hooknline":gauwro1a said:
Lol.
I'd bet she's either got an itchy face for some reason or she's eating the mud.
I never considered itchy face syndrome. That is a possibility. This is not a serious problem, but I have never seen this before. Not to this degree. I am mostly curious about the "why".
Two others calved that week, one 6-7 year old cow, and one heifer. Neither of these nor any of the other cattle are exhibiting this behavior/condition. So this just piqued my interest. I am feeding a medium quality hay; not poor, not great. I keep loose salt out. I keep PVM Natural tubs out. I keep 2 kinds of loose mineral out; Purina wind and rain, and another good one I can't recall right now. Some of my cattle will not eat the Purina wind and rain. It has the IGR and I don't know if that is why they don't eat it. They just won't. So I keep out something for them all.
Yes, I do suspect she is eating the dirt/mud. I have seen the spot where she is doing this. I just cant figure why this one cow is doing so, and certainly can't figure out why she has to wallow in it too.
She is otherwise heathly. I think great body condition for an old SS. Still has a great bag. Starting to get a bit coke bottle nipplelish, but her calf is doing great, gaining well, and she is a great momma. She is not the boss, but don't take no shyt from the others. She eats as well as any.
I brought her in this evening to look her over and let her eat cubes without competion. Other than appearing like she is prepping for an XXX rated mud wrestling match, I don't see any other symptom that concerns me.
I'm starting to think Isom hit the nail on the head.