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A calf is no longer a calf after it is weaned (which is a range of 3-4 months, if bottle-fed, or 6 to 10 months, if on the cow), where it is able to eat forage on its own. A calf raised for beef will be kept until it is 18 to 24 months of age (whereby it is no longer a calf but a steer (male and castrated) or a heifer (female that is not used for breeding)). A heifer calf (female calf) raised as a replacement heifer will have be bred at 15 months then have her calf at 24 months, then reach full maturity at 3 to 4 years. A bull calf (male calf) raised as a replacement sire or herd sire reaches puberty at 12 years of age and reaches full adult maturity at 3 to 4 years of age.
Now, as far as milk production is concerned, that depends on the type of cow you are referring to. The typical lactation length for beef cows is 6 to 10 months, depending on her body condition and when the producer would like to have the calves weaned. For dairy cows, on the other hand, always will be lactating for 10 months or more.
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Can a cow give milk if it has not had a calf?
No.
Why doesn't a mother cow give milk when there is a calf in her stomach?
A calf doesn't grow in a mother cow's stomach. It grows in her womb or uterus. And cows are fully capable of being able to lactate (give milk) while a fetus is growing in her womb, and it's always to feed the last calf she gave birth to. A cow, however, will eventually stop milk production when her calf is weaned from her several months before she gives birth to her next calf.
How long do you have to give a cow oxytocen to help produce milk after having a calf?
Only give Oxytocin when it's necessary, don't give it just because you can. You should really talk to your vet about this, and consider selling off the cow if she can't produce milk for her calf. You'll have to bottle-feed the calf yourself if Oxytocin won't be enough to help the cow give enough milk for her calf. So please, do your animals a favour and talk to your local large animal veterinarian.
How long does a mother killer whale give milk to its calf?
Killer whales suckle their young, for approx 12- 15 months.
How does flesh of a calf change as it gets older?
Muscle fibers in a calf grow in size and lengthen as the bones grow and develop. What a calf eats also determines the fleshing ability of a calf; a calf that is fed good quality milk and good forage is one that is more fatter, or has internal fat in with the muscle tissue as well as some external adipose tissue. Such a calf also tends to grow bigger than one that has been fed low quality forage and hasn't had much or very good quality milk. Such a calf tends to be thinner, leaner, and more ranky than a "soggy" calf.
Whole milk should give to calf after how many days?
A calf should be given milk (non-pasteurized) until it is around 3 months of age, not after so many days.
How do you get milk from a virgin's nipple?
Cows only give milk if they have a calf. If the cow is not bred, no milk. I think the same for women, so you can't.
Once milk cows start giving milk do they have to be pregnant all the time or do they just keep giving milk?
when a cow has a calf she gives milk for as long as the calf needs it which is about a year, though it will vary between breeds and between individual animals and until you breed her back and she has another calf will she then produce milk again.
How long does it take for a cows milk sac to dry up?
A few weeks. Often the calf will die of starvation before then, if you either don't milk the cow out and tube the calf with her milk, try to make the calf suckle as much as you can, or if you don't bottle-feed the calf. So make sure you are caring for the calf if the calf can't suckle from his momma.
What is calf milk powder?
Calf milk poweder is for baby cows that, for some reason, can not nurse from there mother. Calf milk powder is the same to a cow as formula is to an infant.
What is the best food to help a baby calf grow?
Milk, and a feed called Calf Starter (or some similar name), which is a formulated feed meant for feeding growing bottle calves.
Why wean a calf?
Because it's less work to have a calf-turned adult cow, bull, steer or heifer, forage on its own than to give it milk every day. Besides, the cow that is close to calving can't afford to have milk for both her older offspring and her new calf, so the older calf has to be weaned.
