Thank-you. always enjoy you videos. You have good cow sense, even when you have to make the hard decisions. Smiled when dealing with you cow and the chute, yes, it was a cow.
Hard call on the roan calf but the right call. If you didn't separate the twins you may have ended up with 2 dead calves. Hopefully the new cow calf pair will bond quickly and that bull calf starts to grow. Enjoyed your video.
Hi from Down Under, only just watched this video where you were placing a twin calf onto a foster mother. I see where you mentioned about skinning the original calf. Another method we have had to use is to fool the cow into thinking she has a calf with her smell. Take some sugar and stimulate her back passage to make liquid with her smell. The sugar helps to make the solution ( trying to explain this in a less gruesome way appreciating your audience) Then cover the calf with her smell, two things seem to happen the pulsating her passage and the smell on the calf helps the cow in most cases to accept the calf as hers. Best of luck, thanks for the videos.
Interesting, I have never heard of doing it that way. Good explanation, hoping I can keep with my luck of doing it this way. I got that calf on to new mom in under a week in the barn together.
Glad you have a extra calf, your cow is such a good cow. I could see the roans calf's leg going down hill. We use a no scent mixture that we pour on the calf's back and nose of the cow, seems to help
Jus saying and you've prolly thought about it already. If you do put the cow that "steals" in with the heifers, then they'll see her calf sucking and they may start sucking on her because theyve been weaned just not that terribly long ago... Sadly we've experienced that by putting some pairs in with replacement heifers. Hope this helps :)
Hey, thanks, ya. we have been keeping her in with the cows that are still bred, and it seems to be working. We might try her with the replacement heifers here where we can watch. Honestly, right now, we are happy this is working, but we know the next move might not be so successful.
It's not a dumb question. A cow produces a certain amount of milk for her calf. If a cow steals that milk, that means the calf isn't getting what it should. We catch calves stealing from the wrong mom, which is almost impossible to stop, but at least it's going to a growing calf.
I just realized I got mixed up between Twin Elm Farm and one other ranch who was asking for name ideas for their calf. I regret my mistake. I love watching RUclips episodes about farm life, especially Twin Elm Farms!
I hope this question is not offensive, I just wanted to know what you do with the lamb after you put it down? Example do you compost or something else?
Thank-you. always enjoy you videos. You have good cow sense, even when you have to make the hard decisions. Smiled when dealing with you cow and the chute, yes, it was a cow.
Thank you for sharing.🐂
Excellent video! Thanks
Hard call on the roan calf but the right call. If you didn't separate the twins you may have ended up with 2 dead calves. Hopefully the new cow calf pair will bond quickly and that bull calf starts to grow. Enjoyed your video.
Thank you for sharing your experiences and videos with us 😊
Hi from Down Under, only just watched this video where you were placing a twin calf onto a foster mother. I see where you mentioned about skinning the original calf. Another method we have had to use is to fool the cow into thinking she has a calf with her smell. Take some sugar and stimulate her back passage to make liquid with her smell. The sugar helps to make the solution ( trying to explain this in a less gruesome way appreciating your audience) Then cover the calf with her smell, two things seem to happen the pulsating her passage and the smell on the calf helps the cow in most cases to accept the calf as hers. Best of luck, thanks for the videos.
Interesting, I have never heard of doing it that way. Good explanation, hoping I can keep with my luck of doing it this way. I got that calf on to new mom in under a week in the barn together.
Glad you have a extra calf, your cow is such a good cow. I could see the roans calf's leg going down hill. We use a no scent mixture that we pour on the calf's back and nose of the cow, seems to help
Now that you say that I think I heard someone say they use vicks vapor rub and put it on the cows nose and the calfs back.
cool video
Jus saying and you've prolly thought about it already. If you do put the cow that "steals" in with the heifers, then they'll see her calf sucking and they may start sucking on her because theyve been weaned just not that terribly long ago... Sadly we've experienced that by putting some pairs in with replacement heifers. Hope this helps :)
Hey, thanks, ya. we have been keeping her in with the cows that are still bred, and it seems to be working. We might try her with the replacement heifers here where we can watch. Honestly, right now, we are happy this is working, but we know the next move might not be so successful.
@@TwinElmFarms yeah looks like you got it all under control! :)
@cicilycorman1284 lol oh I always appreciate other people's experiences or thoughts.
they make a nose piece you can put on them to keep from stealing... I've never tried it.. but I have one as well I wanna try it
We have tried 2 different types of nose pieces and they didn't work for this cow.
Sorry for the dumb question - I’m a suburb dweller that is new to farming/ranching content - can someone explain what happens when a cow “steals”?
It's not a dumb question. A cow produces a certain amount of milk for her calf. If a cow steals that milk, that means the calf isn't getting what it should. We catch calves stealing from the wrong mom, which is almost impossible to stop, but at least it's going to a growing calf.
An idea for naming Penelope's calf --- how about Piper
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I just realized I got mixed up between Twin Elm Farm and one other ranch who was asking for name ideas for their calf. I regret my mistake. I love watching RUclips episodes about farm life, especially Twin Elm Farms!
No worries, I was a little confused but it's all good, glad you enjoy.
I hope this question is not offensive, I just wanted to know what you do with the lamb after you put it down? Example do you compost or something else?
We bury in straw right now to try to cover the scent until we have manure to bury them in.
Thank you for answering my question.