This was another typical Monday where I fed the calves and then helped administer J-vac, GnRH, and lutalyse shots to some of our cows. When I feed my calves I start by mixing up the buckets first, and then feeding the youngest babies on bottles last. Mixing the milk for the calves is important because if the ration is not balanced properly it could cause indigestion. There are scoops that come with the bags of milk replacer that we purchase and the rule is to mix one full scoop of milk replacer with four pints of warm water! In the photograph with the buckets below, I can carry four of them at a time to feed our hungry calves.
When we moved on to giving shots I took a picture of one of our girls that was very cozy in her stall. The design of the stalls needs to allow for enough lunge space for the cow. Lunge space is the space that the cow will move forward when she is standing up because a cow will lunge forward when she wants to stand. They were also designed so that the cows should not be able to lay sideways, or with their rear in the bedding as this will allow for easy and fast clean up of manure!
Today we shipped 5,764 gallons of milk and had no new babies.
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