FIRST 12 HOURS AFTER DAIRY CALF IS BORN | Caring for a freshened cow
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 เม.ย. 2024
- New life is so exciting and it's also a big responsibility! In this video, I share some of our experience with our newest addition to the farm - a little Jersey bull calf. He was born in the rain on a cool day. After almost 4 hours, he still hadn't been up to drink so we had to go ahead and milk the mama and bottle feed colostrum. We ended up also having to bring him into the house to get him warmed up. A few hours later, he was dry, warm, and ready to go back out with his mama!
I cover the basic care of the calf such as putting iodine on the naval to avoid infection and ensuring the calf has drank from its mother. I also cover how to care for a dairy cow and what provisions she needs after calving. The first milking is critically important to a positive lactation. Thanks for tuning into this Smith's Ridge video!
Your baby is beautiful! Congratulations 🎊
Thanks for the great information!
Hi my name is Eric with perry hill farms started watching your to try to support someone getting started we know how hard it is your doing great nothing like a milk cow
Thanks so much for joining our journey. Great to connect!
We had a jersey milk cow in 90s when all the kids were home. Now I have milk goats because my husband and I can’t drink enough milk to warrant a cow. I loved the way we could use the milk in the past for cheese and butter and sour cream, and all the things! I’m glad your heifer is doing well.
That's amazing! Simpler times. A dairy goat sounds like a wonderful solution. We now have 3 cows in milk and 4 heifers, 3 about to calve. Things escalated quickly haha! I've been too busy farming to record videos but I hope to get some new ones out soon!
He’s adorable
He really is! We named him Jippy!