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<blockquote data-quote="Double R Ranch" data-source="post: 1812636" data-attributes="member: 411"><p>[USER=25884]@farmerjan[/USER] Many thanks for your advice! It is helping!</p><p></p><p>[USER=39373]@MurraysMutts[/USER] This morning she went to each calf and sniffed on them. Looked like she was close to wanting to lick them but didn't.... yet. Let them nurse with no issues while she ate her breakfast. Unfortunately the heifer has started scouring. Was fine at supper feeding but was "shooting" by midnight. Pretty worried about that at the moment. This cow will no longer make progress with her if she get's weak at all. Still hopeful but concerned about this change. </p><p></p><p>[USER=40587]@Warren Allison[/USER] Holy cow! You got a challenge ahead but it sounds like a great plan. I definitely would attempt to use those cows as nurse cows. Calves around here are around $550-$650 a piece on average if you can find them. Dairy calves are slightly less but not by much. Pretty expensive for trials so I have been hesitant in this case. We did get lucky with these two small calves as they were "too small" for the veal guys. Perfect for our situation/cow size. We attempted a jersey bull calf a few months back (to raise with her calf) and it went well the first few days but he scoured up and not even the vet could get it stopped and as soon as he got weaker she was done with him completely. I am concerned we will have that again if I can't get this heifer's scours stopped. We are trying to keep our cow in milk by continuing to calf share so we continue to get milk for us and she isn't due to dry up until January for her next calf so we'd prefer not to have her dry that long. Unfortunately we have had very hot temps so we have an added fight on our hands. </p><p>Really hope your grafting adventures as smooth! Hope you will post about how it goes!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Double R Ranch, post: 1812636, member: 411"] [USER=25884]@farmerjan[/USER] Many thanks for your advice! It is helping! [USER=39373]@MurraysMutts[/USER] This morning she went to each calf and sniffed on them. Looked like she was close to wanting to lick them but didn't.... yet. Let them nurse with no issues while she ate her breakfast. Unfortunately the heifer has started scouring. Was fine at supper feeding but was "shooting" by midnight. Pretty worried about that at the moment. This cow will no longer make progress with her if she get's weak at all. Still hopeful but concerned about this change. [USER=40587]@Warren Allison[/USER] Holy cow! You got a challenge ahead but it sounds like a great plan. I definitely would attempt to use those cows as nurse cows. Calves around here are around $550-$650 a piece on average if you can find them. Dairy calves are slightly less but not by much. Pretty expensive for trials so I have been hesitant in this case. We did get lucky with these two small calves as they were "too small" for the veal guys. Perfect for our situation/cow size. We attempted a jersey bull calf a few months back (to raise with her calf) and it went well the first few days but he scoured up and not even the vet could get it stopped and as soon as he got weaker she was done with him completely. I am concerned we will have that again if I can't get this heifer's scours stopped. We are trying to keep our cow in milk by continuing to calf share so we continue to get milk for us and she isn't due to dry up until January for her next calf so we'd prefer not to have her dry that long. Unfortunately we have had very hot temps so we have an added fight on our hands. Really hope your grafting adventures as smooth! Hope you will post about how it goes! [/QUOTE]
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