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Breeding / Calving Issues
pulled my first calf by myself, now i dont think the mom....
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 738414" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>It was really good that you got the colostrum & gave it to him - but - after 24 hours it really didn't do any good, other than act as a laxative. After about 12 hours, the calf only has about 75% ability to utilize the antibodies in the colostrum.</p><p>Food coloring is a good idea. I used to use a teat dip solution which was already blue & very thick. I would add a bunch of blue food coloring & I used a teat dip cup to put it on the teats, although I have heard others use a spray bottle.</p><p>I would have guess the calf sucked except for the fact that you said it sucked a bottle for you. They normally won't touch a bottle after having a teat to suck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 738414, member: 968"] It was really good that you got the colostrum & gave it to him - but - after 24 hours it really didn't do any good, other than act as a laxative. After about 12 hours, the calf only has about 75% ability to utilize the antibodies in the colostrum. Food coloring is a good idea. I used to use a teat dip solution which was already blue & very thick. I would add a bunch of blue food coloring & I used a teat dip cup to put it on the teats, although I have heard others use a spray bottle. I would have guess the calf sucked except for the fact that you said it sucked a bottle for you. They normally won't touch a bottle after having a teat to suck. [/QUOTE]
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