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<blockquote data-quote="randumchatress" data-source="post: 85085" data-attributes="member: 1431"><p>Hi- Just My 2cents worth......... How long did you wait from water bag breaking or first hoof to assist with the birth? I pull my fair share of calves but I run Simmental Bulls on Angus Cows/Heifers. I normally pull 11% of first calf heifers and less than 1% cows. Your loss/pull ratio seems very high and might be due to the breeding. To answer your question.... After a week get the calf on grain / grass hay. After two weeks cut back the bottle to twice per day. The calf will want to eat, and find something...... dry matter! Then to once per day the following. Make sure he/she has LOTS of fresh water, salt and mineral. Also give the calf some ADE, my 10yr old Daughter calls it TURBO Juice! It will help the calf adjust quicker. After one month give it a 7-way and worm. If it is on good feed and healthy you can pull the last bottle after 70days. IMHI........[/quoteThe first calf came with out us being there, The calf was dead partially out of the mother and the mother was paralyzed. She is up and doing fine now. The second cow, I found in labor trying to expel a calf the legs and nose was all I could see. I went and got my neighbor and he helped me pulled that calf. She was also paralyzed and we had to eventually shoot her. The third we waited for over an hour watching her try and listening to her bellow. I should mention we checked on her steady and watching her. In this case mother and baby did fine. It took her time to get up but she was ok. The last one we needed to get assistance from the neighbor again. The calf was so large she had to be cut to get it out. The calf didnt live She did. I will also mention in this small span of time with all the cow drama someone fatally shot my dog. We never expected nor were we prepared. WE made allot of mistakes and unfortunately we lost a cow and two calfs. I appreciate your answering my post. I do apologize for the lengthy answer to your so small question.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randumchatress, post: 85085, member: 1431"] Hi- Just My 2cents worth......... How long did you wait from water bag breaking or first hoof to assist with the birth? I pull my fair share of calves but I run Simmental Bulls on Angus Cows/Heifers. I normally pull 11% of first calf heifers and less than 1% cows. Your loss/pull ratio seems very high and might be due to the breeding. To answer your question.... After a week get the calf on grain / grass hay. After two weeks cut back the bottle to twice per day. The calf will want to eat, and find something...... dry matter! Then to once per day the following. Make sure he/she has LOTS of fresh water, salt and mineral. Also give the calf some ADE, my 10yr old Daughter calls it TURBO Juice! It will help the calf adjust quicker. After one month give it a 7-way and worm. If it is on good feed and healthy you can pull the last bottle after 70days. IMHI........[/quoteThe first calf came with out us being there, The calf was dead partially out of the mother and the mother was paralyzed. She is up and doing fine now. The second cow, I found in labor trying to expel a calf the legs and nose was all I could see. I went and got my neighbor and he helped me pulled that calf. She was also paralyzed and we had to eventually shoot her. The third we waited for over an hour watching her try and listening to her bellow. I should mention we checked on her steady and watching her. In this case mother and baby did fine. It took her time to get up but she was ok. The last one we needed to get assistance from the neighbor again. The calf was so large she had to be cut to get it out. The calf didnt live She did. I will also mention in this small span of time with all the cow drama someone fatally shot my dog. We never expected nor were we prepared. WE made allot of mistakes and unfortunately we lost a cow and two calfs. I appreciate your answering my post. I do apologize for the lengthy answer to your so small question. [/QUOTE]
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