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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 122058" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>You did a great job - responded quickly & properly. Could easily make the difference of the calf surviving heathily. Sometimes, heifers will kick when you are watching - kind of out of a nervous response. When you go back to check, try staying as far away as possible. Of course, if it's like when I check on things, the calf never is willing to TRY to nurse when I'm around. If in doubt, I would put cow in chute & try to get calf to nurse while she's in chute. OR, I would put food coloring on her teats so you will be able to tell if the calf sucks. I buy teat tip at TSC (it's light blue & thick) and I add blue food coloring to it - but you can't see it on black teats. When I am in doubt of a calf sucking, it reinforces me to see the teats all cleaned off.</p><p>Remember, a pint of milk is not very much, so be prepared to give the calf 2 quarts of powdered milk if it looks gant & you can't collect it from mom.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 122058, member: 968"] You did a great job - responded quickly & properly. Could easily make the difference of the calf surviving heathily. Sometimes, heifers will kick when you are watching - kind of out of a nervous response. When you go back to check, try staying as far away as possible. Of course, if it's like when I check on things, the calf never is willing to TRY to nurse when I'm around. If in doubt, I would put cow in chute & try to get calf to nurse while she's in chute. OR, I would put food coloring on her teats so you will be able to tell if the calf sucks. I buy teat tip at TSC (it's light blue & thick) and I add blue food coloring to it - but you can't see it on black teats. When I am in doubt of a calf sucking, it reinforces me to see the teats all cleaned off. Remember, a pint of milk is not very much, so be prepared to give the calf 2 quarts of powdered milk if it looks gant & you can't collect it from mom. [/QUOTE]
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