I'm not sure what to call it, but I have a cow that is due to calve today but has not done so yet. I know this is no reason for real concern. The problem is that I have limited space to provide for calving so I had this cow in with another cow that had twins on 9 Jan this year and the one calf has started to nurse off the expecting cow. The expecting cow has good milk but we were growing concerned that she is showing signs of an adoptive mother and is treating the calf as her own and that this nursing may have some impact on her maternal instinct to continue with her own pregnancy and deliver her calf on time. I clearly don't have any experience with this type of thing it is simply me trying to theorize as to what is happening here.
We have since separated our expecting cow and she is penned alone now. I noticed this afternoon that her udder is getting extremely full and I have some concern that this could lead to mastitis or some other problems if she doesn't calve soon. Any information pertaining to this would be helpful. Thanks in advance.
We have since separated our expecting cow and she is penned alone now. I noticed this afternoon that her udder is getting extremely full and I have some concern that this could lead to mastitis or some other problems if she doesn't calve soon. Any information pertaining to this would be helpful. Thanks in advance.