Your Hardest to Explain Events on the Farm

[CattleHand]

Not sure if this thread will get a lot of activity but over spring break I was out with my grandpa again and while we were workin he was talking about how he once had a cow calve and the calf was born dead and then three months later the cow calved again and had a healthy calf. He said he knew it was hers cause he had her locked up and if i remember correctly he went as far to say the vet had heard of other people saying the same thing had happen (once in a blue moon). Maybe you guys would like to run that idea around your mind a bit and have some hypothesis and maybe you guys have some similar things happen that you could never explain.

[show steer up]

It can be explained; she was carrying twins, lost one and went on to deliver the other with no complications months later.

[CattleHand]

It can be explained; she was carrying twins, lost one and went on to deliver the other with no complications.

3 months later? You dont see something like that too often.

[show steer up]

No, but can happen, it happened on your farm

[CattleHand]

You are probably right. Figure it would be a fun post to make, especially if some others had some interesting events to add on.

[Jogeephus]

It can be explained; she was carrying twins, lost one and went on to deliver the other with no complications months later.

That would be my guess too.

Neighbor had a calf with two heads. It died shortly after being born. Freaky thing. I just wonder how the poor momma cow got both those heads out without major complications.

[show steer up]

Sorry
But maybe Im wrong, it would'nt be the first time,

[show steer up]

It can be explained; she was carrying twins, lost one and went on to deliver the other with no complications months later.

That would be my guess too.

Neighbor had a calf with two heads. It died shortly after being born. Freaky thing. I just wonder how the poor momma cow got both those heads out without major complications.

It was her lucky day, God knows we all need them

[msscamp]

Neighbor had a calf with two heads. It died shortly after being born. Freaky thing. I just wonder how the poor momma cow got both those heads out without major complications.

I had that happen with one of my goats last November. The baby was alive, alert, and trying to stand about 15 minutes following birth(his mother was the 3rd of 4 that kidded that day, it was cold, and I was a bit busy with the previous kidsicles). Anyway, I realized what the deal was, took matters into my own hands, and he was euthanized. I'm not sure how she was able to deliver him, either, but I sincerely hope I never have another one! That was the first deformed baby I had ever seen, and it flipped me out more than a little bit.

[ga. prime]

Not really unexplainable, but a few years ago I had a cow that was randomly pasture bred have a calf on March 21 three years in a row.

[mnmtranching]

This isn't weird, just interesting. March 17 a very cold day I had 5 black cows in the barn all having contractions. checked every hour or so all doing very good. After it's all done there are 6 black calves, didn't even realize it until the next day. Still don't know which cow had twins. The one bull calf kept trying to nurse one cow after another and none would except him. He's doing very well as a bottle calf.

[CattleHand]

Not really unexplainable, but a few years ago I had a cow that was randomly pasture bred have a calf on March 21 three years in a row.

thats a pretty big coincidence. Thats the first day of spring isnt it?

[Frankie]

This isn't weird, just interesting. March 17 a very cold day I had 5 black cows in the barn all having contractions. checked every hour or so all doing very good. After it's all done there are 6 black calves, didn't even realize it until the next day. Still don't know which cow had twins. The one bull calf kept trying to nurse one cow after another and none would except him. He's doing very well as a bottle calf.

Except you probably have a freemartin heifer in there somewhere.

[LoveMoo11]

We had a piglet born with two heads once and it actually lived for about 24 hours, even though the brain was exposed. My mom is the science teacher at the Jr. High so she took it to school to show her classes then sent it over to the biology lab at the High School. Kids thought it was the coolest thing.

[aussie_cowgirl]

Our highschool had a few 2 headed lambs in jars. Interesting to see. There was a 2 faced kitten born here in the city a while back and it lived for like a week I think.

I guess the weirdest thing I have seen was a calf wandering around mooing on a big property Dad worked on. The thing was he was about 3 paddocks away from any calving herd. Not particularly interesting though