[paigecattlefarmer]

Mum is really skinny she is a Murray gray I don't know how much she has dropped

 

[CROWEmtnFARMS]

What kind is she and what did she drop

 

[Fairfarmhand]

you gotta have pictures with a post like that

 

[paigecattlefarmer]

that's the best photo of her and her calf

 

[paigecattlefarmer]

But no calf in that photo

 

[aidan]

Did she just calve?

 

[paigecattlefarmer]

thats her calf

 

[aidan]

Maybe a retained placenta

 

[paigecattlefarmer]

? What's that

 

[aidan]

Its when a cow doesnt eject her after birth

 

[paigecattlefarmer]

So I give the calf milk replacer

 

[paigecattlefarmer]

She's drinking from the mum

 

[DoubleR]

Do you have any photos of her before she delivered? She does look pretty thin. BCS of maybe 1 1/2- 2? Hard to tell from the photos.
Any idea of her age? Maybe she's a broken mouth cow?

 

[Angie]

How are things going with the cow and calf now?

 

[DoubleR]

Was wondering that myself

 

[RanchWife]

Are you giving her cake to add protein to her diet? How old is the cow?

 

[DBPMAINEANJOU]

Had a couple of dairy cross cows end up looking like that usually found they were feeding more than one calf I usually move them up into another paddock near the house drench and feed them up for a few weeks if they dont start to improve its time for the vet or the knackers

 

[Dion]

Good looking calf. I try to keep the cows condition up, but my purpose for the cows is for them to produce calves. So if they produce a good calf year after year then I keep them, no matter what they look like. If they look great and don't produce an annual calf then they are useless.

 

[enjvdh]

I have Murray Greys, too. When mine start dropping weight I make sure they have 2+ good flakes of grass hay morning and night; mine usually get grain as well, which helps a ton. Make sure she gets minerals (loose if possible) and that the other cows are letting her eat.

 

[cowgirl12]

Some alfalfa pellets or hay will help her weight wise, and for milk production. Has she been dewormed recently? Parasites flare up at calving time.