it (if you happen to lose a calf), or sell it to someone who needs/wants one. IF the calf is only 2 days old you should be able to get it on a bottle. You may have to let the calf go hungry for a few hours, but it should take a bottle. Try different nipples. Lamb nipples, or soft rubber/latex ones work well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 360587, member: 2308"] If you have been using oxytocin and she still isn't letting any milk down, then she doesn't have any. It happens some times. Best thing to do is to get the calf on a bottle, and sell the cow. Odds are that she won't have much more milk next year. Oxytocin works pretty quickly so you are getting what she has. If you don't want to put the calf on the Jersey, you can either by replacer and bottle the calf until you need it (if you happen to lose a calf), or sell it to someone who needs/wants one. IF the calf is only 2 days old you should be able to get it on a bottle. You may have to let the calf go hungry for a few hours, but it should take a bottle. Try different nipples. Lamb nipples, or soft rubber/latex ones work well. [/QUOTE]
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