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<blockquote data-quote="hillsdown" data-source="post: 669449" data-attributes="member: 5106"><p>Keren your right there have been many studies done on when the secretion goes from syrup to colostrum and how soon they will calve. It is said that a cow when a cow goes from clear syrup consistency to the yellowish milky consistency there should be a calf within 48 hours however there are exceptions the rules.</p><p>However checking to see if a cow is dry while still having a calf at the side I have no experience with. We fenceline or pen ween all calves and dry all cows. If the calf is at the side we assume it is still drinking and the cow is still producing milk the only time I get concerned if I have a calf that seems to be a poor doer compared to its contemporaries then the first thing I will do is pen both and check the calf thoroughly as well as the cow. We also have a definitive calving period and all cows are preg checked. So I am not familiar with this practice but it doesn't mean that it is not done.</p><p></p><p>I also will add that we have milked the odd cow before they calve if she has made a huge udder and is secreting "milk" and has been known to come down with milk fever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hillsdown, post: 669449, member: 5106"] Keren your right there have been many studies done on when the secretion goes from syrup to colostrum and how soon they will calve. It is said that a cow when a cow goes from clear syrup consistency to the yellowish milky consistency there should be a calf within 48 hours however there are exceptions the rules. However checking to see if a cow is dry while still having a calf at the side I have no experience with. We fenceline or pen ween all calves and dry all cows. If the calf is at the side we assume it is still drinking and the cow is still producing milk the only time I get concerned if I have a calf that seems to be a poor doer compared to its contemporaries then the first thing I will do is pen both and check the calf thoroughly as well as the cow. We also have a definitive calving period and all cows are preg checked. So I am not familiar with this practice but it doesn't mean that it is not done. I also will add that we have milked the odd cow before they calve if she has made a huge udder and is secreting "milk" and has been known to come down with milk fever. [/QUOTE]
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