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<blockquote data-quote="TexasJerseyMilker" data-source="post: 1775121" data-attributes="member: 42782"><p>I use those tubes of calcium paste before and after the birth. Seems like 4 or 5th lactation Jerseys frequently get milk fever and go down. You need the special 'caulking gun' to give these tubes because construction calking guns dont fit the tubes.</p><p></p><p>Milking on day 1- On day 1 and the next several days the cow will be producing colostrum which the calf must have enough of in the first 12 to 24 hours of life for it's immune system to work. I'm sure you must know this from rearing goat kids. Dairys milk out the colostrum and give it the calves with a bottle so they are sure they got enough. One of my calves Daphne hid in the field and when I found her she had not gotten enough colostrum. A pretty little heifer wilted and died in a week for no apparent reason like a cut flower.</p><p></p><p>You can buy powdered colostrum replacer at a good feed store it is a good idea to have some on hand. I have supplemented store bought colostrum to some newborn calves because while time is ticking away they instinctively search for teats up by the flanks where teats are supposed to be instead of down around the dairy cow's hocks.</p><p></p><p>The first few days or a week there will be a lot of udder edema with makes it difficult to milk until it goes down. Frequent milking and massaging with peppermint udder cream helps but the best thing is the udder bumping and sucking of a vigorous calf.</p><p></p><p>I share milked for 10 years and I'm done with it. The only benefit as I see it is that you don't have to be there for the second milking. Share milked cows hold up cream for the calf because the cream comes near the end of milking. They can turn milk off just like a faucet because they know the calf is on next. To get a good letdown you can let the calf suck one or two while you milk the other two. But when the calf gets big and strong they just shove your hand away and take it all, so much for share milking.</p><p></p><p>And Jerseys often make too much milk for one calf. People foster several calves on them, wean those calves and foster a couple more. Jerseys are very maternal so it is easier for them to accept extra calves. Then people sell all those calves.</p><p></p><p>This Jersey heifer I have now all her calves will all be bottle fed. I have gotten a milking machine. Not one of those toy ez milkers with no pulsation, a Surge belly pail. The belly pail has short milk lines and is easy to take in the house and clean with hot water. You can find the whole milking system used and rebuilt, vacuum pump and everything on Ebay for less than $900 including shipping. Some people share milk by tying up the calf near her, putting a plug in one of the inflations, milk three then let the calf have the one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasJerseyMilker, post: 1775121, member: 42782"] I use those tubes of calcium paste before and after the birth. Seems like 4 or 5th lactation Jerseys frequently get milk fever and go down. You need the special 'caulking gun' to give these tubes because construction calking guns dont fit the tubes. Milking on day 1- On day 1 and the next several days the cow will be producing colostrum which the calf must have enough of in the first 12 to 24 hours of life for it's immune system to work. I'm sure you must know this from rearing goat kids. Dairys milk out the colostrum and give it the calves with a bottle so they are sure they got enough. One of my calves Daphne hid in the field and when I found her she had not gotten enough colostrum. A pretty little heifer wilted and died in a week for no apparent reason like a cut flower. You can buy powdered colostrum replacer at a good feed store it is a good idea to have some on hand. I have supplemented store bought colostrum to some newborn calves because while time is ticking away they instinctively search for teats up by the flanks where teats are supposed to be instead of down around the dairy cow's hocks. The first few days or a week there will be a lot of udder edema with makes it difficult to milk until it goes down. Frequent milking and massaging with peppermint udder cream helps but the best thing is the udder bumping and sucking of a vigorous calf. I share milked for 10 years and I'm done with it. The only benefit as I see it is that you don't have to be there for the second milking. Share milked cows hold up cream for the calf because the cream comes near the end of milking. They can turn milk off just like a faucet because they know the calf is on next. To get a good letdown you can let the calf suck one or two while you milk the other two. But when the calf gets big and strong they just shove your hand away and take it all, so much for share milking. And Jerseys often make too much milk for one calf. People foster several calves on them, wean those calves and foster a couple more. Jerseys are very maternal so it is easier for them to accept extra calves. Then people sell all those calves. This Jersey heifer I have now all her calves will all be bottle fed. I have gotten a milking machine. Not one of those toy ez milkers with no pulsation, a Surge belly pail. The belly pail has short milk lines and is easy to take in the house and clean with hot water. You can find the whole milking system used and rebuilt, vacuum pump and everything on Ebay for less than $900 including shipping. Some people share milk by tying up the calf near her, putting a plug in one of the inflations, milk three then let the calf have the one. [/QUOTE]
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