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Got a 3 day lambed ewe. Lambed triplets herself. Cleansed OK. She had big bag pre lambing. She's been off colour all day. Lambs full but she's no keen on coming in for her feeding. Wondering if it could be a touch of milk fever? What is best to feed her to promote recovery? I have her on hay...

So we will occasionally have issues with calving. Cows will calve but then the mommas rear legs don’t work. We just had to put a cow down because we couldn’t get her rear legs to work, no matter how much we worked her. The calf was particularly large even though the other calves front this bull...

Had a ewe die today, 8 weeks out from lambing, been on turnips for the last 3 weeks. Walked round them first thing, she got up, walked off a bit awkwardly then collapsed and started fitting, head moving up and down, back legs straight, front legs paddling. By the time I got her back to the yard...

Iv a 3 year old lleyn ewe scanned for single due date 5 weeks away. She went off her feet week or so back. Eating silage but not meal. Seems bright enough. At first no real signs of why but after few days her feet got hot and joints swollen now, mostly cause she can't move much. Been moving her...

as it says cows has dropped 20 litres off over nite. She hasn’t got any sign mastitis or a temperature. Is eating all her feed too. Any ideas please. Only thing I can think is she is about to come bulling as she is fresh. Cheers

We have a policy with our cows, if they’re nasty when they calve, they raise that calf then go for slaughter. This means, as a rule, we have nice docile cows, apart from the odd heifer that gets grumpy. However this year we have several cows that have had 6-7 calves and l been perfectly docile...

I've got a three week calved cow that came in the parlor walking sideways with her head to the left trying to walk in circles,she is also chewing and frothing at the mouth,she milked out ok but didn't eat her meal,managed to get her out the parlour and gave her half a bottle off mag and a bottle...

Quite familiar with this as my mum was diabetic from the age of 21 (type 1) so as kids we had to learn pretty quickly how to deal with that and explain to other grown ups that mum wasn't a nutter, just needed a Mars bar. Anyway, I've always been prone to bouts of weakness / dizziness if I...

hi just wondered what other people's diets are for cows 3-4 weeks off calving , just I have been experiencing some retained cleansings,the milk fever is ok tested some cows fresh calved and there calcium status was ok ! The cows are looking well before calving but I have been getting 1 out of 8...

I've had 3 ewes go down in the past week - all sit down and cant get back up, they tend to be in the middle of the flock so not isolated. (All Swaledales) Once they sit down they seem to be too weak in the back legs to stand, they obviously loose weight and become dehydrated quickly as they’re...

I have ended up with 60 in lamb ewes that have just started from an old fellow who couldn't cope any more. They are in terriable lean condition. I have been giving them hay and ewe rolls morning and night. The ones that have lambed have gone ok but now a lot of them have gone fully or partially...

Just wondered what's the best way to add extra energy to the diet to minimise condition loss without feeding extra sugars or starch. The last time we added Megalac we had a drop in milk. We don't feed tmr. Thanks in advance

Had 4 cows over last few months get ill with similar symptoms. Very watery diarrhea, milk drop off , weight loss, they are down about a week then seem to recover. Vet looked at one two weeks ago and could not find out what was wrong. His only thought was Johnes, but was we are 60 tb testing at...

Well finally the time of year has come for all the nasty coughs and colds which can be thrown at human beings :( One question.... I caught a chest infection a few days ago, is it possible to catch a chest infection from someone who has brongheitis? Or are they 2 different bacterias/virus's?

Must be doing something right(y) Arla Foods UK ‏@ArlaFoodsUK 3m3 minutes ago WIN - The @BestFactory2016 Supply Chain Award is presented to Arla's Aylesbury site #bfa2016

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37055471 Wow thats a hell of a commitment. I don't think its possible or will it leadto a two tier marketplace? Treated and untreated?

Reared it head again this week in two strong mid/late lactation cows,did a blood test on tonight's one as wasn't sure what the other had responded to,we've had it in new calved cows on and off for 10 years or so now,but never seen it in late lactation.:scratchhead: Any suggestions? Super Phos...

We have struggled with our transition cows for a couple of years and it makes spring block calving really hard work. We thought we had it covered last year by feeding mostly whole crop through the dry period with a decent dry cow mineral, urea and mag chloride 3 weeks pre-calving. Not too much...

Seen @Cows 'n grass thread on wether to intervene or not to try and save money on vets and read Tim Gibson in the Dairy farmer saying he's not planting any maize but relying on wholecrop and grass silage. Spreading less fert and the maize costs, the saving will come in handy. My neighbour has...

This morning when out to the field and my lovely old badger ewe is stood calling her lambs she can't see them anywhere and is very stressed, but they are right with her :( on closer inspection she is blind and cannot see I think she can see light/dark, however her eyes have gone murky and she...