Dolly and Shaggy

dunroven · #1 12/11/12, 12:15 PM

I sound out of breath on this video. I AM! I have the flu and my lungs are just not what they should be right now, but I wanted to do this video while I was out feeding everyone this morning, so here are my calves. Well, evidently the videos don't work on here, so I'll get it up on photobucket and then hit the link to it. Okay, so if you click on the picture, it takes you to the video. Let me know what you all think of them now. Thanks!

G. Seddon · #2 12/11/12, 05:21 PM

I still think they need to be dewormed (Dectomax Pour-on), some TLC, free choice hay, loose minerals, and probably some grain (16% protein) because, in my opinion, they are not in great shape. You will see a difference in a couple of weeks if you try it!

Hope you are feeling better soon.

Jersey/guernsey · #3 12/11/12, 09:20 PM

I don’t think Dolly looks bad at all.
Whatever you are doing must be working for a heifer that just moved she’s very tame and so cute the way she moos back when you talk to her

on clean ground I wouldn’t worm, over use of chemical wormers has reduced the effectiveness on most types of parasites.
Shaggy is nice to but watch out for a bull with horns

dunroven · #4 12/11/12, 10:12 PM

I think Shaggy's gonna have to go as soon as spring rolls around. He's kind of aggressive already. I am unsure getting in the pen with him, he's pretty feisty and I don't like that, so I'm thinking beef will be in the freezer soon.

I think Dolly looks great actually and today I'm rethinking the idea that she might be pregnant, although I go back and forth on it.

I have withheld corn for the past few days, like 2 to 3 and given them just hay and salt and minerals. Tonight, she ate out of a bucket over the fence, out of my hands, so I think I'm getting somewhere with her, even if it is slowly! I call it progress! I don't think she needs wormed at this point, but when we get closer to calving, I'll make sure. The ground where she is has raised lots of my goats and they have been just fine, and have been wormed every quarter, so again, I'm not concerned there.

Thanks for the critics guys, I like that!

CJBegins · #5 12/11/12, 10:57 PM

I think she does look good but I also think she has a lot of filling out to do and growing a baby. Anytime I bring in an animal that I don't know the history on, I deworm and vaccinate it. Deworming her will allow her to put all her energy into growing herself and a baby plus, she will be shedding worm eggs and your goats will be suseptible to them.

I love their color! Mr Shaggy is gonna taste mighty fine.

springvalley · #6 12/11/12, 10:59 PM

Do not feed a lot of corn to this heifer, if she is bred that will make the calf put on weight also. And you dont want a huge calf coming out of a first calf heifer. Grass hay, and some small grains(rolled) and protien, and loose mineral and some salt, and lots of fresh water. Worming them sure wouldn`t hurt anything, if nothing else use some DE in their grain. I also don`t think you calves look as bad as i thought they did. But they do need a little TLC, and a couple months of better care will get you there. Best of luck with them . > Marc