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<blockquote data-quote="Keren" data-source="post: 457219" data-attributes="member: 3195"><p>Interesting thoughts from everyone. </p><p></p><p>I have shown calves right from a couple of days old to 8.5 months. I am most comfortable with a calf when it is 5+months. They are able to travel tied, they are smart enough to get out of the way when mum sits down and they do not get as knocked around at the show. Also, they make a far more impressive picture alongside their mums in the show ring. </p><p></p><p>That being said, I have show very young calves before (not my own - hence I had no choice in the matter, sort of) and the precautions I take (the provisions the owners must make) are:</p><p></p><p>1)The calf must travel untied behind an end panel tied in the truck with an extra bale of hay and a woolover calf cover. Alternatively, both calf and cow may travel loose provided they have an entire pen on the truck to themselves.</p><p></p><p>2)The owner must get made and send a calf cage - I usually suggest they get a third end panel made to match their existing ones, and a gate to fit between the two. The calf will then live in that, untied, at the show. This not only stops it being stood on, but also keeps it away from the hands of the public - they pat every calf in the shed and stick their fingers in every calf mouth and spread disease like wildfire. </p><p></p><p>3)The owner must send, along with their normal show box, a calf 'first aid' kit, which includes among other things various antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, needles, syringes, scour treatment, bloat treatment, electrolytes and probiotics.</p><p></p><p>IMO - If the cow you have in mind is an excellent exhibit - likely to have a good crack at winning champion - I would take her with the small calf, provided I had the precautions as above. If she is only a reasonable cow, I would leave her at home until the calf is older. </p><p></p><p>Good luck with it all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Keren, post: 457219, member: 3195"] Interesting thoughts from everyone. I have shown calves right from a couple of days old to 8.5 months. I am most comfortable with a calf when it is 5+months. They are able to travel tied, they are smart enough to get out of the way when mum sits down and they do not get as knocked around at the show. Also, they make a far more impressive picture alongside their mums in the show ring. That being said, I have show very young calves before (not my own - hence I had no choice in the matter, sort of) and the precautions I take (the provisions the owners must make) are: 1)The calf must travel untied behind an end panel tied in the truck with an extra bale of hay and a woolover calf cover. Alternatively, both calf and cow may travel loose provided they have an entire pen on the truck to themselves. 2)The owner must get made and send a calf cage - I usually suggest they get a third end panel made to match their existing ones, and a gate to fit between the two. The calf will then live in that, untied, at the show. This not only stops it being stood on, but also keeps it away from the hands of the public - they pat every calf in the shed and stick their fingers in every calf mouth and spread disease like wildfire. 3)The owner must send, along with their normal show box, a calf 'first aid' kit, which includes among other things various antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, needles, syringes, scour treatment, bloat treatment, electrolytes and probiotics. IMO - If the cow you have in mind is an excellent exhibit - likely to have a good crack at winning champion - I would take her with the small calf, provided I had the precautions as above. If she is only a reasonable cow, I would leave her at home until the calf is older. Good luck with it all. [/QUOTE]
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