cowlady1123
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I'm worried my 3 month old heifer calf may be developing scours. I've been monitoring it, I think she had slight diarrhea about a week or two ago but it passed and has been normal, until this morning when I went to feed her I noticed some irregular poop. It was more liquid than usual and it was a yellowish light brown.
My concerns are that my chickens and ducks like to come into her pen all day, and will drink out of her water as well. She is currently on a milk-based diet, but I provide heifer ration and hay as well. She currently stays in a pen with a hay bed and I take her out to graze often, but I don't have a properly fenced area yet where I can leave her to graze all day. (I am working on it lol)
I'm new to keeping cattle, though I've been around them many times before, and I'm not sure what healthy calf poop is supposed to look like or how to treat scours. Any advice?
My concerns are that my chickens and ducks like to come into her pen all day, and will drink out of her water as well. She is currently on a milk-based diet, but I provide heifer ration and hay as well. She currently stays in a pen with a hay bed and I take her out to graze often, but I don't have a properly fenced area yet where I can leave her to graze all day. (I am working on it lol)
I'm new to keeping cattle, though I've been around them many times before, and I'm not sure what healthy calf poop is supposed to look like or how to treat scours. Any advice?