onecowfarms
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well just got these two the heifer is about a year old and could not walk real good foot swelled real bad after i got her home i found the problem she has hoof rot in 3 legs one real bad so i cleaned them up got as much infection out asi could given 2 rounds of pen g max and have put drawing salve and dr hayes hoof rot wash on 2 times a day and putting water infront of her and food she is looking a little better today she got up and walked slowly to some hay and tryed to put some weight on the real bad leg she looks very promising .
my sec is year old baldie and he has been severly mistreated i would say he should be around 8-900 # but he is 500 if lucky very baddly dehydrated has the head rear of year old bull but the mid section of a 4mo old calf has troble getting up he also has bad hoofrot on one hoof , i thuoght he was a steer at first till i seen him up closer but his scrotum id just sucked up from lack of water ,up untill today i did not think he was going to make it but he would not drink out of the water bucket so i kept pouring water down his nose so it would run into his mouth and tongue he would get some but not enough so i got a calf bottle and put molasses on the nipple and he took the water and as i was doing it today he walked away and went to the water bucket and sucked every drop sure made me fill good so i filled it up and left him alone and he went back and got some more i know i still need to watch him is ther any thing else i should be doing for them ? :???:
my sec is year old baldie and he has been severly mistreated i would say he should be around 8-900 # but he is 500 if lucky very baddly dehydrated has the head rear of year old bull but the mid section of a 4mo old calf has troble getting up he also has bad hoofrot on one hoof , i thuoght he was a steer at first till i seen him up closer but his scrotum id just sucked up from lack of water ,up untill today i did not think he was going to make it but he would not drink out of the water bucket so i kept pouring water down his nose so it would run into his mouth and tongue he would get some but not enough so i got a calf bottle and put molasses on the nipple and he took the water and as i was doing it today he walked away and went to the water bucket and sucked every drop sure made me fill good so i filled it up and left him alone and he went back and got some more i know i still need to watch him is ther any thing else i should be doing for them ? :???: