Cricket
Ridin' The Range
My 2 week old calf Bean, his mom is 1/2 Ayrshire, 1/2 Jersey. His dad is supposed to be purebred Jersey, but has thrown some pink (Guernsey) nosed calves. He had scours once at 3 days, reasonable poops since then except for one bout of splat greeny/brown, followed a day later by brown pudding with blood streaks, now 2 days of good poop. Which coincides with catching on to eating grain that's medicated for coccidiosis. He is getting 2 qts milk replacer 2 x a day. At noon he gets 1 qt with yogurt. I bought a package of Corid ($22.00), but haven't opened it yet. My vet charges $39.00 for a fecal, not to mention must drive 50 miles round trip and wait 'til next week for results.
Does it sound irresponsible to ride this out awhile? He's obviously feeling good. I'm aware he's thin, as it took a little over a week to get him up to the 2 qts a feeding without loosening up and now that he's beginning to eat grain I don't want to increase milk.
Was going to name him Target, but he shook his head violently. 4 days old
We're calling him Bean for LL Bean Boots. 2 weeks old
Does it sound irresponsible to ride this out awhile? He's obviously feeling good. I'm aware he's thin, as it took a little over a week to get him up to the 2 qts a feeding without loosening up and now that he's beginning to eat grain I don't want to increase milk.
Was going to name him Target, but he shook his head violently. 4 days old
We're calling him Bean for LL Bean Boots. 2 weeks old