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<blockquote data-quote="sms3has9" data-source="post: 1770176" data-attributes="member: 39088"><p>I admittedly didn't pull the heifers like I should have. They were about 9-10 months old due to a fencing problem. I got that fixed and had been milking some most evenings trying to keep her from getting mastitis and was going to try for another bottle calf because she was still producing. I thought she'd dried up completely when I had my wreck in March and surgery in April and couldn't do it and she didn't like hubby milking. I checked her in May and she was still giving about a quart to 1.5 quarts and that was on grass and a scoop of 12% feed to help with condition. I literally just stopped trying to get anything about 5 days ago when she dropped to about half a quart. I started adding half a scoop of 18% dairy ration Thursday night and moved to twice a day feeding with a half a flake of alfalfa along with her regular hay. I am slowly going to increase her dairy ration as the calf gets a little older and can take it. Had I fed her dairy ration before when she had her calf I honestly believe she could have handled 4 calves. Her udder doesn't seem big but was giving me 2 gallons each on twice a day milking with her week old red calf on full time until I got the black one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sms3has9, post: 1770176, member: 39088"] I admittedly didn’t pull the heifers like I should have. They were about 9-10 months old due to a fencing problem. I got that fixed and had been milking some most evenings trying to keep her from getting mastitis and was going to try for another bottle calf because she was still producing. I thought she’d dried up completely when I had my wreck in March and surgery in April and couldn’t do it and she didn’t like hubby milking. I checked her in May and she was still giving about a quart to 1.5 quarts and that was on grass and a scoop of 12% feed to help with condition. I literally just stopped trying to get anything about 5 days ago when she dropped to about half a quart. I started adding half a scoop of 18% dairy ration Thursday night and moved to twice a day feeding with a half a flake of alfalfa along with her regular hay. I am slowly going to increase her dairy ration as the calf gets a little older and can take it. Had I fed her dairy ration before when she had her calf I honestly believe she could have handled 4 calves. Her udder doesn’t seem big but was giving me 2 gallons each on twice a day milking with her week old red calf on full time until I got the black one. [/QUOTE]
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