Jersey Cow help

[Emcee]

A little background. We've had our Jersey for about 3 months now. She was givng us an average of 4 gallons a day. We live in Idaho and the other day we had a really nasty wind storm. She gave us a total of 1 gallon that day. Ever since then we are only getting about 2 quarts per milking instead of the 2 gallons we were getting. Not only that, but she has lost interest in her food. She is not acting sick at all and she doesn't appear to be losing weight. Any ideas on what might be causing the problem and how we can fix it before we lose her milk completely? Thanks

[DM]

Well, one thinks forsure! If she isn't eating well, she won't be produceing much milk... You need to get her eating again...

DM

[DaleK]

Is she bred? There are a lot of things that could cause her to lose interest in eating, hardware, twisted stomach, mastitis, all those need to be checked for. If nothing else it almost sounds like she's getting ready to calve. If she's not bred she could also be coming into heat, I've seen cows stop eating completely for 3-4 days when they're in heat (not often though)

[teresa]

my name is teresa and i am new to this forum ,, i also have a milk cow.. we would like to know how soon after giving birth does a cow go into heat.... so we will know when to expect to be able to breed her again,, hoping to hear from you soon.. this is a good forum.. .thanks

[harvester]

i would definately get some probiotics into that cow that isnt eating asap. then call a vet. its not a good thing when a ruminant isnt interested in food. they tend to go into ketosis pretty quickly and even quicker if they are pregnant or milking.

[Anon001]

teresa, a cow will usually cycle again in about 3 weeks after birth provided there were no problems with the calving and if she cleaned out which they usually do clean out on their own okay. However, they sometimes can't actually conceive at that cycle...It's called a "false heat". So, I would breed her at six weeks after calving.