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<blockquote data-quote="Tom D" data-source="post: 161339" data-attributes="member: 2406"><p>The first night, we were glad to get anything in the poor thing. The cow we got the milk from had in the past 3 days (I think) had had a calf. Today was the first time it's mama nursed the calf. It had been about 24 hours after it was born. We were going to use the other cow that had a calf to feed it since it has quite a bag on her and is much more managable, so I caught her and penned her and her calf until we could get the chute. We tried to get it's mama first though since that would be best and thankfully, after a couple of hours, we got her in the chute. That is one crazy cow. We had to throw a rope around her horns and drag her through the chute into the squeeze, and that was the easy part. Tomorrow I'll try coaxing her into position. Obviously forcing her isn't going to work and I've had success in the past using that method.</p><p></p><p>The calf tries to walk and it seems it just needs a little more strength in the hindquarters. It can get up but it's hind end will start to lean and she'll start to fall. Her hind legs tend to stand right next to each other and sometimes will cross. I'll reach down and reposition her legs into a more stable stance when I am leading her around and supporting her when she starts to fall. I've slapped both legs and she definatly has feeling in both and I can feel twitching muscles from exhertion in both of them when she stands and she can move both.</p><p></p><p>I guess all I can do is give her time and keep the food coming. I was wondering, it might be hard to wrestle her mama into position multiple times a day, especially in the dark. So, could I suppliment what she gets from her mother with a bottle and a suitable "formula" (for lack of a better word). Hopefully I won't have to worry about that, but I might need to be prepared.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom D, post: 161339, member: 2406"] The first night, we were glad to get anything in the poor thing. The cow we got the milk from had in the past 3 days (I think) had had a calf. Today was the first time it's mama nursed the calf. It had been about 24 hours after it was born. We were going to use the other cow that had a calf to feed it since it has quite a bag on her and is much more managable, so I caught her and penned her and her calf until we could get the chute. We tried to get it's mama first though since that would be best and thankfully, after a couple of hours, we got her in the chute. That is one crazy cow. We had to throw a rope around her horns and drag her through the chute into the squeeze, and that was the easy part. Tomorrow I'll try coaxing her into position. Obviously forcing her isn't going to work and I've had success in the past using that method. The calf tries to walk and it seems it just needs a little more strength in the hindquarters. It can get up but it's hind end will start to lean and she'll start to fall. Her hind legs tend to stand right next to each other and sometimes will cross. I'll reach down and reposition her legs into a more stable stance when I am leading her around and supporting her when she starts to fall. I've slapped both legs and she definatly has feeling in both and I can feel twitching muscles from exhertion in both of them when she stands and she can move both. I guess all I can do is give her time and keep the food coming. I was wondering, it might be hard to wrestle her mama into position multiple times a day, especially in the dark. So, could I suppliment what she gets from her mother with a bottle and a suitable "formula" (for lack of a better word). Hopefully I won't have to worry about that, but I might need to be prepared. [/QUOTE]
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