Posted by tomstractorsandtoys on January 26, 2019 at 08:34:38 from (50.123.210.248):
We have a fall calving beef herd. Most in Aug-Sept. While away at a sale last fall wife called and said she found a dead calf in the pasture and was pretty sure it was cow number 2. She checks cows every day even twice during calving. We had just bought her and was not happy but that is the way it goes sometimes. Yesterday evening when we went to feed silage there stands 2 with a newborn calf. We had -26 last night and the forcast is bitter for the next 10 days. We put the calf in the shop and dried it off and put the cow in a well bedded pen under the old barn. After the calf was dry we returned it to the mom. This morning they both look good. The old barn has no water in it so I am not sure what to do now. I do not mind hauling water to her but the next weeks weather looks brutal. It might be easier to just bottle feed the calf than keep them together. Next years project is to redo under the barn for three nice box stalls and a waterer for times like this. Even a catch shute is on the list for bad weather or sick cows and calves. If I would put a bird bath heater in a water tub would that be safe if she drank it dry sometime? I am not sure I will even be able to find any heaters in stock right now with the bitter cold spell we are having. The dead calf my wife found must have been a twin. So the plus side is that if it lives I have one more calf and if it does not well I didn't think I had it anyway so no loss. Tom
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