Fostering - Dead calf found

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:55 pm

Cheaper than that if you know where to go Peter.

Nikola Thompson · Post by **Nikola Thompson** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:16 pm

How does the cabling work. As our building is a good 5 mins from the tv side of the cctv they would have to be extensive cables.

We were quoted nearly £600 for cabling and basic tv.

Nikola

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Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Thu May 29, 2008 12:40 pm

Has anyone ever done this?

You have a number of calvers in a field, a calf has just been born to a mom who won't let the calf suckle and another cow is about to give birth. The one that is about to pop pinches the calf off the poor mother and starts suckling it, and then calves herself.

So she now has 2 calves.

I just nearly let that go ahead 'cause I'm so fed up with one of my heifers who just doesn't get it. But would the cow have kept both calves is the question? She has enough milk for 3 and she's very maternal.

Nikola - I don't know a thing about cctv, but you can get IP cameras for your computer but they have limited range. You access them via the internet as though they were a website.

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AlisonKirk · Post by **AlisonKirk** » Thu May 29, 2008 1:50 pm

Clive - Had same problem inside....we made a secure pen within the building & put the 1st calving Dexter with her own calf in that, leaving the 2nd calver to get on with her job, ensuring she takes to her own calf. If we had the problem o/side we would bring the 1st calver + calf into a secure building.

Alison

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:09 pm

The saga has developed. I now have a calf from a heifer that I wished I hadn't bred in the first place. She calved about 6-7 days ago and won't have anything to do with it. I have tried all the things I normally do to no avail and the heifer is horrible and I want to get rid of her. She has definitely got something very non-dexter in her.

What I am thinking of doing is bringing up the calf as cade (is that the right term for cattle?), which is what I'm doing now and send mom for beef.

That means she would be beefed about 4 weeks after calving. Has anyone done that? Any thoughts gratefully received.

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Rutherford · Post by **Rutherford** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:11 pm

It is very odd, the lack of mothering in heifers is something I have never even heard of in Dexters until this year, but have come across many instances recently, including the first in my own herd in over fifty years! My heifer was really antagonistic, but the calf was a real fighter. We persisted standing over her twice daily, after a month she tolerated it, at five months near to weaning she suddenly developed mother love, and I don’t expect trouble next time round. Is it the season or what? If the calf hadn’t been a true Dexter, and plucky he would never have survived.
Beryl (Woodmagic)

Broomcroft · Post by **Broomcroft** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:25 am

When I went out last night to feed the calf, the mother, for the first time, showed a little protection and made mothering noises. The calf is now suckling off her mom and has a full belly.

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