This is an Excellent forum for learning about taking care of a new calf/cow/steer. Another excellent discussion forum is www.keepingafamilycow.com .... I...
Sally,(or anyone) How do you encourage a young calf to start eating grain? Is it like a horse, in that it will pick it up from its mother doing it? I have a...
Usually, if you get grain with molassas, the sweet smell will draw the calf to it and they just like it and eat it. At least, that's what I've found. When I...
How young is the calf? At a very young age, the best supplemental feed is hay or grass. Their rumens need to be encouraged to function and the grasses are...
Good point!!!(Especially the keeping the chickens away!!) Thanks Cheryl ... From: TINYBABE To: miniaturecattle@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003...
That's an interesting thought about the upper teeth and horns. What about the polled breeds? (LOL) At one time, weren't all breeds of cattle horned? K.C. ......
Dori: She's about 2 weeks old and she does nibble on the grass/alfalpha hay. Should I keep her from the grain? Because she is nibbling on that also... Thanks ...
Thank you Sally and everyone else! I'm looking forward to sharing this information with everyone at the ranch! Michelle ... hay. Should I keep her from the...
... Now that's an interesting "theory" from evolution...Then why do llamas only have bottom teeth too? Were they horned too at one time? It is my thought that...
Re: [miniaturecattle] Re: Cow careMartha: First, let me address your idea of grafting a calf on the cow. They have some stuff you can put on the calf that...
Hi, Martha. Here are some thoughts about your note: I have to also wonder about the "evolution" theory. It would seem to follow that my polled cattle should...
I wouldn't necessarily keep her away from it but I would be sure that the grain is a VERY small part of her ration. It's great for taming the calves. They'll...
By hormonal, the vet meant that she had developed an udder, so she looked like milking cow, but she never had been bred. I have had some goats like that. Some...
My thinking is that she is breedable, i.e., she will just come into heat at a later time. Nature has a way to caring for small animals. For $300, I would make...
Martha, If she has hormonal problems, I wouldn't recommend breeding her. You would have a good chance of getting this same problem in her daughters. But, if...
Dori: I haven't seen her ruminating. (thanks for the def) Would it be because she eats such a small amount of grain and hay? Approximately when do they start? ...
Hi Don, I may be interested in your lowline heifer...as I am looking for a companion for my galloway that I have been milk feeding...where in Michigan is this...
I live in Clinton Mi. but she has already been sold.If you are looking for a pasture mate I have several bull calves that I'm holding back that you could...
Thanks for the reply Don, I have a lead on a Dexter bull that I am purchasing to breed my Galloway later, but was thinking your lowline would have made a good...
Kathy,I have several lowline cows but as a rule I raise mutts.I don't believe that a first or even second generation cross constitutes a breed so at this point...
I made a little error, If you feed 1pt/10 lbs/day/calf -> an 80 lb calf would get 4qts/day in 2 or 3 feedings. Usually fed 2qts AM & 2 qts PM, My error was...
Hi, everybody! And welcome to the new members!! I have been reading but not posting for way too long. Michelle and Lauren (is that right?), here's some zebu...
Thanks, Dottie. I like the horns, also :) Cheryl ... From: Dottie Love To: miniaturecattle@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 2:06 PM Subject:...
<<Dori: I haven't seen her ruminating. (thanks for the def) Would it be because she eats such a small amount of grain and hay? Approximately when do they...
Laura, go back and post that problem on their message board. They would probably like to know the glitch exists so they can fix it. I'm sure they'd like to...
Got to talk to my vet some more. The jersey heifer at 8 months of age developed an udder. He said she was too young to palpate, so he gave her a hormone shot...
Dehorning sure is icky .... and dehorning gets more difficult (worse) as the horns develope. If the cattle get to be cattle -free and out and horns are part of...
