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Is this jersey cow close to calving?
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1724549" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>At least you know that she wasn't bred when you got her and that the April breeding is her actual breeding date. She looks to have a nice udder. If you want to put at least one more calf on her.... after she calves and the calf gets colostrum.... say no more than 24 hours.... lock her calf in a stall and turn her out. Get another calf.... you can get it right when she has calved or even a day or 2 ahead if you want to feed a bottle.... and then when you bring her in for her calf to nurse, put the other calf on her also. Some cows will just say..... okay.... some will kick.... I tie their head or put in a head catch or something when I am going to milk so they are used to having their head confined somehow.... make sure the calf gets to nurse and after 24 hours, the milk going through the calf will be from this cow and she will start to recognize the smell.... ever notice that cows go around smelling baby calves butts???? Some will just take the calf, some are skittish, some are not going to do it at all.... but if you want to milk then you are going to have to develop a routine where she will want to come into the barn and keeping her calf separate will do it. If you have a small lot where she can't go "get lost" and hide her calf, then she will learn to come in for milking... grain is a great incentive. </p><p>She looks really good compared to when you got her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1724549, member: 25884"] At least you know that she wasn't bred when you got her and that the April breeding is her actual breeding date. She looks to have a nice udder. If you want to put at least one more calf on her.... after she calves and the calf gets colostrum.... say no more than 24 hours.... lock her calf in a stall and turn her out. Get another calf.... you can get it right when she has calved or even a day or 2 ahead if you want to feed a bottle.... and then when you bring her in for her calf to nurse, put the other calf on her also. Some cows will just say..... okay.... some will kick.... I tie their head or put in a head catch or something when I am going to milk so they are used to having their head confined somehow.... make sure the calf gets to nurse and after 24 hours, the milk going through the calf will be from this cow and she will start to recognize the smell.... ever notice that cows go around smelling baby calves butts???? Some will just take the calf, some are skittish, some are not going to do it at all.... but if you want to milk then you are going to have to develop a routine where she will want to come into the barn and keeping her calf separate will do it. If you have a small lot where she can't go "get lost" and hide her calf, then she will learn to come in for milking... grain is a great incentive. She looks really good compared to when you got her. [/QUOTE]
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