PQVT Calving Thread

[purplequeenvt]

Still working on a name for him. This year is "D" names. Trying to decide between between Douglas (Dougie) and Duncan.

He's cute, but not very bright. Hasn't figured out the whole nursing thing yet so I've had to bring him bottles.

 

[Latestarter]

Congrats! Looks like 2019's freezer beef is on the hoof!

 

[TAH]

Cute!

I like Duncan

 

[animalmom]

Dougie! Got to be Dougie! When he grows up he can be "Doug Man", or just Doug, or the Dougerino you know for those not into the brevity thing.

Super cute little guy you got there.

 

[Bruce]

I think someone is GLAD he hasn't figure out the nursing thing, WAY too close to the nose there!

 

[cjc]

How cute!

My jersey calf couldn't figure out nursing so I just grabbed his head, straddled him and put his mouth on the teat. Sometimes I would have to let him suckle my finger a bit and coax him to his mama but he got it after a day. I just made sure I did it every few hours the first few days until I saw him frothing from the mouth when nursing. But raising bottle calves one thing I have learnt is sometimes once I get them on a bottle I cant get them off! Push him on mama.

 

[purplequeenvt]

How cute!

My jersey calf couldn't figure out nursing so I just grabbed his head, straddled him and put his mouth on the teat. Sometimes I would have to let him suckle my finger a bit and coax him to his mama but he got it after a day. I just made sure I did it every few hours the first few days until I saw him frothing from the mouth when nursing. But raising bottle calves one thing I have learnt is sometimes once I get them on a bottle I cant get them off! Push him on mama.

Having raised lots of calves and lambs both on bottle and on mom, I know all the tricks, but easier said then done with Dougie. Good news though, he figured it out sometime yesterday and refused the bottle I brought out to top him off at 9pm. With the blizzard we were in the middle of, I wasn't taking any risks of him not getting enough to eat.

 

[Bruce]

Blizzard? What blizzard, I don't seen anything outside (I think I'm snow blind from moving way too much snow).

 

[purplequeenvt]

 

[Bruce]

What a beautiful little calf @purplequeenvt !!