Newborn baby calf care (part 1)

Mr. Potato here, was born today and was having a rough start at life. His mom, a new mom, took a little to long getting up after giving birth. Plus it was cold and snowy. So he didn’t get licked off right away (which is how they get dry). Initially I put him on some dry clean straw and gave him some hot water, with just a little bit of milk replacer (for energy). But even after that, he didn’t get better. Eventually mom walked off, and didn’t return. So I stepped in after assessing his condition again.