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Post by laughingllama75 on Aug 7, 2011 17:25:12 GMT -5
Wow, great pics everyone......dare I say, I enjoy looking at all the udders? Is that Udderly rediculous of me? LOL. Hubby thinks so......
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Post by marion on Aug 7, 2011 17:49:41 GMT -5
Wow, great pics everyone......dare I say, I enjoy looking at all the udders? Is that Udderly rediculous of me? LOL. Hubby thinks so...... We are all Udderly Obsessed!! ..LOL
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Post by kansasdexters on Aug 10, 2011 14:42:52 GMT -5
For anyone that is looking for a black, horned bull - Vonnie Donaldson of Wewoka, Oklahoma is offering to sell: JJ Rainbow Octavius, ADCA #021245 (a son of P-Bar Tessy, the cow with the excellent udder shown in this thread). They are asking $875 for this 3-year old, registered Dexter bull. Their phone number is: (405) 398-4754
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Post by otf on Aug 10, 2011 16:00:52 GMT -5
Patti, I have to comment on the lovely stone walls and foundations of your buildings. I did not picture this in Kansas!
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Post by otf on Aug 14, 2011 9:53:22 GMT -5
OTF's Melinda, 6 years old, still nursing 5 month old calf (first photo a bit blurred, sorry): Our P-Bar Heatwave, 10 years old, still nursing 3 month old calf:
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Post by legendrockranch on Aug 14, 2011 16:43:17 GMT -5
Nice udders otf.
Barb
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Post by Olga on Aug 30, 2011 22:23:00 GMT -5
Snapped a good rear view of Macy's udder. I'm weaning Pretzelle and so have, for the first time, an idea of what Macy's udder looks like when full.
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Post by Olga on Aug 30, 2011 22:26:11 GMT -5
Here is the side view. Cons: the front attachment is very angular, all teats strut forward. Pros: teat size is good and uniform, teats squarely positioned. We'll see how it'll milk next time around. P.S.: Macy is now 17 months old and 3.5 months into 1st lactation.
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Post by otf on Aug 31, 2011 8:04:01 GMT -5
Olga, Macy was bred at 5 months old??? Apologies if this offends you, but she appears to be very thin.
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Post by rezzfullacres on Aug 31, 2011 9:39:43 GMT -5
Here is the side view. Cons: the front attachment is very angular, all teats strut forward. Pros: teat size is good and uniform, teats squarely positioned. We'll see how it'll milk next time around. P.S.: Macy is now 17 months old and 3.5 months into 1st lactation. Is this the cow that you had prev. told us about in Management failure thread? It is always hard on them when they calve at such a young age they tend to lose condition very easy, especially in the weather you are having. Good luck with her...
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Post by otf on Aug 31, 2011 11:34:31 GMT -5
Found that thread and read it. I guess Macy was so busy growing the calf inside her and now lactating that now she's in rough shape. And she herself is still growing. With that history and the current drought conditions (?), I'd be supplementing her substantially.
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Post by Olga on Aug 31, 2011 12:34:36 GMT -5
She gets fed 3 times a day 4 lbs of feed each time (large coffee can). She has good hay free choice. She is at the house on 2 acres where she doesn't have to walk around a lot to get to food and water. As to her condition: she is small and narrow right now, like a heifer of about 12 months old. She is however very shiny, her coat is uniform all over and pitch black, perfectly shed out. She does not show ribs, she does not show bony protuberances of the spine, her hip bones are rounded off, not angular. I judge her to be in good health but clearly in need to be relieved of her motherhood burden. We've been weaning for 1 week. First day I separated Pretzelle for the day and let her suckle at night. Next two days she suckled once at night. Then I waited a full day and a night and let her suckle in the morning. Next time I'll check the udder in 2 full days and decide if Pretzelle needs to empty it out one more time. As hot and humid as it is, I don't want to risk mastitis. This method has worked well for me before, and it also seems to help the calves adjust faster and with less stress.
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Post by cddexter on Aug 31, 2011 12:43:34 GMT -5
olga, two schools of thought:
1. vertical teats are best. All the evaluators say so. They are the trained pros so must be right. They are also working for and trained by and supporting the milk industry, where a machine does the work, and the calf never spends time with the dam. Vertical teats make sense.
2. teats with a slight slant forward are even better. Hand milking doesn't really care about the angle, but the calf sure does. Here it is, brand new, weak and wobbly, instinct sending it to look for those dangly things somewhere by the top of the legs (having first tried out the armpit and finding that didn't hold much interest). What's easier for the calf to grab onto... Something fairly rigid and engorged and slippery it has to wrap it's tongue around and bend to get into its mouth, or something that's already at the right angle to just go straight in and latch onto?
I'd be kind of glad to have that slight forward angle, unless it's a sign of the rear attachment allowing the whole udder to sag from the back, which I'm not seeing here. Nice cow, nice udder, nice pics. c.
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Post by Olga on Aug 31, 2011 15:54:02 GMT -5
Oh, and no offense taken, Robert.
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Post by otf on Sept 1, 2011 6:51:30 GMT -5
Olga, not a problem....I sure hope that Macy and her calf do well and hopefully, the early weaning will give Macy time to catch up. BTW, this is Gale, not Robert. ;D (I posted this late yesterday afternoon, but it never showed up... )
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