Farmer Kitty
True BYH Addict
As long as you are able to milk mom you won't need a milk replacer. I'm not sure if he would drink from a pail but, you could try it.
Ahh!strong42 said:Thanks to you all. We will stick with tubing for a while. What if we tube for a week and he still won't suck? (I know, I shouldn't plan for the worst, I should wait and see what happens...) We can't tube him forever. Will he drink from a bucket? Should we be trying Calf Manna as well?
We are catching momma and milking her now that we can actually catch her...2 broken fences later...she is not the nicest cow, but I figure it's best to try to get her milk into him.
I know you don't want to hear it but, if she doesn't trust you anymore it's time to let her go. I hope the calf is a heifer!thewife said:Ahh!strong42 said:Thanks to you all. We will stick with tubing for a while. What if we tube for a week and he still won't suck? (I know, I shouldn't plan for the worst, I should wait and see what happens...) We can't tube him forever. Will he drink from a bucket? Should we be trying Calf Manna as well?
We are catching momma and milking her now that we can actually catch her...2 broken fences later...she is not the nicest cow, but I figure it's best to try to get her milk into him.
The joys of milking a cow that don't want milked!
I feel for ya!
When ever we have a non sucking calf, we milk to mom to make sure the calf gets her milk and to make sure she does not get soo tight and sore, that she tries to kick the ---- out of it, when it is ready to nurse!
We had to teach Bobs calf how to eat last year! It took Hubby and the boy, poking sticks over the walls just to get her into the squeeze.(nobody was going in the pen with her)
When we went to see what her calf was the other day, she would not let us within 20 feet of it, she was pawing the ground, ready to take us both on!
She used to trust me!
WHAT!Farmer Kitty said:I know you don't want to hear it but, if she doesn't trust you anymore it's time to let her go. I hope the calf is a heifer!thewife said:Ahh!strong42 said:Thanks to you all. We will stick with tubing for a while. What if we tube for a week and he still won't suck? (I know, I shouldn't plan for the worst, I should wait and see what happens...) We can't tube him forever. Will he drink from a bucket? Should we be trying Calf Manna as well?
We are catching momma and milking her now that we can actually catch her...2 broken fences later...she is not the nicest cow, but I figure it's best to try to get her milk into him.
The joys of milking a cow that don't want milked!
I feel for ya!
When ever we have a non sucking calf, we milk to mom to make sure the calf gets her milk and to make sure she does not get soo tight and sore, that she tries to kick the ---- out of it, when it is ready to nurse!
We had to teach Bobs calf how to eat last year! It took Hubby and the boy, poking sticks over the walls just to get her into the squeeze.(nobody was going in the pen with her)
When we went to see what her calf was the other day, she would not let us within 20 feet of it, she was pawing the ground, ready to take us both on!
She used to trust me!
Sorry, I don't remember seeing that it was a bull calf.thewife said:WHAT!Farmer Kitty said:I know you don't want to hear it but, if she doesn't trust you anymore it's time to let her go. I hope the calf is a heifer!thewife said:Ahh!
The joys of milking a cow that don't want milked!
I feel for ya!
When ever we have a non sucking calf, we milk to mom to make sure the calf gets her milk and to make sure she does not get soo tight and sore, that she tries to kick the ---- out of it, when it is ready to nurse!
We had to teach Bobs calf how to eat last year! It took Hubby and the boy, poking sticks over the walls just to get her into the squeeze.(nobody was going in the pen with her)
When we went to see what her calf was the other day, she would not let us within 20 feet of it, she was pawing the ground, ready to take us both on!
She used to trust me!
This is Bob we are talking here! She is the one that had the bull calf Sunday.