I have not heard that in years Sam. My parents talked about plowing corn. That meant using a row crow cultivator. I still "pick" corn, that drives son Jake nuts, Every one else combines corn.
Guess I'm showing my age, but I've "plowed" corn, and soybeans too, as well as "plowing" tobacco every year that I grew it, 30 in all. Of course, plowing is cultivating, something that row crop farmers don't do anymore, although many farmers still cultivate their tobacco. People here usually refer to combining as either shelling corn, or cutting beans and wheat.
We preg checked our cows yesterday. We wanted to semen test the bulls. The vet was an hour late, then said he did not have time to do the bulls. A couple of steamed off Ioway cow folks!! Another charge for a trip, and chute.$$$$$$
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I'll also admit to using the term "second calf heifer".. but that's the former dairy farm boy coming out in me... 2 more calves over the weekend, but at least they waited until after the snowstorm that hit
Yeah Richard I moved the pair from north to south. I'd guess a 60lb bull calf, she was lickin' and he was trying to get up when we left them. I'm home in town but my dad can about see what's going on through the kitchen window so I'm sure the calf nursed or got a bottle. Hell it was a warm 34F and sunshine for the first born and I KNOW that is a good sign!
Single digits tonight and I'm going out to take a look at 2 o'clock.
What brand is that Sam? Jake bought some frozen colostrum from a local dairy farm late last summer. They say, don't thaw it in a microwave. We, Jake, have the dubious 'pleasure" of tube feeding a calf at times.
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Pardon my ignorance (I said I didn't know a damned thing about this stuff! ) But how many times do you have to dose a calf with that colostrum? Is it a "one and done" thing? Do you only have to do it with calves that aren't bonded to a cow and not getting it's mom's milk?
How long do you give the calf to start feeding from the mother before stepping in?
Ed
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Ed, the colostrum is a one time deal and the calf needs it as their first meal or they won't get the proper antibodies. I forget the exact time frame but if they don't get it say within 12 hours of being born they will suffer greatly health-wise. You wanna get it in their system ASAP, within a few hours of birth if possible. After they have the colostrum they can go on regular old milk replacer or better yet the cow.
Most of the time we give it to calves that are born to a 'goofy' heifer that for whatever reason won't let the calf nurse. Or if it's really cold outside and I find a new born calf we'll stick them in the hot box and give them a bottle of colostrum or if need be tube them if they won't suck.
Sometimes we'll find an orphan calf(which is most likely a rejected twin) wandering around down with the old cows in the main herd. They get a bottle of colostrum as well and then you have a bum calf.
You generally know within an hour if the heifer is gonna settle down enough to let the calf nurse. If they are mean and aggressive towards the calf we separate them right off the bat. Then the mother gets the 'treatment'.....
Neighbor across the road runs ~150 cow/calf pairs. I saw three new ones on the ground early this morning. Donkeys are sticking pretty close to them, so the coyotes must be somewhere close, too.
Ed
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) But how many times do you have to dose a calf with that colostrum? Is it a "one and done" thing? Do you only have to do it with calves that aren't bonded to a cow and not getting it's mom's milk?