Here We Go Again.........................

[Ranchy]

Hubby brought home 2 new calves night before last, and so far, so good. The little bull calf (the solid black one) was a bit "runny" yesterday morning, so Al and I went up and gave him a dose of medicine. By the time I got back from Springerville yesterday afternoon, he was doing much better, so maybe, just maybe, we caught it before it got too bad. Hunky was in a rush to leave, so he wouldn't be late, and I didn't think to ask how he is this morning......

Here's a few pics............

Al and the baby bull, after "doctoring" him (would have taken it during, but I was having to hold the calf, and I don't have enough hands to do everything at once......lol)

Junior and his new siblings, the lighter colored white faced calf is a heifer........and Junior is the biggest one........ Hubby thought the new ones were pretty good sized, till they all got together, then the little ones shrunk considerably, he said........lol

Al, Snip & Rocky, after a long day of riding yesterday........

Looking for the horses this morning...........

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

I don't mean to sound critical, but you put the 2 new calves in with the one you already had? They may bring in somethin entirely different than what the others had. I'd pen em seperate till I knew for sure they aren't sick. good luck

 

[L.E. Stevens]

I'd pen em seperate till I knew for sure they aren't sick. good luck

With all due respect, I'd second that........

 

[Faster horses]

...third it, but it's probably too late now.
We'll all hafta keep our fingers crossed.
You just can't be too careful.

 

[Ranchy]

I thought the same thing, to be honest. But I was at the house with a migrane when he brought them home, so by the time I got up there the next morning, the damage had been done.

I did get some Clorox to go over the corral and shed with, but the sprayer we have doesn't seem to work, not sure if it got broken, or what........I have another, but have been instructed to take it back, because we have one already. I think I'll let hubby fight with it when he gets home tonight....... :? I tried all day, to get it to work, was going to use the fly spray that's in it, first, then wash everything out and put pure bleach in it, and go over everything that the "bugs" might have gotten on, from the Holstein calves.

On the up side, these are both dogies, the heifer is about 3 weeks old and the bull is 2 weeks old, so they should be past the age our vet said the other bug affects.

I've got my fingers, toes, legs, eyes and anything else that I can, crossed........I appreciate you guys crossing your fingers, too.

 

[cowzilla]

The neighbours daughter buys calves and battled sickness all the time. Even if they were 2 months old and healthy they were always exsposed to new calves and some would get sick and die. Death loss sometimes as high as 50%. Since she bought huts and kept them seperated for over 90 days her death loss dropped to less than 5%. Just food for thought :roll:

 

[Jamber Ranch]

Hopefully whatever may be in the pens won't effect these little ones. I agree 100% about keeping them seperated. We keep ours seperated for about 50 days and have not lost a calf past the 50 day point yet. Last year we lost 1 out of 46 before the 50 day point and I amsuprised he even made it a week. We found out later he was born on a Wed. and at the time we bought on Friday morning he had not eaten at all. He was orphaned at birth and the rancher never help him at all. He was basically a "dead calf walking" when we bid on him. Had alot of spunk, but I am sure it was because he was starving. The stress from the ride home had him down and he never could get back up. We actually brought him in the house where he lived out his last three days.

Good luck on the little ones. You will probably know in a week or two if they were exposed to anything. Watch their appetite and any shift needs to be taken very seriously cause it usually doesn't take long.

 

[ranchwife]

not to change the subject ( :wink: :wink: ), but that sure looks like awful pretty country you are in....did not know it was so...."hilly"!!! :wink: :wink:

 

[milkmaid]

Putting them on the nurse cow, Ranchy? Good luck with them.

 

[Ranchy]

Happy Tuesday, all! Just got back to this, thanks for the replies.

Cowzilla, that's what I was thinking........too bad I wasn't up and about, when he brought them home.......so far, so good, though. I think they might have been old enough to resist whatever it is, better than the others did. And I know that both got colostrum, and that makes all the difference, I've learned. :nod:

Jamber, that's so sad. When SP freshened up this time, we froze 2 gallons of colostrum, just in case.........ya never know when you might need it! Too bad about that little one, though.

Ranchwife.........:lol: Yep, it's "hilly" around here.........we're at 7300' elevation, and mountains (yep, actual mountains) all around us........it's a wonderful place to live, if you don't mind 9 months of winter and 3 months of late in the fall......... :wink:

Milkmaid, yep, and they are thriving, in fact, they seem to be doing as well or better, than her own calf, now. Just makes me want to do the "happy dance"........... :lol:

Yesterday, Rosie (Al's 4-H sow) got the gate opened to the corral they're in, and she and her new brood spent the day in the corral, under the shed, while all 3 calves were out with SP.......I thought for sure that at least one would be feeling the effects of it this morning, but they're fine as frog's hair! Hubby's been turning them out at night, and keeping SP in the corral for a few nights now, so they're used to being "out and about".......they were all just following SP around the pasture, and were quite content. I tried to put them back in, but SP was acting pretty protective, so I just left well enough alone....... :roll: Derned milk cows, anyway! :roll: