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What is another term for a calf in gestation?
This could be pregnant, or in calf. By the way, its cows that are only pregnant, it is physically impossible for calves (as they are babies) to get pregnant.
How do you exterminate a calf?
Inhumane Death:Denying am orphaned calf colostrum, milk or not hydrating it when it gets scours is a sure way to kill a calf. Other ways include running it over with a truck, quad or tractor; "accidentally" (whether it is or not) dropping a bale or bale feeder on top of it; allowing it to freeze to death out in the middle of winter; allowing it to succumb to heat exhaustion if born on a hot summer's day; not vaccinating for Blackleg if you have history of bacteria causing Blackleg in your soil; Denying it treatment if it gets Navel Ill or if it gets infested by hoards of flies if you allow the cows to calve during fly season; allowing predators like vultures, wolves, bears, coyotes, cougars and bobcats to flourish in your area and kill and eat the calves that are born; Not helping a birthing momma cow in time and killing both cow and calf if calf is left inside the cow too long; allowing cows to calve in a cold, wet environment; starving the cows prior to calving; denying the cows adequate nutrients (i.e. Selenium), resulting in calves dying from a disorder like White Muscle Disease as soon as they are born; allowing cows to consume poisonous plants which will make them abort their premie calves (killing the calves in the process); allowing in-breeding which rersults in calves born with lethal genes (Crooked Calf, Bulldog calf, Inside-out calf, etc.); denying a calf treatment if it gets a broken leg; allowing the cowherd to trample it to death as soon as it is born (this has in fact happened to one person before); and the list goes on.Humane Death:In a slaughter house, calves are killed with a bolt-gun to the head which stuns them and allows the butcher to hoist them up by their backlegs and cut their throats. If they are beyond treatment, a bullet between the eyes is one humane quick way to put a calf down, or a lethal injection administered by a veterinarian.
How do you stop a calf from cross sucking?
Separate the calf and his mother from the herd and put them in a separate pen by themselves for a few weeks. That may teach him to stop stealing milk from other cows and just depend on his dam for milk. However, you will have to pay attention to his dam. See if she is producing enough milk for him to rely on. If not, then this may force him to have to find other cows to suckle on. Also, some cows are not as strict about having other calves suckle on them as some are: these type of cows should be noted to being potential surrogate dams if you happen to have a calf that needs another mother to take care of it. If it's the case that the calf's dam isn't producing enough milk, then it may be a wise idea to not find a way to stop the calf from cross suckling. However, if you haven't find the other cows are going down in condition from having an additional calf on them, you will have to consider separating him and his mother from the herd.
After a cow calves should you milk her or not?
It depends. Is she a beef cow or dairy cow? Are you wanting to keep the cow with the calf or separating the calf from the cow? Usually with beef cows you don't bother with milking them unless you have to because the calf isn't up and suckling soon after birth and you want to encourage the calf to be up and suckling, or to get some milk from a cow or heifer that won't accept her calf right away to feed that calf with. With dairy cows, though, if you've separated the calf from the cow right away, it's ideal to milk that cow to collect the colostrum to feed that calf--and other calves--to the benefit of the calf's health. But, if you are wanting to keep the calf with the cow for a couple of days, then no, it's not necessary.
What is a Seasonal Dairy?
A Seasonal dairy is an operation that only has its dairy cows milk for one or two seasons out of the year, unlike the conventional dairy which has cows milking all year round. It is this way that cows have a rest period before they are set to give birth to a calf and give milk for a number of months.
How much hay is need to feed a 100 head of cows?
For how long a period are you feeding them? And what size are these cows, if they are really "cows" at all? Either way, I'll give you an estimate. One bovine will eat 2.5% of it's body weight, no matter if it's a cow, a bull, a steer, a heifer or a calf. Thus, one 1000 lb (454 kg) cow, with or without a calf, will eat 25 lb per day. For 100 cows, that's 2500 lbs of hay per day.
Will a cow only nurse one calf even if it has twins?
Supposedly it is likely that she will. However, there are cows (and heifers) that aren't too keen about kicking off their own calf even if there's a new one on the way. Domestication can be blamed for this, mostly because in some females the natural mothering instincts have been selected less so because it's the humans that are going to be working to make sure newborn calves are going to survive instead of letting the cow do her job. This is especially apparent in dairy cows. It can be a problem in beef cows that do not have as strong of mothering instincts as other cows do. However, if a cow is selected to and allowed to raise her calf as she sees fit (provided she gets the proper nutrition to be able to raise a healthy calf), she will more than likely know when and how to wean her own calf.
How can you grow up a belted calf if its not getting in the nursery barn?
Only way I know of is 35 Farm Cash. At level 75 you are able to buy Belted Cows. That is my only hope.
What is the vulva on a cow?
A cow's vulva is synonymous to a woman's "vagina" or vulva, and is the entry point from the outside where cows conceive to produce offspring, give birth to a calf, and also urinate from. The vulva of a cow is the entry-way to the vagina and the uterus, and is a part of the cows' reproductive system.
Why should cow-calf producers have their cows pregnancy tested?
Because it's a very valuable way to verify whether cows are pregnant or open. Any cows that are open can be sold right away without the producer having to waste winter feed to keep any open cows, and finding out these open cows are in fact open when calving comes around. Open cows are free-loaders, and it's a waste of money and feed to keep them around.
When should beef cows produce milk?
Prior to having the calf, the milk begins to form or snythesize in the cow's mammary glands. Prolactin, adrenal cortical homones and placental lactogen are what are responsible for the beginning of milk synthesis in the cow's udder. All of these hormones increase rapidly right before parturition or birth, which induces greater milk synthesis. After delivery, the hormone (oxytocin) stimulates "milk letdown" from the action of the suckling calf. Cows will produce milk for up to 10 months normally. The calf suckling action releases more oxytocin from the hypothalamus in the brain which stimlates more milk production. When the calf takes in less milk, the production will slow.
Which animal does suede come from?
Suede is a way of processing leather and is generally made from lamb, but can also be made from pig, calf, deer, etc.
