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<blockquote data-quote="jcissell" data-source="post: 63235" data-attributes="member: 383"><p>Do you guys have some kind of calf warmer that you use in the field? I lost another calf this morning due to the cold. She had the calf and had it cleaned and dried but the calf was too weak to get up and suck. We tried rubbing with towels and covering it with blankets to get it warm. Once we even stood it up but had to hold it to keep it from falling over. I used my last bag of colostrum yesterday so I had to make a trip to get some and when I got back the calf was almost dead. Brought it in the house and before we could get it in warm water it died. I didn't bring it home before the trip b/c a guy told me I should leave it with its momma. On the other hand if I do take it I have problems also. I have 2 calves now, one born thursday and one saturday, that both would have died if I hadn't brought them home. Now one calf's mother won't take it and I think the other calf doesn't know who it's mother is. I think it thinks I am its mother. I really can't tell if it is eating. </p><p></p><p>I swear this had been a bad year. We've had cows for 9 or more years now and I believe we have had more problems in the last month with calves than the entire time we have had cattle. I am about ready to give up.</p><p></p><p>Josh</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jcissell, post: 63235, member: 383"] Do you guys have some kind of calf warmer that you use in the field? I lost another calf this morning due to the cold. She had the calf and had it cleaned and dried but the calf was too weak to get up and suck. We tried rubbing with towels and covering it with blankets to get it warm. Once we even stood it up but had to hold it to keep it from falling over. I used my last bag of colostrum yesterday so I had to make a trip to get some and when I got back the calf was almost dead. Brought it in the house and before we could get it in warm water it died. I didn't bring it home before the trip b/c a guy told me I should leave it with its momma. On the other hand if I do take it I have problems also. I have 2 calves now, one born thursday and one saturday, that both would have died if I hadn't brought them home. Now one calf's mother won't take it and I think the other calf doesn't know who it's mother is. I think it thinks I am its mother. I really can't tell if it is eating. I swear this had been a bad year. We've had cows for 9 or more years now and I believe we have had more problems in the last month with calves than the entire time we have had cattle. I am about ready to give up. Josh [/QUOTE]
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