Management techniques of free-range raising of winter and spring calves

Normal calves can stand on their own half an hour after birth to look for cows' nipples to suck breast milk, but individual cows often give birth to frail calves during pregnancy due to poor health and other reasons, so artificial care is needed.

After the cow is born, use a clean cloth before sucking, dip it in warm water, wipe off the dirt from the breast, gently rub the breast, and let the calf suck when the milk is about to drop.

For weak calves, it is necessary to manually assist the calf to stand and suck. If the calf cannot stand, squeeze out the colostrum and rub it on the finger to induce the calf to lick; or use a bottle to feed the calf once an hour until the calf can suck on its own.

Timely replenishment. Calves can be trained to feed dried grass 14 days after birth, start training to eat concentrate after 1 month, warm water and moist, put into snack trough for food introduction, can also cook porridge to feed.

Master the amount of feed. 1-month-old calves can be fed 50 grams per day, 2-month-old calves can be increased to 500 grams, and 3-month-old calves can be weaned by adding appropriate amount of fresh grass or silage forage grass.

In winter, the barn should be dark and damp. When the weather is fine, take the calf to the yard and let the calf move freely and bask in the sun.

If you are going to cultivate the calf as a spare cow, get in touch with the calf. Brushing the cow body can keep the cow body clean, from front to back and from top to bottom. But we should pay attention to less touching the top of the head, so as not to form the habit of top people.