homemade curtain for the calving pen, and treating a cow with milk fever

#dairy #farming #Holstein

[@duaneschmitz2674]

Matt you have nice udder cows and hope you had great New year too have couple for me too 🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

Thanks. Will do 🍻👍

[@missourirob7712]

Hell that's normal procedure around here...... Have it ready for next winter 😂😂👍🏻 that'll knock the wind down..

[@pinesedgefarm1155]

That plastic should last a while. It sure lets light in. Good to see the ole girl up and milking. Looks like the 806 is earning it's keep.🍻🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

Seems to be holding up good. I'm sure glad to have the 806 back 👍🍻🍻🍻🍻

[@Marilou-g5t]

We gave 500 mL each of cmpk iv, 50% dextrose iv, and 23% sub cutaneously for milk fever. We milked 750 head of mostly Holsteins.

[@Marilou-g5t]

Watch out for lung issues with the barn buttoned up tight.

[@farawayfarm2520]

Nice curtain idea. Cheap is good. How is it that it's way harder to find that neck vein on some cows and others it's like hitting a garden hose first try. I've only had one milk fever but every Jersey we've ever had likes to get Ketosis. We just pretreat Tulip now and it seems to work.

[@davidwhittredge-rr7ti]

👍👍

[@lesterhertel2945]

Another very interesting video Thank you 😊😊😊

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

Thanks for watching

[@johnallford7053]

We still fighting mud in northern Pa. Wholly shit it's bad. Nice curtain . Hopefully works out for you. Knock the wind down

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

We just got hammered with snow and cold. Hopefully you're done with mud 🤞

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

Man yeah, just cant beat that curtain setup!! Looks like it will work great!! Hopefully she continues to come around! Imagine that on the air line type hose,seems they are a geological oddity anymore....parts stores 🤬🤬 I really love that 856, man yeah!! Hope you hada great New Year, looking fwd to seeing what this year brings!! 😁😁😁👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🌾🌾🌽🌽🇺🇸🇺🇸🍻🍻🍻

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

That curtain is holding up good so far. So far the new year brought snowstorms and bitter cold weather 🤦‍♂️🥶🥶🥶🤣🤣. Thanks Nelson 🍻

[@mattutke4704]

At least the plastic certain will keep the cattle out of the weather, happy New years Matt 🍻🍻🍻🚜🚜🎇🎆🐄🐄🐄🐄

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

Thank you sir 🍻🍻

[@Marilou-g5t]

If you know a cow historically goes hypo-calcemic, there are calcium boluses that you could give well ahead of when she historically goes down. Or use 23% sq ahead. Watch for when the bubble disapoears and redose!

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

I do give some boluses to problem cows, but for the most part I usually only have a couple milk fever cows a year. I have had some chronic cows in the past I would give calcium sq. Thanks

[@jaykettlewell3922]

Nice video. I always thought if you could cross a Holstein and a Jersey and get a heifer that milked like the Holstein and had the butter fat of a jersey you would have it made.

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

I used to have some jersey crosses, they were a little small for my liking, and the bull calves were really small and never brought much money. Some people love the jersey crosses but they just never impressed me. Thanks

[@strong40]

That's what I used to do each year for the covered alleys to the parlor. Clear plastic with wood lathe to hold it

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

Seems to work good 👍

[@jackthebirdman355]

Great video. Happy New Year

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

Thanks

[@Tom-n2y2c]

Great video

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

Thanks

[@billamsberry7976]

Dose the 7 start hard or do you like to just be nice to the old gas engine

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

It starts ok, but I figured a little heat helps out. It has since developed an engine tick I need to check out

[@billamsberry7976]

@hartungdairyfarm0713 that's never fun remembered when are 706 did that had to rebuild it

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Yup.. temporary/permanent.. got a few things like that around here 🙄 We get a case of milk fever every year or two. Had one old cow that would go down in the feed barn every year.. she was a 2 bottle gal. Always had her head up and alert, just couldn't get up.. first few calves she was fine, but from #4 to #12, she would go down 2 weeks to the day before calving.. Happy New Year Matt 🥃🥃🍻

[@missourirob7712]

Did you have to treat her the whole time till she calved, Ed? I've had a few that would need a bottle/ bolus every day until the baby arrived..... Fortunately its usually only a day or two. My dry cows are roughing it this year.

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

@@missourirob7712 no, but always took 2 bottles. When the last few CCs went in, she would stand up like nothing had ever happen..

[@missourirob7712]

@@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin it's all time and money for sure....... Seems like it's always the better cows with issues.... The ones that are just keeping the numbers up never have a reason to load them up on the trailer.... Other than she's not very good.😂

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

@@missourirob7712 so true...

[@dennishayes65]

Hope your cow gets better. Have a good new year.

[@burrridgefarms]

Glad to see you are still kicking Matt... Happy New Year 😎👍

[@hartungdairyfarm0713]

Thank you sir