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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1055194" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>Well, good news! At least, I hope. I went to strip the cow tonight, and her milk was mostly white, with a little brown. Like very light chocolate milk! And she had a bunch of it, not just a few squirts from each teat. So it looks like the heifer IS able to produce milk. The calf once again refused the bottle, and my daughter tried the entire time I was milking the cow. So, we are pretty sure she is eating something, because she was strong and fought her most of the time. Bright eyed, but one eye is a little swollen (like she got bumped).</p><p>Here is a pic of my daughter holding her tonight (my daughter is skinny, maybe 5'7", so the calf is very little). She pulled her out of the pen to try to feed her, since the cow seems to charge her (but not me, go figure!).</p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/taylor_day_old.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>And a pic of the heifer in with her dam. Her dam would be lucky if she weighs 1000 pounds. I might weigh her tomorrow to see. Notice her long, not slick, coat?</p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/taylor_and_dee.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>My daughter is calling the calf Taylor, since she was born on 9/11 and Taylor is the name of a victim my daughter said. </p><p>So now, we wait? I will call the vet again in the morning, and see what he recommends. Good thing he does not charge for phone calls!!!</p><p>Oh, and dam has been tested for BVD, but not the calf obviously. Not likely though, since we only showed her twice, before she was bred (she was just weaned off the cow herself).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1055194, member: 18809"] Well, good news! At least, I hope. I went to strip the cow tonight, and her milk was mostly white, with a little brown. Like very light chocolate milk! And she had a bunch of it, not just a few squirts from each teat. So it looks like the heifer IS able to produce milk. The calf once again refused the bottle, and my daughter tried the entire time I was milking the cow. So, we are pretty sure she is eating something, because she was strong and fought her most of the time. Bright eyed, but one eye is a little swollen (like she got bumped). Here is a pic of my daughter holding her tonight (my daughter is skinny, maybe 5'7", so the calf is very little). She pulled her out of the pen to try to feed her, since the cow seems to charge her (but not me, go figure!). [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/taylor_day_old.jpg[/img] And a pic of the heifer in with her dam. Her dam would be lucky if she weighs 1000 pounds. I might weigh her tomorrow to see. Notice her long, not slick, coat? [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/taylor_and_dee.jpg[/img] My daughter is calling the calf Taylor, since she was born on 9/11 and Taylor is the name of a victim my daughter said. So now, we wait? I will call the vet again in the morning, and see what he recommends. Good thing he does not charge for phone calls!!! Oh, and dam has been tested for BVD, but not the calf obviously. Not likely though, since we only showed her twice, before she was bred (she was just weaned off the cow herself). [/QUOTE]
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