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Lost my first calf
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<blockquote data-quote="Chris H" data-source="post: 926472" data-attributes="member: 1974"><p>Without seeing your cattle, I'd be reluctant to second guess your vet. Since you are very new to raising cattle(this is your first loss), you may not have realized how thin the calf was. I've seen some poorer doing calves have big guts because they didn't have enough milk and relied on forage, and the owner didn't realize how thin the calf was.</p><p></p><p>Was the mama cow going to the neighbor because there wasn't enough to eat at home? How is her condition now, can you see her backbone, ribs, or does she have good flesh over those areas and filled out over the hooks? *I will say one of our fatter cows is fat because she doesn't milk as well as others, so that's not always a good indication if she's milking well or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris H, post: 926472, member: 1974"] Without seeing your cattle, I'd be reluctant to second guess your vet. Since you are very new to raising cattle(this is your first loss), you may not have realized how thin the calf was. I've seen some poorer doing calves have big guts because they didn't have enough milk and relied on forage, and the owner didn't realize how thin the calf was. Was the mama cow going to the neighbor because there wasn't enough to eat at home? How is her condition now, can you see her backbone, ribs, or does she have good flesh over those areas and filled out over the hooks? *I will say one of our fatter cows is fat because she doesn't milk as well as others, so that's not always a good indication if she's milking well or not. [/QUOTE]
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