I don't give my cattle any grain either. I just give them a really good high protein hey that I buy from a dairy farmer, dairy farmers seem to have really good quality hay.

I am NOT an expert, however, the cow looks healthy to me. We haven’t had that issue with a calf but we’ve only been doing this about 3 years. We have had to bottle feed a goat kid however. My husband’s aunt said to keep the head up as far as you can and have someone rub down on the throat to stimulate swallowing and rub, rub, rub the both sides of the body. She said it will help warm them. Hope he is on his feet by the time you read this!

Try a tube feeder. They have a bulb on the end that they have to swallow so you know it's not going into his lungs. Add a bit of molasses or corn syrup to give him a bit of energy.

It's a bit late for this calf but many recommend the "peach teats" for goats to feed a newborn Dexter. They are small and the large calf nipple is difficult for them and the peach teat is softer. I'm subscribed but for some reason I don't get notices when you post. It is most important to get the calf warmed up if it is too cold. You should get a thermometer. An outside temperature of 25 isn't bad for calving. Winds and wet weather could make it worse. But warming the calf to a near normal temperature can help a great deal and should be done before feeding. I wouldn't blame the cow if you didn't see from start to finish.

That's always tough. You can't help but second guess your management when a disaster strikes. I hope he pulls through. Maybe that mama cow is just not the right kind of cow for your operation. I use a strategy that I heard from Pharo Cattle Company - every cow weans a calf every year or they go down the road. You might lose some good cows this way, but you'll lose all the bad ones.

It didn't cost that much before but everything has gone up. It's to bad you don't have a squeeze shoot, you could have got the mothers cholostrom that's the best, gives them the most energy, and it's free, sometimes really hard to collect 😆 but free.

Unfortunately sometimes rotten things happen for no reason you can figure out. Separating the bull from the cows so that they will not be calving in this time of year or this type of weather may help in future

Such a tough situation. Poor baby. I hope you’ll let us know what happened.

I say just keep doing what you've been doing get him to drink as much as you can then if possible I'd put him back with moma in a stall for the night and keep eye on them. I pretty fortunate to have a stall we installed a wireless camera so I can watch but not be a bother. It's all part of farming.

I had a weak calf like that. Tubed him with colostrum and it perked him right up. The tube goes in at least 12 or more inches, it's easy to do. I'm a vet tech but watched some KZfaq videos on the procedure . I hope he perked up for you by now. If he isn't sucking try the tube again. He needs that colostrum.

Cow looks good to me. The way it was acting in the back of the truck, it looked like it was cold..............I calve in the winter, but they are in a barn with a warm bedding pack, cold ground isn't good, especially with wind................If it drank colostrum it might make it. I had one like that that I think might have been stepped on last year that I lost, wouldn't drink, tubed it, and me with tubing cows seems to always be a fail, had one still born this year out of the same cow..............It gets old, but as the old saying goes, where there is livestock there will be dead stock, no matter what you do.

Would I be able to speak to you one on one about the purchase of dexter cattle? Thanks.

Now its warm, most newborn animals need lots of stimulation to get all thier organs and digestive tract up n working. Lots of rubbing all over the body, looked great what you're doing but rub whole body maby can help

I would like to buy dexter cattle are you going to be selling any.

I don't think it has anything to do with the grain, I think he got stepped on or I have seen it before that the cow has trouble calving and the calf suffers from lack of oxygen during calving amd they end up like that, also if your other cows have calved too with no problems then is not a lack of nutrients for themostpart. Cold I doubt it, but possible, no evidence of bad weather whatsoever, keep us posted.

It’s nature and you had this one incident happen out of how many live births? We can all learn but this is not on you. I pray your calf has a speedy recovery.

No that crap has just gone through the roof in price its insane how prices have gone on that. Is he premature?

Did he pull through?

A year ago it was about $40 to fill my truck up with gas today it was $95 to fill my truck up with gas with gas that colossal was cheap a year ago now look now look Let's go Brandon