Cows in the pasture by Ab Donker

About "Cows in the pasture"

by Ab Donker

About the artwork

The road from calf to cow
A cow wearing her calf 9 months in the abdomen. Usually, the cow needs at the birth of her calf, no help but sometimes the cow needs of the farmer and / or veterinary help. The vet makes me generally at the last minute when taken off, because the cost of a vet can add up for a caesarean at a cow properly. You can think of about 200 euros. A calf weighs about 40 pounds at birth. In the first year of life the calf grows the most. His weight has become about 9 times greater after one year. The calf weighs about 375 pounds. Already shortly after birth (after 20 + minutes), the calf and are already trying to walk. Once the walk a little work, goes in search of the teats of the cow to drink. The first three days will give the (parent) cow colostrum, a special type of milk that causes the calf the first few weeks is not sick. After the period of three days, the cow shows regular milk that is available in the shops.

After a very short time, usually three days, the calf is taken away from the mother, and goes on to the calf milk replacer. This powder is mixed with lukewarm water of about 13 degrees. This milk can be compared with the milk you make of milk for your baby. If the calf is about 4 weeks old, it gets rearing grains, which are small chunks that they can easily get away and which are easily digestible.

The little finger. If a calf has become one year, it is no more, but calf is called the Pink. When Pink is about 1.5 years old, she conceived t