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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1175863" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Another day, another hard calving <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite15" alt=":cry:" title="Crying :cry:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cry:" /> </p><p>Cow and calf doing fine - this one was a milk fever I checked after treating and found calf all ready to fall out except the head was turned back with nose pointing down.</p><p></p><p>I weighed 93's calf this morning Nesi - 45 - 46 kg. She should have been able to have a calf that size, though she is getting on in years, eleven this year.</p><p>She can't stand on her own yet; I don't know how she was getting up and down last night. At least she eats out of a trough and drinks out of a bucket; Maya (185) was adamant on harvesting her own food and 93 is now eating the special food I got for her.</p><p>185 didn't respond well to the treatment for her pneumonia and died last week. It's amazing she carried on as well as she did all those weeks, the state her lungs were in. The calf I'd fostered on to her for the last few days didn't look too impressed this morning at being hauled out to a paddock to meet another cow... I think she thinks 93 is going to die on her too.</p><p>I'm not sure how long it'll be for 93 to get steady enough on her feet to join the milking herd, but I've got calves that can manage her milk if it's going to be a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1175863, member: 9267"] Another day, another hard calving :cry: Cow and calf doing fine - this one was a milk fever I checked after treating and found calf all ready to fall out except the head was turned back with nose pointing down. I weighed 93's calf this morning Nesi - 45 - 46 kg. She should have been able to have a calf that size, though she is getting on in years, eleven this year. She can't stand on her own yet; I don't know how she was getting up and down last night. At least she eats out of a trough and drinks out of a bucket; Maya (185) was adamant on harvesting her own food and 93 is now eating the special food I got for her. 185 didn't respond well to the treatment for her pneumonia and died last week. It's amazing she carried on as well as she did all those weeks, the state her lungs were in. The calf I'd fostered on to her for the last few days didn't look too impressed this morning at being hauled out to a paddock to meet another cow... I think she thinks 93 is going to die on her too. I'm not sure how long it'll be for 93 to get steady enough on her feet to join the milking herd, but I've got calves that can manage her milk if it's going to be a while. [/QUOTE]
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