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  1. LisaR

    Freddie won't drink.

    I'm so glad he's doing better. He can be lonely, cows are a herd animal. We were just going to get a 2 week old Jersey steer a few years ago, but I felt bad and brought home a little heifer with him so I don't know how they do alone. As for a goose with the calf, I have no idea but it never...
  2. LisaR

    Jersey calving?

    I just remembered another bit of information about when our heifer was close to calving, the farmer we got her from said it happens to all of his cows and heifers too. On her stomach near her belly button, a lump of fluid started forming about a week before calving and got really big the day...
  3. LisaR

    My cow has a fever

    I know this is really late but it was the back 2 that got infected. The farmer we got her from came and gave her antibiotics and we hand milked her as often as we could since her heifer was too small to empty her and it took a few days but she got better and is still doing great and making milk...
  4. LisaR

    Freddie won't drink.

    He is so cute!! He could just be stressed from being brought to your house and away from familiar surroundings. Just keep trying and he should come around and start drinking more. Good Luck!
  5. LisaR

    Jersey calving?

    Here's a picture of Daisy's back end 3 days before she calved. It's hard too see but it gets really swollen and very bouncy even when they barely move the closer they get.
  6. LisaR

    Jersey calving?

    When mine was pregnant she looked like she would have it any day about 3 weeks before she actually calved. She was due August 11th but didn't have her baby until the 16th. Her back end was very swollen and springy, her pins were relaxed and separated, her udder was so full it was hard for her to...
  7. LisaR

    Our Cows

    A Jersey but I never saw him, she was artifially done. I love her color too, I'm glad she doesn't have any white like her mom, it's hard to keep clean.
  8. LisaR

    Our Cows

    Thank you! We're glad too she's a heifer, one steer is more than enough to deal with. She's growing up so fast, I let her out of their pen today so she could start getting used to it and she loved it, she was running all over the place and following me as I was getting ready to milk mom. She's...
  9. LisaR

    Our Cows

    Yes she has!! Sunday the 3rd. The hottest day of summer, it was 116! but she had a beautiful little heifer.
  10. LisaR

    My cow has a fever

    She is feeling much better. She's up, alert, and eating. Temp is down to 101.5 and she even left her baby with me to go to the field to eat.
  11. LisaR

    My cow has a fever

    last night we noticed our cow that just had her baby 2 days ago wasn't acting right, a vet came out and took her temp. She had a fever and has an infection in her udder. She got 2 shots, one for the fever and one antibiotic, we also milked her dry to clear out the ducts. Does anyone have any...
  12. LisaR

    Baby is finally here"

    Thank you, it was perfect timing. I'm glad we were there because she had trouble pushing the head out so I had to help, it was my first time helping any animal being born and it was amazing. She was so exhausted when it was done she couldn't get up so I brought the baby to her. It was funny, she...
  13. LisaR

    Baby is finally here"

    Our heifer, Daisy, finally had her baby yesterday at 2:40pm. It is a beautiful healthy little heifer, I'm so excited! Daisy had her 3 days before her due date and the hottest day of summer so far, it was 116 yesterday.
  14. LisaR

    To cut or not to cut bull calves and when?

    He gets corrected when he gets rough and stops but I can tell he still wants to, I never turn my back on him and none of my kids are allowed to be in his stall anymore.
  15. LisaR

    How close do you think my heifer is to calving?

    I know the date she was bred and she is due August 19th but she looks like she's about done. I'm not sure the type of semen but it must have been because the farmer told me that she has an 70 or 80% chance of having a heifer.
  16. LisaR

    About that "cute" little bull....

    I understand what this thread is about and I completely agree with the fact that he needs to be put down, and there are some people that tolerate dangerous bulls which is why that one is still alive and the point of my last comment. I don't agree with the last post I wrote but it is what some...
  17. LisaR

    Our Cows

    Cute cows! Here's mine. They are both a month shy of 2 years old, they were bottle fed since 2 weeks old and the heifer is due any day now with her first baby. The steer is still nice but will be on our table soon.
  18. LisaR

    Bottle calf update and questions

    These were my first bottle calves too. I'm glad to hear he's doing better. Our steer got scours once when he was a baby but I started him on medicated milk replacer right away and it cleared up by the next day. They are so little, and without mom's milk, they go downhill fast if it's not...
  19. LisaR

    About that "cute" little bull....

    BUT.. to play devils advocate. A bull is not a domesticated animal which is why there's some tolerance for the bull not much tolerance for aggressive dogs. When you have a bull, it's only a matter of time before someone is in the hospital or dead, that's a price people have to realize when they...
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