When raising and feeding young cattle and cattle, special attention must be paid to their nutritional needs, environment and general health. From proper ventilation to providing a comfortable resting area, every aspect of care plays a vital role in their growth and development. In this guide, we highlight important tips and techniques for raising healthy, thriving young heifers and cattle.
Nutrition:
Feeding young dairy cows and cattle a balanced diet is essential for their growth and development. Here are some important points to consider:
Environment:
It’s important for the health and well-being of baby cows and cattle to have a comfortable environment. Proper ventilation, along with bedding and a place for them to rest, are all part of that environment.
Fans and ventilation:
A lot of air quality and temperature control is maintained with adequate ventilation in the barn or where you have calves housed. You need to move air, so make sure you install fans or some kind of ventilation system to make sure there is good, clean, fresh air moving through, especially when you get into some hot, humid weather.
Bedding: Calves should have some kind of bedding to rest on that is clean and dry—straw, sawdust—and replace it regularly. You have to keep them in a nice, dry, clean place to keep that bacteria count down. It’s a good idea to have a place for them to lay down that’s comfortable.
If you’re a farmer, chances are you’ve had many years where the weather cooperates and everything has gone just right for your crops and harvest. But, if you’re like a lot of the farmers here in the United States, there’s a good bet that some years you’re left talking about how the weather was not in your favor at all or was just plain weird.
Cow mats and cubicles: Cow mats make cows stand on and off feed with ease as their feet are cushioned and well-supported with little risk of injury. A cubicle provides individual resting spaces for cows. Here they can appropriately lie down and rest without any interference from other animals.
Grooming and hygiene:
Frequent grooming and good countermined health are the two main ways for prevention of diseases among baby cows and cattle. Here are some grooming tips: Here are some grooming tips:
Cow brushes and trimmers: With the help of brush and trimmers clean the dirt off and also untangle the hair. With the flow of blood constantly encouraged through regular care and nutrients to the hair, the coat also becomes better able to heal.
Tipper: Be aware of the calves’ horns, trimming their tips if they grow too long in order to avoid injuries to the other animals or handlers.
Hoof care: The proactive squeezing of the young cow’s and grown-up cows’ hooves needs to be a routine process in order to prune excess growth and provide the animals with quality hoof life.
Conclusion:
Meeting the needs of the calves and cattle paunch calves and cattle involves critical attention towards better provision of care. Cattle health and overall performance greatly depend on provision of balanced nutrition, a properly managed environment, and a good grooming process; therefore, you need to take those issues into account for the calves to attain a good growth outcome. Providing appropriate ventilation and resting areas with cow mats and cubicles are mandatory, just as grooming can be achieved by brushing and trimming are thoroughly implemented are crucial actions in cattle being both assured and healthy.
