MtnCows93
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these things happen, happened to me before a man can only do so much sounds like you did all you could for her
tncattle said:I'm going back down now with a horse blanket and 2 gallons of warm water in a gang thermos we have.
Yes, 3 nice black baldy heifer calves all born in the last 6 days. No problems at all and all doing great.TennesseeTuxedo said:tncattle said:It was a beautiful black baldy bull calf
Sorry for your loss.
How is that first calf doing? Have there been any others?
Midtenn said:I would try to get a tractor down there and move her to the barn. She will never stand on her own in this mud. I've had them down before and if it goes to raining they cant get footing even if you help them. It has to be dry (somewhat). Borrow a hip clamp from a vet and once in dry ground you can help her stand a few times a day. If its too wet to get a tractor there I would try to find somebody with a skid loader on tracks. Good luck.
Understand that! We had to use the track loader & cut down trees to get to a cow a couple years ago - and it was dry. They seem to pick the most inconvenient places to go down. :bang:TennesseeTuxedo said:Midtenn said:I would try to get a tractor down there and move her to the barn. She will never stand on her own in this mud. I've had them down before and if it goes to raining they cant get footing even if you help them. It has to be dry (somewhat). Borrow a hip clamp from a vet and once in dry ground you can help her stand a few times a day. If its too wet to get a tractor there I would try to find somebody with a skid loader on tracks. Good luck.
I've been to this farm before and can visualize where she's down. I'm not sure any vehicle could get back to her in light if the rain we've had.
TennesseeTuxedo said:Midtenn said:I would try to get a tractor down there and move her to the barn. She will never stand on her own in this mud. I've had them down before and if it goes to raining they cant get footing even if you help them. It has to be dry (somewhat). Borrow a hip clamp from a vet and once in dry ground you can help her stand a few times a day. If its too wet to get a tractor there I would try to find somebody with a skid loader on tracks. Good luck.
I've been to this farm before and can visualize where she's down. I'm not sure any vehicle could get back to her in light if the rain we've had.
Midtenn said:TennesseeTuxedo said:Midtenn said:I would try to get a tractor down there and move her to the barn. She will never stand on her own in this mud. I've had them down before and if it goes to raining they cant get footing even if you help them. It has to be dry (somewhat). Borrow a hip clamp from a vet and once in dry ground you can help her stand a few times a day. If its too wet to get a tractor there I would try to find somebody with a skid loader on tracks. Good luck.
I've been to this farm before and can visualize where she's down. I'm not sure any vehicle could get back to her in light if the rain we've had.
This rain is unbelievable. I was pretty proud of myself up until now I've been doing pretty good feeding ahead and moving to areas not so muddy. Moved all cows that I could away from the hay barns to keep pathways somewhat dry. Feed with truck vs. tractor whenever possible, etc. Really didn't have too many ruts until now.
Despite best effort and planning , All bets are off now. It's about to the point we can't hardly even get to the hay much less feed it. Steady rain now and were supposed to get something like 6" Tuesday and Wednesday.
Feeding hay is about a full time job around here this year. I'm betting a lot of folks throw in the towel after this winter
TennesseeTuxedo said:Midtenn said:TennesseeTuxedo said:I've been to this farm before and can visualize where she's down. I'm not sure any vehicle could get back to her in light if the rain we've had.
This rain is unbelievable. I was pretty proud of myself up until now I've been doing pretty good feeding ahead and moving to areas not so muddy. Moved all cows that I could away from the hay barns to keep pathways somewhat dry. Feed with truck vs. tractor whenever possible, etc. Really didn't have too many ruts until now.
Despite best effort and planning , All bets are off now. It's about to the point we can't hardly even get to the hay much less feed it. Steady rain now and were supposed to get something like 6" Tuesday and Wednesday.
Feeding hay is about a full time job around here this year. I'm betting a lot of folks throw in the towel after this winter
I'm probably going to be one of them.
Don't do it!!TennesseeTuxedo said:Midtenn said:TennesseeTuxedo said:I've been to this farm before and can visualize where she's down. I'm not sure any vehicle could get back to her in light if the rain we've had.
This rain is unbelievable. I was pretty proud of myself up until now I've been doing pretty good feeding ahead and moving to areas not so muddy. Moved all cows that I could away from the hay barns to keep pathways somewhat dry. Feed with truck vs. tractor whenever possible, etc. Really didn't have too many ruts until now.
Despite best effort and planning , All bets are off now. It's about to the point we can't hardly even get to the hay much less feed it. Steady rain now and were supposed to get something like 6" Tuesday and Wednesday.
Feeding hay is about a full time job around here this year. I'm betting a lot of folks throw in the towel after this winter
I'm probably going to be one of them.
TennesseeTuxedo said:Midtenn said:TennesseeTuxedo said:I've been to this farm before and can visualize where she's down. I'm not sure any vehicle could get back to her in light if the rain we've had.
This rain is unbelievable. I was pretty proud of myself up until now I've been doing pretty good feeding ahead and moving to areas not so muddy. Moved all cows that I could away from the hay barns to keep pathways somewhat dry. Feed with truck vs. tractor whenever possible, etc. Really didn't have too many ruts until now.
Despite best effort and planning , All bets are off now. It's about to the point we can't hardly even get to the hay much less feed it. Steady rain now and were supposed to get something like 6" Tuesday and Wednesday.
Feeding hay is about a full time job around here this year. I'm betting a lot of folks throw in the towel after this winter
I'm probably going to be one of them.