Newborn calves

[biggiy05]

My friend's cow's finally dropped their calves Monday night. She has a bull and a female. Miss Trevor's teats are too big for the calf to latch onto so we have to bottle feed her girl. The other cow a.k.a. "The b*$#@" because she really is one just won't work with her calf. She's producing milk, but for some reason or another her and her calf just aren't getting along. It's weird because when we were bottle feeding the calves she wanted in the pen and kept trying to get to her calf.

These were taken with my camera phone and it's kind of hard to take a picture of a calf that's less than 24 hours old. Neither would stay still for more than a few seconds

 

[DoubleZ]

Awwww.

 

[BGalloway]

You can't fix Miss Trevor's teats but as for The Other Cow who won't work with her calf try haltering her and tying her head up so she can't headbutt the calf or run away from it, put the two in a small pen together and let the calf nurse, sometimes its just that initial nursing that forms the cow/calf bond. Its what we do with our belted galloways when they won't let a calf nurse, works with sheep and goats too.

The calves are adorable. Are these angus cattle?

 

[biggiy05]

You can't fix Miss Trevor's teats but as for The Other Cow who won't work with her calf try haltering her and tying her head up so she can't headbutt the calf or run away from it, put the two in a small pen together and let the calf nurse, sometimes its just that initial nursing that forms the cow/calf bond. Its what we do with our belted galloways when they won't let a calf nurse, works with sheep and goats too.

The calves are adorable. Are these angus cattle?

We've always had problems with Miss Trevor's teats, we've gotten used to it by now. She's just so laid back and puts up with nearly everything we do to her. It's a 50/50 on whether we have problems that year or not.

As for the annoying one. She's been like this in the past and it's a 50/50 like Miss. Trevor. She either warms up and lets the calf nurse or she doesn't. We've tried everything under the sun but it's put the calf or us in a bad position or caused harm. She's got the maternal instinct, she just doesn't want to let the calf nurse.

Yeah they are black angus.

 

[LeapinLizards]

So cute! My aunt owns a ranch, and my favorite memory when I was little was bottle feeding the orphaned or refused calves. Keep the pictures coming!

 

[Gregg M]

Future STEAKS!!!! Yay!!!

 

[BGalloway]

You're crazy, everyone knows Belted Galloways make tastier steaks than Angus! just kidding, its all personal preference.
So are these young ruminants a "oh look pretty cows" herd or a "one day they'll be dinner herd" or some other type of herd?

 

[biggiy05]

You're crazy, everyone knows Belted Galloways make tastier steaks than Angus! just kidding, its all personal preference.
So are these young ruminants a "oh look pretty cows" herd or a "one day they'll be dinner herd" or some other type of herd?

The girl will more than likely be a heifer. The boy is probably going to be part of the dinner herd.