Cattle Reproduction

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It depends on the age of the calves themselves. If they're wearers, yes, definitely; either that or else salt and mineral in the loose form, since trace blocks are really 95% salt and the rest mineral. If the calves are unweaned and still dependent on their dam's milk, no. It's their dams that will need it, not the calves themselves.

The problem is that calves don't have nails, they have hooves. Also, they're mostly in the dirt and manure which will quickly ruin the nail polish you intend to put on the calf's hooves. So, unless you're dressing up a calf for some crazy farm animal show where you can dress it up in any costume you like, it wouldn't be considered okay.

Yes. In addition with having great convertability on grass, they also have good mothering ability not to mention an ability to raise some good calves.

Do you mean to ask, "Where can I buy bull semen in the U.K.?" Or are you asking about where you can find an artificial insemination technician to hire to inseminate your cows? Please be more clear and more specific when asking these kinds of questions.

Just let her go as far past it as Nature would. How far past her due date she'll go depends on her breeding. Some breeds will have longer gestation periods than other breeds; not all breeds will calve exactly on the 285 or 286 day mark. It is just an average date for all cows, not an exact date that any cow is expected to or should calve on.

A 20 month-old bull should be able to breed around 10 to 30 cows in a breeding season. The most may be 40, but that could be pushing it.

It is called a freemartin.

A reasonable range is 80-100# at birth.

That really depends on the breed of the heifer and her age. At the most she should be around 24 months of age when she calves. Brahman and Brahman-influenced heifers should be a few months older. Weight really isn't a factor in this type of question.

There's really nothing you can done once it's all done.

The function of the penis is for only two things: excreting urine and to copulate with a cow in order to produce a calf.

Some, but not all. Spotting in cattle is a recessive trait and is kept by breeding spotted with spotted, regardless if a bull is bred to his daughters or a cow is bred to an unrelated bull. See the related link below for more info.

The gestation period of a Gelbvieh cow averages around 260 to 280 days long.

Nothing, obviously. The calf isn't born yet. Just let Nature take its course and the cow will give birth soon.

You're better off getting a large animal veterinarian to do that for you because if you try to figure out how to do it yourself there's a high possibility that you could make a mistake that may be hard to fix, or that still will require a veterinarian's input anyway.

The thing to understand is that in most cases flushing isn't necessary unless the cow has a retained placenta or metritis (uterine infection), although it's very highly questionable and highly unlikely for the former. Flushing the cow's uterus will get rid of the bacteria and pus tissue from the uterus and supposedly helps the uterus contract and "regain tonicity." But flushing a cow's uterus isn't the fix-all solution for preventing infertility.

Infertility is often caused by poor body condition (i.e., cows are too fat or too thin), or inadequate feed-which may be due to poorer feed quality than what the feed appears to be. A cow's nutritional requirements changes throughout the year and must be met throughout the year, based on her physiological and reproductive needs. If these needs are not met or you find some excuse for not meeting them, then you need to consider raising something else (or no cows at all), or start pulling up your socks and tightening up your belt so that you find some way of getting your cow's nutritional levels to improve. Or, you can consider culling those females that are not doing so well and keeping the ones that are.

Infertility in cows can also be caused by cystic ovaries, hormonal imbalance, your management criteria (such as not culling for poor-doing cows or failing to cull out the cows that don't come back into heat on time), age, etc. Thus it is highly recommended to take the time to analyze your operation to increase fertility in your cow herd.

If no efforts are done to treat the calf immediately, it will die.

Weaning is important because it helps transition infants from a diet primarily based on breast milk or formula to solid foods, promoting nutritional diversity and self-feeding skills. This process supports healthy growth and development, allowing children to obtain essential nutrients from a variety of food sources. Additionally, weaning can foster independence and help establish healthy eating habits early in life. It also plays a role in reducing the risk of dental issues and allergies related to prolonged breastfeeding or formula feeding.

Yes. Though you won't get the heterosis like if you crossed those Beefmasters over Limousin or Charolais, you're still going to end up getting good calves, provided you make the right choice with your bull.

No. A lot of cows will give birth laying out on their sides.

40 pound

At least 20 years of age.

The name of a baby cow is a Calf