My 6/7 week old Black Angus heifer is on her way!!!!!!!!

[kryptoniteqhs]

She should be here anytime now!! Im so excited!!!

 

[wadek2008]

Congrats! Make sure you post pics!

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

i will tomorrow! but now i have to go to bed before i die lol.......shes a cutie and i could have sworn he said 3 weeks, but shes 6 or 7....i must have been thinking of another i was looking at

 

[Haviris]

That's great, can't wait to see the pics! Is she a bottle baby?

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

yes, she is now, but her mom just died 2 or 3 days ago, so shes still trying to learn how to take the bottle. if anyone has suggestions on how to make that easier for her let me know

 

[Katy]

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At that age it will be much easier to get her to take a bucket rather than a bottle. Unless you get a calf started on a bottle right away it's usually very hard to get them to take a bottle.

 

[Haviris]

That's what I'm thinking too!

 

[Katy]

Luckily it doesn't happen very often, but when we lose a cow with a calf that age I dread it because I know how hard it's going to be. If it's a newborn it's no problem, but that age of a calf wants mom and only mom usually.

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

yea and the guy said he got her sucking and then the dork stuck her on another cow yesterday and now she wont suck! at all!!! are we talking about a bucket with a nipple? or just a bucket full of milk? shes not interested in the bottle what so ever, not to mention shes still scared of people

 

[username taken]

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If I'm paying for a calf, I wont take it until the breeder has established it on the bottle.

If I'm getting the calf free, well thats a different story.