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Calving 2020...
Ryan:
Thank goodness for some good news :)
Chanda:
Whew! Finally some alive and lively calves; although, still more problems than usual this early in the season. Hope it gets better soon.
It's been very cold the last few days, so I haven't tried any pictures. The cows are just goofy this year, and all wound up for no good reason.
dcwolcott:
They're probably a bit goofy like we all are in these crazy times. I know I don't respond to things like I normally would, so maybe they are feeling something is "off" when normal chores are being done.
Hope you are all good out there! ;pray
Chanda:
some things are getting better, some things are still difficult. Still too many slow to start calves this. Best we can tell, talking to the vet it's likely a mineral deficiency; really not surprising after two years of drought, followed by a very wet year, so the minerals were limited and then washed out.
I have two bottle calves, the stronger one will hopefully go on a cow soon. The second one has a broken leg; we splinted it and now only time will tell if it's going to heal. I'll keep giving it a bottle 3x daily, and moving it to get some strength in it's other three legs, and we'll just have to wait and see how it goes.
dcwolcott:
No rest for the weary! Sorry about the calf with the broken leg. I'm hoping he heals, as baby's heal so well and so fast, I'm praying that baby bone just knits together. ;pray
I remember the first time I had a Selenium deficiency here -- out of 10 expected foals, got 3-4, I think, that made it through pregnancy and to the ground safely. Made me a crazy person about the need for selenium. Made me the "Purina? Free Balance? 12:12 Vitamin & Mineral Supplement" guru since it has the highest selenium value I have found anywhere, except via shot from the vet, and I never had another problem or loss through pregnancy. Gave everyone a selenium grain boost once a month with this supplement. This supplement has 35.0 PPM, while Mare/Foal feed 0.60 PPM and "regular" grain / senior fee has only 0.30 PPM. Quite a difference minerals can make in the overall health of an animal.
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