Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Baby Overload

Summer time is always a busy time for calving and our cows decided to be overachievers today! Chores went as usual with no surprises and when it was time to do the afternoon feeding I made a shocking discovery. In our freshly cleaned pens we had a total of six new baby calves. Two of the newborn calves were twin jersey bulls. Luckily we had a plethora of colostrum to feed to our newest farm additions. Colostrum is liquid gold and super important for the health of our newborn calves as it provides a baseline for the developing immune system. If you talk to any farmer they will tell you that any calf should receive colostrum as soon as possible so the animal can absorb as much of the antibodies (sometimes called immunoglobulins/Ig) before their intestinal epithelia are unable to do so by around 24 hours. 

Today we shipped 5,760 gallons of milk and had six newborn calves! 



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