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One day old calf can't walk
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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 161601" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>#1 - get her up <em>at least </em>twice a day. They need to stand. More than twice - say four times during the day - would be ideal.</p><p></p><p>#2 - on a bottle calf, you'd feed 1/2 gallon per feeding at two feedings per day. Total of 1 gallon a day. Where the calf is drinking off the cow it's hard to say for sure how much she's getting. I wouldn't bother feeding more than twice a day unless you really have a lot of free time and nothing else to do. LOL. =)</p><p></p><p>#3 - do you have a shed? barn? garage? take the calf under shelter if/when it starts to look like rain. Calf does not neccessarily have to be in the same pen as the cow. Adjacent to the cow's pen would be best - for instance in a barn or shed - but if not, take the calf in your garage, if you have one. If you leave that calf out in the elements and it gets soaked and damp, you're going to have problems, guaranteed. I'm assuming this calf is on straw or some kind of absorbent bedding right now, not just mud/dirt?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 161601, member: 852"] #1 - get her up [i]at least [/i]twice a day. They need to stand. More than twice - say four times during the day - would be ideal. #2 - on a bottle calf, you'd feed 1/2 gallon per feeding at two feedings per day. Total of 1 gallon a day. Where the calf is drinking off the cow it's hard to say for sure how much she's getting. I wouldn't bother feeding more than twice a day unless you really have a lot of free time and nothing else to do. LOL. =) #3 - do you have a shed? barn? garage? take the calf under shelter if/when it starts to look like rain. Calf does not neccessarily have to be in the same pen as the cow. Adjacent to the cow's pen would be best - for instance in a barn or shed - but if not, take the calf in your garage, if you have one. If you leave that calf out in the elements and it gets soaked and damp, you're going to have problems, guaranteed. I'm assuming this calf is on straw or some kind of absorbent bedding right now, not just mud/dirt? [/QUOTE]
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