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Calving season 2020 for me
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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1624881" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>Well, Hera calved on her due date.. was a close call though.. my morning shift people weren't all the ball and missed it.. I thought for sure I had a dead calf, a front leg was backward, his head was mostly out and really swollen, tongue was cold and dry.. </p><p>Thank god for friendly cows, I pushed him back in, fished for the other leg, no chute needed.. of course it's a miserable snowy windy morning, I had to strip off all my good layers of clothes to be able to roll up my sleeves. I didn't have the calving chains on me (I was going to feed).. I decided to leave him as pushed in as possible, let her warmth get him warmed up again.</p><p>Got the chains, put them around her neck and led her into the calving pen, she cooperated very nicely, she laid down, I had the chains on his feet already, a minute and he was out, and alive!</p><p>Let momma lick him a bit, gave him 2cc of dex, then brought him to the shop, it wasn't long and he was hungry, went out to momma with my bottle, aimed the teat into it and filled it up, he drank two of them with gusto</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/Y4sdm5KV" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/26zMgYHz/20200403-110706.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/jCGB1J19" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/DyZF8rP2/20200403-120443.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/CB593CSy" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/tTNyVDcg/20200403-120649.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p>I highly recommend these 700-1000 cc pop bottles for calves.. the red calf nipples from the 2qt hard bottles stretches over the mouth of the bottle perfectly, you can squeeze them to get some flow started, they'll collapse as the calf nurses, and you can fit them in a large pocket to keep them warm</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/4mN32qhn" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/TYnW1Xdj/20200403-112806.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Of course it had to be a miserable day</p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/dh0ZRpJm" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/13G0S1TT/20200403-084754.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1624881, member: 9096"] Well, Hera calved on her due date.. was a close call though.. my morning shift people weren't all the ball and missed it.. I thought for sure I had a dead calf, a front leg was backward, his head was mostly out and really swollen, tongue was cold and dry.. Thank god for friendly cows, I pushed him back in, fished for the other leg, no chute needed.. of course it's a miserable snowy windy morning, I had to strip off all my good layers of clothes to be able to roll up my sleeves. I didn't have the calving chains on me (I was going to feed).. I decided to leave him as pushed in as possible, let her warmth get him warmed up again. Got the chains, put them around her neck and led her into the calving pen, she cooperated very nicely, she laid down, I had the chains on his feet already, a minute and he was out, and alive! Let momma lick him a bit, gave him 2cc of dex, then brought him to the shop, it wasn't long and he was hungry, went out to momma with my bottle, aimed the teat into it and filled it up, he drank two of them with gusto [url=https://postimg.cc/Y4sdm5KV][img]https://i.postimg.cc/26zMgYHz/20200403-110706.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/jCGB1J19][img]https://i.postimg.cc/DyZF8rP2/20200403-120443.jpg[/img][/url] [url=https://postimg.cc/CB593CSy][img]https://i.postimg.cc/tTNyVDcg/20200403-120649.jpg[/img][/url] I highly recommend these 700-1000 cc pop bottles for calves.. the red calf nipples from the 2qt hard bottles stretches over the mouth of the bottle perfectly, you can squeeze them to get some flow started, they'll collapse as the calf nurses, and you can fit them in a large pocket to keep them warm [url=https://postimg.cc/4mN32qhn][img]https://i.postimg.cc/TYnW1Xdj/20200403-112806.jpg[/img][/url] Of course it had to be a miserable day [url=https://postimg.cc/dh0ZRpJm][img]https://i.postimg.cc/13G0S1TT/20200403-084754.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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