Silver
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On another note, how is it that you have a heifer with a Z number? Just my curious mind at work....
Silver said:On another note, how is it that you have a heifer with a Z number? Just my curious mind at work....
Nesikep said:Silver said:On another note, how is it that you have a heifer with a Z number? Just my curious mind at work....
When we started back in 1992 we had no idea there were standards.. so when I found out I decided to just run through the rest of the alphabet before correcting.. so we skipped from Z to F and we're following everyone else now.
Randi said:Pulled one last year with a leg back, 90 lb calf, and I didn't think it could be done, but it was out far enough that pushing it back in wasn't really an option. Got it out alive too.
Randi said:And we rarely have big problems with twins. More often than not, we just go out and find a cow with 2 calves. Out of 3 sets so far this year, 2 were unassisted and one set we helped. Only problem with that set was that the second calf had 1 foot coming up under the first calf. They both came forwards.
My troublesome calves were heifer calves from first timers this year too.. 2 of them at over 100 lbs, and the first one, like you said, I swore I was going to either rip the calf in half or the cow was going to split.. they're all fine now and growing greatbuckshotbob said:I got a phone call last sunday a 9 pm by my older neighbour. Jack has pulled 12 calves so far this spring/ too much grain .He had just finished pulling a heifer when a new mom started showing feet and a tongue. He asked if I was up to help so down the road I go with my new vink puller. 15 minutes of pulling and out pops a 125 pound heifer calf out of his geilbveih heifer .I honestly thought I was going to split his cow wide open I had so much pressure on the puller. Called him the next day from work said the one he pulled had been adopted by the new mom and both heifers where doing great. 40 pounds different between the two but both alive. Was a good save as he has lost 7 calves ,two cows and a really nice heifer already this year.Jack runs 40 head and is retired so each loss he takes personal. His kitchen has more calves in it then people during cold springs.