badaxemoo
Well-known member
I have a 12 hour old calf. The heifer has dried him off and he is up and seems lively. He was rooting at her udder this morning and bunting it, but it didn't appear he was getting on.
The thing I am concerned about is that her udder doesn't appear tight. I've only had experience with about 25 calves from my small herd, but it seems like every other time the udders were as tight as drums and I could tell when a calf had nursed a quarter down.
Does milk sometimes come in after the birth?
How long should I wait before I intervene?
I know I've read on here that calves need to get that colostrum in the first couple of hours, but I'll be honest and say that it seems to take my calves longer to get onto the nursing than that. I worry and worry and they seem to do fine, but the lack of tightness in her udder has me concerned.
Thanks.
The thing I am concerned about is that her udder doesn't appear tight. I've only had experience with about 25 calves from my small herd, but it seems like every other time the udders were as tight as drums and I could tell when a calf had nursed a quarter down.
Does milk sometimes come in after the birth?
How long should I wait before I intervene?
I know I've read on here that calves need to get that colostrum in the first couple of hours, but I'll be honest and say that it seems to take my calves longer to get onto the nursing than that. I worry and worry and they seem to do fine, but the lack of tightness in her udder has me concerned.
Thanks.