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Navel and joints look normal

How long would you expect to see results after giving Bo-Se to a 2 month old beef calf? He has been looking stiff in his back legs for the last week or two.

Anyone have experience with premie calves? Calf was born 25/26days early. It's about 2 hrs old and isn't trying to stand even when lifted up. Bottle fed it colostrum and it drank good. Took it to house because it feels like 25° outside and we are getting day 3 of snow/rain. Figured it wouldn't...

Well, checked cow again an hour later and calf was on the ground sitting upright and mostly cleaned off. Super super small bull calf so I'd say it is in fact 25 days early. Took it from cow and it's in our house now. He can't stand but drank colostrum replacer pretty much like a normal calf. He...

Cow is acting like she is early stages of calving (kind of) but I don't believe she is due for 25 more days. Tonight she went to the back of the pasture for a bit during feeding time and has been acting restless ever since. That was about 7 hrs ago. Has bagged some but not tight like she...

Short version: Will a newborn calf pee if it hasn't nursed yet??? Long version: Bull calf was born this morning and I went from being convinced it hasn't nursed to now thinking maybe it has and its frusterating the heck out of me! Obviously its real important if it hasn't gotten colostrum...

Looking for some thoughts on this bull. Strengths and weaknesses. He is almost 14 months old and will be going out with the herd in about another month. This is the first time using a young one so hoping it goes well. A little worried about the amount of cows he needs to cover.

We had to switch bulls mid season back in 2021 due to our first bull getting injured. There was just one calf, a heifer, born in 2022 that we are unsure of who the sire is. For us it doesn't matter a whole lot but sometimes I get really curious so thought I would get guesses here... Bull #1...

She sure is! Thank you for your inputs and encouragement! I think we will hold off on offering her any solids until she goes a while without any more downs!

Yeah, 2 pints 3x a day. Vet thought that was good to start and then said offer 3 pints which we just started the other day. Calf probably weighs 50lbs at most. Well this morning she was back to her normal self! Bouncing around and hungry. Sucked the bottle great. Only gave her 2 pints instead...

I meant to update the other day but now I'm glad I didn't cause things suddenly changed. Starting Sunday (so 3 days ago) she changed from not wanting to drink and looking a bit down, to getting up when she say us and looking for a meal! She took the bottle like a normal calf! We were feeding her...