I have a cow that raised a pretty poor calf last year but a pretty decent calf the year before. Last year the calf looked as though it wasn't getting enough food, so we supplemented it with a little grain. This year the calf is three weeks old but looks two days old. Looks like it is starving. We see it sucking often, the cow has a decent sized bag, but the calf looks malnourished. Any ideas? (other than get rid of the cow) I've heard old timers talk about poison milk. My vet said check for mastitis but when we've had cows with mastitis their bags were swollen and the calf wouldn't suck out of that quarter.
I'm trying to decide whether to bottle feed or figure out if something treatable is wrong with the cow.
Thanks....
I'm trying to decide whether to bottle feed or figure out if something treatable is wrong with the cow.
Thanks....