Richard
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have a week old calf that is only sucking the back 2 tits the front 2 are huge should I worry or not ?
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Usually they'll start working on the others if they need it. But it depends on how huge, huge is. You might want to strip the forequarters to see if the size goes down so the calf can nurse, or to tell if there is an udder problem.
dun
dun
Would also recommend stripping once. Some calves won't nurse if it is too hard to get anything to come out. Strip them to eliminate any hard blockages then let the calf take over. It'll take care of things when it is a little more agressive.
if she milks heavy it may take longer, i had a cow that had two large front tits and it took sometimes 2 weeks to get them nursed down. i sold her last year i was tired of worrying over it. it only gets worse as they get older.
Susie David
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Our boss cow has on large teat and it takes the calves a couple of months to get around to using it regularly.
We have a cow with large teats that also delivers a fine calf.
The first time around I took her to the vet and they milked her and also flooded the teats back thru the ducts to break up the blockage. The next time around we let it go a week and nature took its way. I was in the pasture after that first week an came upon a puddle of white cheese like stuff that smelled like limberger cheese gone bad. Now that is bad! Ol' gal apparently laid down putting some pressure on the udder and lost the plug there.
I wouldn't let it go too far; mastitis isn't healthy but do suggest that stripping it out early-on until the calf can handle it is a solution. Iffin your not willing to do that two or three times a year your definately not a REDNECK.
Third time I'm probably going to roll her to the sale barn,
Jay
The first time around I took her to the vet and they milked her and also flooded the teats back thru the ducts to break up the blockage. The next time around we let it go a week and nature took its way. I was in the pasture after that first week an came upon a puddle of white cheese like stuff that smelled like limberger cheese gone bad. Now that is bad! Ol' gal apparently laid down putting some pressure on the udder and lost the plug there.
I wouldn't let it go too far; mastitis isn't healthy but do suggest that stripping it out early-on until the calf can handle it is a solution. Iffin your not willing to do that two or three times a year your definately not a REDNECK.
Third time I'm probably going to roll her to the sale barn,
Jay
