Cow calved with No Milk

Dunedin

A cow that showed no signs of springing suddenly calved yesterday. This would be approx her 8th calf. Normally she bags down as good as a friesin but this year, whatever has happened her, she hasn't a drop of milk.

She is like a cow that has been dried up. I strigged her and it is a mixture of biestings colour and a pink blood - kinda water.

Just wondering if anyone has ever had this - will she come to her milk eventually????????????

Accordingly to me records, she is not before her time although she could have repeated.

The calf seems fully formed and healthy. Very lively, stretching etc.

any thoughts?

6480

i ed say she will have milk in the morning , had a milking cow years ago that would get sick 2 or 3 days before calving and would have blood in her milk but it would come clear in a day or so cant think of the name of the sickness she had , use to have to dose her with some kind of stuff to get her better

funny man

havn't seen one yet that hasn't come to milk!

Dunedin

funny man wrote: »

havn't seen one yet that hasn't come to milk!

bag is practically empty though...... hard to see where the milk will come from

greysides

On really rare occassions, a cow will calve with no milk. I think it's 3 weeks later she'll calve again this time with milk. Called superfoetation.

ddogsbollix

ya can give her a shot of oxytocin(excuse the spelling) it should bring her milk down

lab man

I had one that way this yr a montybell x loads of milk last year an a super heifer off her the calf off her this yr is quite poor tho wonder if its vitamins or sumthing

whelan1

give her some dairy nuts, she should come to her milk, get some biestings elsewhere for the calf until she does, very important that the claf gets his biestings

Dunedin

whelan1 wrote: »

give her some dairy nuts, she should come to her milk, get some biestings elsewhere for the calf until she does, very important that the claf gets his biestings

both done. calf has got plenty of biestings.

no sign of milk yet............

farmerjack

Is the cow showing any signs of keitosis? We had a cow with it last year only signs was the sweet smell off of her breath, she was practically dry at calving but came into her milk within a day of vet treatment.