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They need grass and some decent sunshine, like everybody elsesWhat’s the collectives thoughts, I’ve got big lambs coming. Had 4 sets of triplets today, all the lambs the size of good twins. But I’m still running abit short of milk in the ewes. Good Haylage, SF carrots, Mollasses & 1lb of 18% nuts each end of the day. If I up the corn anymore I reckon I could hit issues with lamb size. At the moment “touch wood” they’re coming out like shelling peas.
Now they’ve only been in 5 days. Do I hope that being out of the weather on the same diet as they were outside will mean in another couple of days we see an increase in milk production as we stop feeding the weather?
Any relevant thoughts would be interesting.
No, I’m not turning them out to lamb outside
No, I’m not going to cull the lot and start again
No, I’m not buying Easycares
I’ve seen a jag of steroids helping them......had a calf born yesterday, with a lot of help , both cow and calf down and couldn't stand .
Managed to get cow to stand un-aided very late last night and have hot plenty of colostrum into calf by ' tube bag' . Unfortunately calf still can't stand , he is huge !
Mother not interested in him , how does anyone sort this out , bearing in mind the calf is huge.
Was thinking of making a cradle out of a hessian sack to hold him up for a short while at a time ......or am I best just leaving him for now and just keep moving him !
Yellow greasy skins means the feed is goodReally skins look fine to me
Big dosey calves don’t always live.....had a calf born yesterday, with a lot of help , both cow and calf down and couldn't stand .
Managed to get cow to stand un-aided very late last night and have hot plenty of colostrum into calf by ' tube bag' . Unfortunately calf still can't stand , he is huge !
Mother not interested in him , how does anyone sort this out , bearing in mind the calf is huge.
Was thinking of making a cradle out of a hessian sack to hold him up for a short while at a time ......or am I best just leaving him for now and just keep moving him !
Had one that sounds similar a while ago. Spoke to vet, they said. Calves that experience a difficult or prolonged birth (typically large calves requiring assisted calving) can also end up with acidosis if the umbilical cord is compressed or ruptured prematurely, resulting in inadequate oxygenation......had a calf born yesterday, with a lot of help , both cow and calf down and couldn't stand .
Managed to get cow to stand un-aided very late last night and have hot plenty of colostrum into calf by ' tube bag' . Unfortunately calf still can't stand , he is huge !
Mother not interested in him , how does anyone sort this out , bearing in mind the calf is huge.
Was thinking of making a cradle out of a hessian sack to hold him up for a short while at a time ......or am I best just leaving him for now and just keep moving him !
He just suckled a bottle very well .Had one that sounds similar a while ago. Spoke to vet, they said. Calves that experience a difficult or prolonged birth (typically large calves requiring assisted calving) can also end up with acidosis if the umbilical cord is compressed or ruptured prematurely, resulting in inadequate oxygenation.
This explains why it is often “big, dopey calves” that will not suck – their size predisposes them to having a difficult birth, and they are “dopey” as an effect of the acidosis.
Speak to your vet, I think ours was given sodium bicarbonate and it came round. I think it might have been given intravenously
Should come round watch the cow doesn’t try to get up and sit on itHe just suckled a bottle very well .
He is sharp enough ...just can't stand.
They need grass and some decent sunshine, like everybody elses
Ahhh good it looks settled there.
Truss him up like a BDSM girl.....had a calf born yesterday, with a lot of help , both cow and calf down and couldn't stand .
Managed to get cow to stand un-aided very late last night and have hot plenty of colostrum into calf by ' tube bag' . Unfortunately calf still can't stand , he is huge !
Mother not interested in him , how does anyone sort this out , bearing in mind the calf is huge.
Was thinking of making a cradle out of a hessian sack to hold him up for a short while at a time ......or am I best just leaving him for now and just keep moving him !
Ahhh good it looks settled there.
Àsshole.Ahhh good it looks settled there.
Same feed here indoors. Plenty of milk.I’m on Carrs 19 and they are milking well, the top 4 ingredients in it are all quality feeds
Àsshole.
What’s the collectives thoughts, I’ve got big lambs coming. Had 4 sets of triplets today, all the lambs the size of good twins. But I’m still running abit short of milk in the ewes. Good Haylage, SF carrots, Mollasses & 1lb of 18% nuts each end of the day. If I up the corn anymore I reckon I could hit issues with lamb size. At the moment “touch wood” they’re coming out like shelling peas.
Now they’ve only been in 5 days. Do I hope that being out of the weather on the same diet as they were outside will mean in another couple of days we see an increase in milk production as we stop feeding the weather?
Any relevant thoughts would be interesting.
No, I’m not turning them out to lamb outside
No, I’m not going to cull the lot and start again
No, I’m not buying Easycares
Where's the mud?Where’s the wind