Comments on: Solving Rejecto-Dam

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:02:36 +0000

Very insightful. Several of our breeder friends have had multiple “bottle babies” over the past couple of years – in 6 years in the business, we have never had one. I think we as breeders, oftentimes with the best of intentions, simply interfere too much in the process. After an hour mom is still rejecting baby – after two hours mom is skittery and baby is starting to panic – and where are the breeders? Right in nervous moms face!

We put our newborn, mom and a companion girl in a dark, quiet birthing pen inside the barn and leave them alone. We have a corner where we can quietly observe without mom being aware of us and no matter how nervous the mom has been, usually within an hour baby has had its first taste of milk. For me this takes a lot of deep breathing and prayer, but it has worked 100% of the time for us.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:47:58 +0000

Good article! Animals can be so frustrating when you don’t know just the right thing to do!
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By: tazzieval

tazzieval — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:51:45 +0000

a great read, thank you for that info, sounds sensible to me.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:39:16 +0000

Another blog filled with insight and so much that newbies like me might not think of on our own. I know it’s a reprint, but I wouldn’t have known where to find it. Thank you for sharing.
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