Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
New born bull calf
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 165507" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>Nope. I don't like hobbling them...they can get really panicked over that. You said - "kicked him gently away" - OK, take him back, try again. If she's not trying to put him through the shed wall or into the middle of next week, keep trying. Sometimes going from the back works better, sometimes not. Depends on the cow and her build and the way her udder is set up.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I wouldn't let him fend for himself - it doesn't always work - but I would stop bottle feeding him. Put your fingers in his mouth, lead him over, and guide him to the teat. He nurses, he gets fed. He doesn't nurse, he goes hungry. Try again 6-12 hours later. He's two days old; he can handle missing one feeding if it comes down to it.</p><p></p><p>I've taught 1-month-old bottle calves that had never nursed off a cow how to find a teat and drink, so this little calf should be a piece of cake. =)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes you <em>can </em>refrigerate the milk. I wouldn't though - see my above comments - <em>make </em>that calf nurse off his mother. Otherwise you will be bottle feeding him all winter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 165507, member: 852"] Nope. I don't like hobbling them...they can get really panicked over that. You said - "kicked him gently away" - OK, take him back, try again. If she's not trying to put him through the shed wall or into the middle of next week, keep trying. Sometimes going from the back works better, sometimes not. Depends on the cow and her build and the way her udder is set up. I wouldn't let him fend for himself - it doesn't always work - but I would stop bottle feeding him. Put your fingers in his mouth, lead him over, and guide him to the teat. He nurses, he gets fed. He doesn't nurse, he goes hungry. Try again 6-12 hours later. He's two days old; he can handle missing one feeding if it comes down to it. I've taught 1-month-old bottle calves that had never nursed off a cow how to find a teat and drink, so this little calf should be a piece of cake. =) Yes you [i]can [/i]refrigerate the milk. I wouldn't though - see my above comments - [i]make [/i]that calf nurse off his mother. Otherwise you will be bottle feeding him all winter. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
New born bull calf
Top