Sunday morning we had our first live calf on the farm. It came from one of the heifers that we brought home last week. It is a really nice little fresian heifer calf, I think she is going to get spoiled over the next week. I will have Brittany put some pictures up of it. We are currently milking 5 cows now!
Today Steph and I milked all the cows together so she could show me a few things. She showed me how we mark the cows to tell which ones we are taking colostrum from to feed the calves. We also gave a Selenium injection to one of the cows that had a retained placenta that hadn't come out yet after the last few days. The selenium helps her uterus contract so that the placenta will hopefully come out easier.
Another cow we are milking looked like she might be getting milk fever so we gave her an injection of B12 to help her appetite so she eats better to come out of it. We also gave her and oral drench which involved me trying to get a bottle in her mouth and slowly pouring out the contents in her mouth. The drench has a lot of things in it to give her system a boost.
The busy time is just about upon us and everyone at the farm is excited to get underway for the season!
Today Steph and I milked all the cows together so she could show me a few things. She showed me how we mark the cows to tell which ones we are taking colostrum from to feed the calves. We also gave a Selenium injection to one of the cows that had a retained placenta that hadn't come out yet after the last few days. The selenium helps her uterus contract so that the placenta will hopefully come out easier.
Another cow we are milking looked like she might be getting milk fever so we gave her an injection of B12 to help her appetite so she eats better to come out of it. We also gave her and oral drench which involved me trying to get a bottle in her mouth and slowly pouring out the contents in her mouth. The drench has a lot of things in it to give her system a boost.
The busy time is just about upon us and everyone at the farm is excited to get underway for the season!
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