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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 645063" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>hey, this is a GOOD calfing season, no losses yet, cross fingers... calves 8 and 9 were a bit troublesome, a bit of a confusion since they were both born the same night, one of which was born to the mother who had lots of colostrum, and the calf was wild as the dickens, and healthy, screamed bloody murder when i caught him at 3 days old to band and tag him, 2 days later nearly dead, the cow never started making milk, so it was nearly starved, so we had to bottle feed him, then he caught a cold, so had to be put on antibiotics, now he's doing well, but if you've read my "where's the milk" thread, you'll see the cow not so well, after milking the bag of hammers for 3 times a day for 10 days and still only getting a cup at a time, I wrote it off last night, she's a hazard to my health, and I'm sick of chasing her with my 3/4" breaker bar as protection into the chute, so I'm working on getting her calf adopted by another really dumb cow, who also wanted to kill me after she calfed, but is now all sweet and gentle (maybe she's smart enough to know I might keep her around if she's easy to graft on to, and might put up with her ill temper at calfing).. </p><p></p><p>I figure by monday we'll have #10 and 11, maybe 12 depending on if my "horse" has twins,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 645063, member: 9096"] hey, this is a GOOD calfing season, no losses yet, cross fingers... calves 8 and 9 were a bit troublesome, a bit of a confusion since they were both born the same night, one of which was born to the mother who had lots of colostrum, and the calf was wild as the dickens, and healthy, screamed bloody murder when i caught him at 3 days old to band and tag him, 2 days later nearly dead, the cow never started making milk, so it was nearly starved, so we had to bottle feed him, then he caught a cold, so had to be put on antibiotics, now he's doing well, but if you've read my "where's the milk" thread, you'll see the cow not so well, after milking the bag of hammers for 3 times a day for 10 days and still only getting a cup at a time, I wrote it off last night, she's a hazard to my health, and I'm sick of chasing her with my 3/4" breaker bar as protection into the chute, so I'm working on getting her calf adopted by another really dumb cow, who also wanted to kill me after she calfed, but is now all sweet and gentle (maybe she's smart enough to know I might keep her around if she's easy to graft on to, and might put up with her ill temper at calfing).. I figure by monday we'll have #10 and 11, maybe 12 depending on if my "horse" has twins, [/QUOTE]
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