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Jersey/Holstein cross won't let Beefmaster calf suck
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1408211" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>If you are trying to graft another calf on a cow that already has one, you basically HAVE to take her own calf away and let both on her at the same time. Some cows just won't accept a grafted calf if their own calf is running with them all the time. She needs to realize she only gets her own calf if she takes them both. At least she is taking them in the stall. Sometimes the calf will get old enough, big enough to learn to run up and go on the back when the cows' own calf goes on her.</p><p>Calf, 3 weeks and scouring may very well be coccidiosis, maybe some blood maybe not. Scour bolus like sustain III or something. Does the calf have water in front of it? Might be drinking the water and therefore not wanting to fight the cow, too. I wouldn't panic over the calf missing a feeding as long as it is not acting weak.</p><p>Also, the jer/hol milk is a different consistency than powdered milk replacer, with different bacteria in it, different butterfat and protein, so the calf's gut tract bacteria are having to adjust to the different components of the "real Milk". Sometimes that is just enough to throw them off the feed. Get a probios gel tube, and give the calf a couple of doses over a couple of days to get her gut working better. Also, b-complex or just B-12 shot or two; B-12 is an appetite stimulant.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, but some cows just aren't going to make a good nurse cow if they don't have to do it from day one. She knows that is not her baby. First calf heifers are sometimes harder to get to take additional calves in my opinion. Persistence.</p><p>I have a first calf jer/hol heifer that has her calf and 2 holsteins on her. She had only her calf for 4 days, and still won't take the extras except when she is in the barn. She comes in, eats, they nurse, then she goes out and we do the same thing again 12 hours later. I have taken to leaving her in 12 and out 12, but she still doesn't like them. They have learned to go on her from the back so I am hoping. But she is not the best dispositioned cross I have raised.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1408211, member: 25884"] If you are trying to graft another calf on a cow that already has one, you basically HAVE to take her own calf away and let both on her at the same time. Some cows just won't accept a grafted calf if their own calf is running with them all the time. She needs to realize she only gets her own calf if she takes them both. At least she is taking them in the stall. Sometimes the calf will get old enough, big enough to learn to run up and go on the back when the cows' own calf goes on her. Calf, 3 weeks and scouring may very well be coccidiosis, maybe some blood maybe not. Scour bolus like sustain III or something. Does the calf have water in front of it? Might be drinking the water and therefore not wanting to fight the cow, too. I wouldn't panic over the calf missing a feeding as long as it is not acting weak. Also, the jer/hol milk is a different consistency than powdered milk replacer, with different bacteria in it, different butterfat and protein, so the calf's gut tract bacteria are having to adjust to the different components of the "real Milk". Sometimes that is just enough to throw them off the feed. Get a probios gel tube, and give the calf a couple of doses over a couple of days to get her gut working better. Also, b-complex or just B-12 shot or two; B-12 is an appetite stimulant. Good luck, but some cows just aren't going to make a good nurse cow if they don't have to do it from day one. She knows that is not her baby. First calf heifers are sometimes harder to get to take additional calves in my opinion. Persistence. I have a first calf jer/hol heifer that has her calf and 2 holsteins on her. She had only her calf for 4 days, and still won't take the extras except when she is in the barn. She comes in, eats, they nurse, then she goes out and we do the same thing again 12 hours later. I have taken to leaving her in 12 and out 12, but she still doesn't like them. They have learned to go on her from the back so I am hoping. But she is not the best dispositioned cross I have raised. [/QUOTE]
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