Guess whos fresh!

[Jdunn55]

After a shitty day, sassy has decided to cheer me up

Beuatiful heifer by kings-ransom dynasty !
up and drank 4 litres of colostrum from the bottle within 30 minutes of arrival

Potential 16th generation straight excellent
Fingers crossed i can get sassy up to ex this time to complete 15 gens!

All safe and sound and I've got a smile on my face again

 

[Jdunn55]

Someone else exciting has just calved in

It's a bit dark for proper photos so I'll let you lot guess who it could be

As a clue she's a FFF (farming forum favourite)

Both her and her calf look phenomenal

 

[Tim G]

Big bertha?

 

[spin cycle]

I'm so pleased for you lad

 

[Headless chicken]

If that’s Bertha and you’ve not kextoned her then get some glycol into her as a precaution

 

[Jdunn55]

Big bertha?

Got it in one

 

[Jdunn55]

Amelia has been a naughty girl and had a bull

atleast she looks stunning promised me that she will get incalf first service sexed semen this time

 

[willowwarbler]

Nothing like some nice heifer calves to perk one up!
At a tangent , our vet s newsletter today recommends 4 litres of colostrum for the first feed - I thought perhaps they meant 4 pints ....but Mr Google seems to agree on the 4 litres. Seems a huge amount to me for a new born calf at one go, at less than a couple of hours old?

 

[SolwayFarmer]

After a shitty day, sassy has decided to cheer me up

Beuatiful heifer by kings-ransom dynasty !
up and drank 4 litres of colostrum from the bottle within 30 minutes of arrival

Potential 16th generation straight excellent
Fingers crossed i can get sassy up to ex this time to complete 15 gens!

All safe and sound and I've got a smile on my face again

Maybe not a great photo but is she a bit lean?

 

[TheRanger]

Nothing like some nice heifer calves to perk one up!
At a tangent , our vet s newsletter today recommends 4 litres of colostrum for the first feed - I thought perhaps they meant 4 pints ....but Mr Google seems to agree on the 4 litres. Seems a huge amount to me for a new born calf at one go, at less than a couple of hours old?

We do 3L asap, then another 3L 10-12 hours later. Done some bloods recently and the vet said the IG levels were some of the highest he’d seen.

Quality probably more important than quantity.

 

[Keep On]

@Jdunn55 one of our rogue friesians for you, some milk about her…for now

 

[Holsteinfriesian90]

@Jdunn55 one of our rogue friesians for you, some milk about her…for now

Lovely cow. Who is she sired by?

 

[Keep On]

Lovely cow. Who is she sired by?

Absolutely no idea. Will have a look tomorrow

 

[som farmer]

Nothing like some nice heifer calves to perk one up!
At a tangent , our vet s newsletter today recommends 4 litres of colostrum for the first feed - I thought perhaps they meant 4 pints ....but Mr Google seems to agree on the 4 litres. Seems a huge amount to me for a new born calf at one go, at less than a couple of hours old?

had a lass here to rear calves, vet trained as well

killed a small jersey cross calf, insisted it had to have 4 litres, asap, it didn't survive it. Couldn't understand why, a falling out ensued, and vet had a bollocking.

we very seldom ever tube a calf, got to be really bad before we do. Calf mortality is really low, and our calves regularly top the mkt as stirks. And for the first 4 weeks, they only get 4 litres of colostrum per day, acidified or fresh.

but as @Jdunn55 would say, friesians are better than other breeds.

 

[willowwarbler]

had a lass here to rear calves, vet trained as well

killed a small jersey cross calf, insisted it had to have 4 litres, asap, it didn't survive it. Couldn't understand why, a falling out ensued, and vet had a bollocking.

we very seldom ever tube a calf, got to be really bad before we do. Calf mortality is really low, and our calves regularly top the mkt as stirks. And for the first 4 weeks, they only get 4 litres of colostrum per day, acidified or fresh.

but as @Jdunn55 would say, friesians are better than other breeds.

I think your amounts are spot on. Like you , I d have been furious with a small calf forced into having that amount - crazy! This 'research' and recommendation of 4 litres, I think , comes from USA but now is being quoted on many web sites. If we have to stomach tube we give around 2 1/2 litres - which is about what the bag will hold and seems to fill the calf quite enough!

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Nothing like some nice heifer calves to perk one up!
At a tangent , our vet s newsletter today recommends 4 litres of colostrum for the first feed - I thought perhaps they meant 4 pints ....but Mr Google seems to agree on the 4 litres. Seems a huge amount to me for a new born calf at one go, at less than a couple of hours old?

Not when some lambs will take nearly a litre

 

[som farmer]

Not when some lambs will take nearly a litre

a lot depends on the calf itself, size, breed and 'survival' instinct. And the transition ration of the cow. The days of big dopey calves, out of hols, should be gone, l think of it as bad practice.

if you get your dry cows in the correct body condition, fed them the correct ration, you should get healthy calves out, that look to suckle straight away. Its a lot easier than faffing about defrosting colostrum, or milking it out of the cow, and tubing it.

and healthier cows mean less m/fever, RFM's, difficult calving's etc.

 

[TheRanger]

I wouldn't be tubing them any more than 3L, but if they take it from a teat fair enough.

 

[In the pit]

I normally give as much as they’ll take
Bigger calves 4lts or more and smaller calves 2 /3 ish

 

[lazy farmer]

a lot depends on the calf itself, size, breed and 'survival' instinct. And the transition ration of the cow. The days of big dopey calves, out of hols, should be gone, l think of it as bad practice.

if you get your dry cows in the correct body condition, fed them the correct ration, you should get healthy calves out, that look to suckle straight away. Its a lot easier than faffing about defrosting colostrum, or milking it out of the cow, and tubing it.

and healthier cows mean less m/fever, RFM's, difficult calving's etc.

Ah Utopia