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Unfortunately, early Sunday morning the buckling passed away while in my hubby's arms. The SPCA has taken the kid in for Necropsy...poor little man had the deck stacked against him from the start and I wasn't much help :..((

Alrighty!! Thank you for the prompt reply!!! We are taking it pretty easy with him - he arrived here 23 hours after his LAST meal!!!!

The SPCA brought me some animals late last night, one of which included an orphaned 2 day old Pygmy goat via a seizure! I have no idea if this little one even got any colostrum!!!! I milk Jersey cows & this is ALL I have for milk at the moment - CAN I FEED WHOLE COWS MILK?????

Do you know when she was bred? Three months, 3 weeks & 3 days is gestation +/-. My Tamworth didn't bag up until RIGHT before she farrowed - I mean HOURS before!

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We had Red Poll when I was "growing up". Great cattle, cannot say enough about them! Often mistaken for the red angus by cattle buyers at the sales. They are a very docile animal, longevity, hardy, excellent mothering & milking. They are a dual purpose & give a fair amount of cream per...

:idunno sorry. It has always worked for us...year after year of heifer calves from several of our milk cows waaay back before sexed semen was ever available. :idunno maybe we jsut got lucky???

OK, explain the rusty nail please lol

No... IF your cow delivers you a bull calf & you really want a heifer, breed her on the first or third heat after calving. IF she delivers a heifer, breed her on the second or fourth heat to get another heifer.

Her first, third, fifth...etc are the odd heats. Second, fourth...are even. Dad use to AI the Guernsey back in the 70s: 4x to Brown Swiss = 4 heifers, 2x to Jersey = 1 heifer, 1 bull, 1 natural cover to Simmental bull = 1 bull calf, 2x Ayreshire = 2 heifers...maybe she was just a heifer...

This has worked like a charm for my grandfather, my father & now I am about to attempt it with NATURAL BREEDING on my young Jersey (had a bull calf 10/30)... "if you wish to change the sex of what your cow just delivered, breed on the odd heats. If you wish to keep getting what you got, breed...

:celebrate:woot I did it!!! LOL I am somewhat technologically disadvantaged! This is my Normande bull...notice the brindle? We raised Red Poll when I was younger, no brindles from them. None of our Jersey cross breds showed brindle BUT I have a yearling heifer here that is a brindle; her mom...

:barnie I can't figure out how to link Bonaparte's pic :he

Normande are a natural brindle as are Longhorn (which I have seen with a genetic "flaw" for polled cattle). LOL if I could figure out how to upload, I would post a photo of my Normande bull, who is white with dark red patches & brindling over the top line.

I agree with the DRAXXIN. Keep her warm, keep her dry, keep her hydrated. Sunlight is a great healer...if you can set her up in a stall where she is getting light & fresh air. Often times when they are sick, they will get depressed...get her a buddy - we have an orphan who has a cat buddy as...

I ranch in central Saskatchewan. I have a beef herd of 60+ cows, a small Dexter herd (3 cows, 1 long yearling heifer & 2 weanling heifers) & a little dairy herd (2 Jerseys & a Holstein). I am a third generation rancher (the first female though! :cool:). Do you have a cow you are looking to...