Author Topic: calf not sucking (Read 16206 times)

Brandi · « **Reply #45 on:** March 15, 2015, 04:13:55 pm »

Hallelujah - so pleased. It is so frustrating, enough to test the patience of a saint never mind mortals like myself. It took us three weeks to pair a 'new' calf with a heifer who had lost hers at birth recently. We've also found generally that bull calves can be a little more challenging and don't always have the get up and go of heifer calves. There'll be no looking back now

MarthaR · « **Reply #46 on:** March 17, 2015, 11:09:56 pm »

I don't have cattle yet but this thread seems to me to show the very best of this forum. I have dealt with newborns of other livestock and the anxiety of not knowing what to do for the best when something is not going to plan is so intense and tough. On here, there are loads of experienced people helping and encouraging those less so. And what you don't see is all the people like me who don't have the expertise to assist but are willing you on anyway. It may be the wine and tablets post my shoulder operation

but threads like this, plus all the lambing ones at the moment make me feel pretty darned good about being part of a community of farming folk on here.
Martha R

Bex · « **Reply #47 on:** March 18, 2015, 03:45:51 pm »

My thoughts exactly MarthaR!

sabrina · « **Reply #48 on:** March 18, 2015, 04:03:38 pm »

Well done and delighted he got there in the end

Cowgirl · « **Reply #49 on:** March 30, 2015, 08:09:32 am »

How is your calf doing now - is everything OK?

pointer · « **Reply #50 on:** March 30, 2015, 10:37:32 am »

He seems to be doing just fine, thanks. Hopefully he'll have a couple of brothers and sisters in the next few weeks. It's a big relief - again, many thanks to everyone who offered valuable advice.