I lost a heifer the calf is fine but

[quartermeter]

Coop and TSC's closed what can I feed it tonight

 

[M-5]

Walmart used to carry unimilk replacer. If they don't they have goat milk in a can I've used it in a pinch just water it down

 

[quartermeter]

I called my neighbor he had what I needed so hopefully things work out

 

[quartermeter]

Calf sucker the colustrum down like.a.champ. he wanted more. Ill.feed him milk in the morning.

 

[quartermeter]

Anybody know if that heifer would be good to eat she was 2 years old and I Fed her beer grain all her life. She was only dead 12 hours. I want to butcher her. But she didn't bleed out.

 

[dun]

Dog food or coyote bait is all she will be fit for.

 

[wbvs58]

You've gotta drop the guts straight away otherwise the carcase is quickly contaminated.

Ken

 

[cowgirl8]

if you lost her calving, the meat will not be good. A long time ago we did not listen to advice, probably because we were poor and hated to see the meat go to waste...but we wasted money having her processed in the end. The meat will be watery. Due to the hormones she had while calving, it makes the meat watery. And, when you cook it, it will smell weird. So weird its not appetizing. Can you eat it, yes. Will it make you sick, no......but is it worth the cost and trouble, no.

 

[Supa Dexta]

Next cow you have that calves, that has extra milk.. Milk out a couple gatorade bottles of colostrum and throw them in your freezer. After the calf gets its share 1st of course.

 

[NolanCountyAG]

if you lost her calving, the meat will not be good. A long time ago we did not listen to advice, probably because we were poor and hated to see the meat go to waste...but we wasted money having her processed in the end. The meat will be watery. Due to the hormones she had while calving, it makes the meat watery. And, when you cook it, it will smell weird. So weird its not appetizing. Can you eat it, yes. Will it make you sick, no......but is it worth the cost and trouble, no.

Would that smell be from the stresses of calving? I've always heard that a stressed animals meat will have a different taste to it.

 

[cowgirl8]

if you lost her calving, the meat will not be good. A long time ago we did not listen to advice, probably because we were poor and hated to see the meat go to waste...but we wasted money having her processed in the end. The meat will be watery. Due to the hormones she had while calving, it makes the meat watery. And, when you cook it, it will smell weird. So weird its not appetizing. Can you eat it, yes. Will it make you sick, no......but is it worth the cost and trouble, no.

Would that smell be from the stresses of calving? I've always heard that a stressed animals meat will have a different taste to it.

The butcher said the wateriness was from hormones that are used to loosen bone and muscle for birth.. Stress could have made it smell weird or whatever was in the extra liquid.. It was not good though...lol We ate it for a while, but finally donated it to a local big animal camp that had big cats..

 

[quartermeter]

Well the little bull is doing great. During the day my wife puts him out with 2 cows that will calf soon. One is his grandmother. She acts like she knows it. She licked on him the minute she saw him. I will hate to take him to the sale barn. I wish he was a she then we would just keep it for a replacement heifer. Will a bottle calf make a good bull if he looks good and will pass a BSE? He's not registered but his sire was a good looking heavy built tall bull with a real good disposition. I'm open for opinions. If I'm going to band him I need to do it quick. But if I band him he'll go to the sale barn. Thanks Jim

 

[M-5]

What is Granmother??? how big is her bag???? could she raise both ???

 

[quartermeter]

She's an angus. Yeah I'm hopin she will. That's weird that she seemed to know him.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

I don't think I would put that calf out with cows that are about to calve soon. My concern is that he will be sucking on them, and taking colostrum from them that their calves will need. I would wait until after they have calved.

Cows can/will start "making" colostrum/"first milk" up to 2 weeks prior to calving.

 

[Workinonit Farm]

I'd go ahead and put a band on him while I'm at it.

 

[quartermeter]

I'll pull him out before they calf. He's in the barn alone at night and with them in day time. He don't know he's a cow yet but he's just 11 days old. He'll figure it out.

 

[sim.-ang.king]

if you lost her calving, the meat will not be good. A long time ago we did not listen to advice, probably because we were poor and hated to see the meat go to waste...but we wasted money having her processed in the end. The meat will be watery. Due to the hormones she had while calving, it makes the meat watery. And, when you cook it, it will smell weird. So weird its not appetizing. Can you eat it, yes. Will it make you sick, no......but is it worth the cost and trouble, no.

Would that smell be from the stresses of calving? I've always heard that a stressed animals meat will have a different taste to it.

The butcher said the wateriness was from hormones that are used to loosen bone and muscle for birth.. Stress could have made it smell weird or whatever was in the extra liquid.. It was not good though...lol We ate it for a while, but finally donated it to a local big animal camp that had big cats..

It was most likely an increase of metabolic acidosis due to stress, and rapid aspiration, which led to the break down of glycogen. Making the meat Pale and Watery, or PSE as it's called. Most the time cattle get DFD, since they have less glycogen in their muscle, but can get PSE, specially when extreme stress is the main contributing factor of death.

 

[shortybreeder]

I'm going to add in with the band him crowd. A bottle bull is more likely to be dangerous. If you need examples, ask anyone that has used a dairy bull. They think of you as "one of them" and when they get bigger than you, they will challenge your superiority. I started working my show bull at 4 months old last year, and at about 10 months he'd occasionally put his head down at me. Never scratched his head, only touched him ahead of the shoulders when I was putting a halter on. I can't imagine what he'd try to pull if I'd bottle fed him...

 

[cowgirl8]

I'm going to add in with the band him crowd. A bottle bull is more likely to be dangerous. If you need examples, ask anyone that has used a dairy bull. They think of you as "one of them" and when they get bigger than you, they will challenge your superiority. I started working my show bull at 4 months old last year, and at about 10 months he'd occasionally put his head down at me. Never scratched his head, only touched him ahead of the shoulders when I was putting a halter on. I can't imagine what he'd try to pull if I'd bottle fed him...

Just think of all the numninnies that think its cute to play, 'you want to head butting, i'll push you harder with my hands', kind of thing... I know someone who started a game with a colt, chase me!.....when the colt got big, they were a little scared of him in the pasture, so they did it across the fence....lol