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<blockquote data-quote="SchenkAngusFarm" data-source="post: 1486442" data-attributes="member: 30765"><p>Well, I am posting this on here just to reminder people that cows are animals and stuff happens.</p><p></p><p>Had a ten year old pregnant cow for which everything seemed fine with her. I've been using her as a recip and knew she was due any day. I've had the flu pretty bad but checked her before I went to bed (went to bed earlier than usual for obvious reasons). No signs of calving yet but knew it would be soon. </p><p></p><p>Found her in the morning first thing and she was dead. Cut her open to see what happened and calf was badly breached. I don't think I would have been able to do a C-section even if I had caught it.</p><p></p><p>It's never fun to lose a cow and calf but sometimes things happen. I only post this for the new people to remember that cows are animals. Sometime they just die now matter how well you treat them. Things can and will happen but don't get discouraged.</p><p></p><p>After that happened, I sat down a minute, looked over the hill and counted my blessings on how lucky I am to be able to work with such great animals and many great people in this business. I am not trying to sound like a philosopher but there is oftentimes a blessing in disguise in a terrible incident. In this case, I am lucky to sit back and realize the friends and family I am surrounded with and that I am glad I get to share this business with my family. </p><p></p><p>Anyways, I just wanted to tell those beginners to never get discouraged. Things happen and keep pushing forward. Take the good with the bad and keep your chin up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SchenkAngusFarm, post: 1486442, member: 30765"] Well, I am posting this on here just to reminder people that cows are animals and stuff happens. Had a ten year old pregnant cow for which everything seemed fine with her. I've been using her as a recip and knew she was due any day. I've had the flu pretty bad but checked her before I went to bed (went to bed earlier than usual for obvious reasons). No signs of calving yet but knew it would be soon. Found her in the morning first thing and she was dead. Cut her open to see what happened and calf was badly breached. I don't think I would have been able to do a C-section even if I had caught it. It's never fun to lose a cow and calf but sometimes things happen. I only post this for the new people to remember that cows are animals. Sometime they just die now matter how well you treat them. Things can and will happen but don't get discouraged. After that happened, I sat down a minute, looked over the hill and counted my blessings on how lucky I am to be able to work with such great animals and many great people in this business. I am not trying to sound like a philosopher but there is oftentimes a blessing in disguise in a terrible incident. In this case, I am lucky to sit back and realize the friends and family I am surrounded with and that I am glad I get to share this business with my family. Anyways, I just wanted to tell those beginners to never get discouraged. Things happen and keep pushing forward. Take the good with the bad and keep your chin up. [/QUOTE]
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