Mama (cow) died baby doing good

[Brisket]

Yesterday was a hard day, had to put down mama due to prolapsed uterus (major) some guts to. got the colustrum out of her and baby is just doing fine. drank twelve onces this morning and will give her the last six to eight ounches this afternoon. the question I have is can I mix starter with the colustrom or should I feed them seperate. will post pictures later.

[celticfarmgal]

where are you located at?

[Brisket]

our farm is on the coast of washington

[darbyfamily]

No clue, but praying for ya'll and so thankful you were blessed with a heifer calf to replace her mama!

[Sue Usry]

I would not mix them. Be sure the calf gets all the colostrum you have.

[FordJunkie]

Hard to lose the mother like that.
Very good reaction by getting the colostrum you could from the mother.
Don't mix the colostrum with any thing if you can help it, it should be the only thing for the first couple of feedings as this helps the calfs immune and digestive system adapt to the outside world.
Is there any one nearby with goats or cows that has colostrum frozen this would be a great help for the first 48 hrs. or so. It takes 2 to 3 days before a fresh cow can be put in the milk tank as this is how long it takes for her to finish giving natural antibiotics. Hopefully you got enough colostrum from the mother for this kickstart my cousins usually use the replacer after 24 hrs. if there is not any more colostrum to give and they lose very few calves. They are milking around 200 head.

Best wishes with the little one,
HTH

Tony

[celticfarmgal]

I would look for someone nearby with goat or cows milk available as I haven't had good luck with replacer , tend to have alot of scours problems with it

[Tiffin]

So sorry for the loss of the mom. This wasn't her first was it? Assuming not. Good luck with the calf. You're going to have your hands full bottle feeding.

[darbyfamily]

Tiffin.. according to her website, the mama cow was pretty old I think. Something like 19 or 20 yrs old!

[Brisket]

twenty years old, shame, she also gave seven gallons aday, lost a good one but if she wasn't giving family milk, she could have four one days at a time on her. She has had her fill of colostrum for twenty four hours and I am giving the last feeding now. counting the force feed she got a half gallon in her, thank you everyone, I will now not mix the colustrum with the starter. Its a hard bussiness, but the Lord givith and the Lord taken. I have had my tears and still get a little choked up but joy came in the morning when the calf took to the bottle not even strattling her, shes a healthy one.

[piglady]

If you can get your hands on food grade DE, we put 1 tablespoon in every bottle and have never had scours.

[Brisket]

thank you pig lady