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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1169362" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>About the thick colostrum, I have often noticed it on heifers where the bag only develops late in gestation, and it's a very sudden increase in size, which may be rupturing blood vessels. Also, with the small amount you're able to get, some of them just will not let down the milk for you, though they would be if it was the calf sucking... If I have doubts, I usually give them a little oxytocin which lets down the milk whether they want to or not.</p><p></p><p>I'm glad this guy got the hang of it a little quicker, though I don't know if I'd really want to keep this cow a lot longer... I've found that some cows just get ALL the bad luck and it sticks with them the rest of their life.</p><p></p><p>As for 'special needs' calves, I think there's some genetics in there, as well as some hypoxia.... Calves from some cows are just ALWAYS lively, and some are always slow... Some I know are hypoxia based, but others I saw were plopped out in minutes, so I know thats not the cause.</p><p></p><p>glad to hear you got this guy going though!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1169362, member: 9096"] About the thick colostrum, I have often noticed it on heifers where the bag only develops late in gestation, and it's a very sudden increase in size, which may be rupturing blood vessels. Also, with the small amount you're able to get, some of them just will not let down the milk for you, though they would be if it was the calf sucking... If I have doubts, I usually give them a little oxytocin which lets down the milk whether they want to or not. I'm glad this guy got the hang of it a little quicker, though I don't know if I'd really want to keep this cow a lot longer... I've found that some cows just get ALL the bad luck and it sticks with them the rest of their life. As for 'special needs' calves, I think there's some genetics in there, as well as some hypoxia.... Calves from some cows are just ALWAYS lively, and some are always slow... Some I know are hypoxia based, but others I saw were plopped out in minutes, so I know thats not the cause. glad to hear you got this guy going though! [/QUOTE]
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