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Is this true?
I remember when I was a kid, my dad had a farmer friend with a cow that refused to nurse her calf. He said they got a keg (kegs?) of beer and gave it to her to drink and it sedated her enough that she let the calf nurse. When the beer wore off, she and the calf were bonded.
Do you think it's true and, if it is, would it work with goats?
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02/22/11, 10:12 AM
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Only if you drink half the keg along with the goat. :P
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It sounded convincing at the time - but I was 12. Would a cow even drink beer?
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02/22/11, 10:33 AM
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It sounded convincing at the time - but I was 12. Would a cow even drink beer?
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In a manner of speaking, yes they will. My dad tells stories all the time of the dairy cows getting into the silos where all the silage was basically fermenting in the bottom and then you'd have drunk cows. He said it made for good milk. LOL
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Don't they do that with the Kobe beef in Japan? :P
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I talked my hubby into buying a case of "beerthirty". Most awful stuff. I thought it had a cute name, never again. Had a cookout this weekend, discovered my hubby giving it to the pigs and the cows, they loved it. I wasn't too happy, but it didn't seem to hurt them (only a couple cans each) and I guess it is better than throwing it away!
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No exp. with the animal side, but when I was nursing my DD, the midwife suggested I drink a beer or two. Helps mom relax, and the hops help milk production.
Work for a goat/cow? Dunno 
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No exp. with the animal side, but when I was nursing my DD, the midwife suggested I drink a beer or two. Helps mom relax, and the hops help milk production.
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That is exactly what I was thinkiing. Sometimes the Momma is a little tender and her milk wont come down, causes a vicious cycle all around. The beer (if your goat will drink it) might relax her enough for the milk to come down and the baby can nurse a little easier. Can't hurt.
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we were told to give our farrowing hog beer, and mom gave her a 6-pack. Wow did she relax. I guess just one can would have done. If you try it with the goat just One can k, not the whole 6-pack.
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I got a jungle chicken drunk in Indonesia so it wouldn't be so tough after butchering.
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Originally Posted by fffarmergirl
I remember when I was a kid, my dad had a farmer friend with a cow that refused to nurse her calf. He said they got a keg (kegs?) of beer and gave it to her to drink and it sedated her enough that she let the calf nurse. When the beer wore off, she and the calf were bonded.
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Yeah, but did the calf still respect her in the morning? 
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I have read before that if you have a doe that doesn't want to nurse their kids to give them benadryl, it relaxes them so that the kids don't "tickle" her while trying to nurse. After a few times of them nursing I think the tickle feeling goes away. I've heard it more common with First Fresheners.
Guess the beer would probly work the same.
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Ha ha snort ha ha
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I got a jungle chicken drunk in Indonesia so it wouldn't be so tough after butchering.
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You must have had to get it sloppy drunk! I recently read that "squash seeds cause inebriation in ducks." I don't have any duck and my friend won't let me try it on his. Spoiled sport.
HEY! Maybe we should give our chickens a beer before we butcher them! I know if it was me, I'd like it if somebody gave me something to relax me before they chopped off my head . . . . maybe we'll give it a try . . . . .
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Hehehe... All I can picture is a cow doing a keg stand... Chug chug chug! LOL
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Originally Posted by Backfourty,MI.
I have read before that if you have a doe that doesn't want to nurse their kids to give them benadryl, it relaxes them so that the kids don't "tickle" her while trying to nurse. After a few times of them nursing I think the tickle feeling goes away. I've heard it more common with First Fresheners.
Guess the beer would probly work the same.
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Benadryl sure relaxes me. Knocks me right out! Once I did a benadryl + a beer 
The reason I was asking about this was because somebody was posting that their doe wouldn't nurse her new kid . . . couldnt hurt to give it a try, right? The benadryl OR the beer, not both :happy0035:
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I have never met an animal that wouldn't drink beer given the opportunity. LOL I am reminded of a horse (who clearly had an interesting history) who if you were working in his field would sneak up and steal any kind of bottle you had. He could drink from a bottle.
He was very disgusted if it was bottled water.
I was reading Herriot and he had a couple of stories about the "beer trick" working but I think it was pigs. Still worth a shot. I'd use beer before benadryl. Less chance of a "mean drunk" with the beer.
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He was very disgusted if it was bottled water.
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Well, yeah!  Taking a slug of what you hope is beer and ending up with water . . . . how dare you torture that poor horse!
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You must have had to get it sloppy drunk! I recently read that "squash seeds cause inebriation in ducks." I don't have any duck and my friend won't let me try it on his. Spoiled sport.
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Hmmmm, maybe that's why our Muscovies (who are usually bullied off food by our horde of chickens) will chase the chickens off when we put pumpkin or squash out for birdie treats...
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