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Breeding / Calving Issues
We had hoped for two.
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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1850529" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>We had a cow a few years ago that had had I believe 3 calves prior I'd had her since a yearling heifer. She got to looking huge a few months before she was due.</p><p>I thought sure she was going to twin.</p><p>When she finally did start to calve and didn't right away like usual, I got her in and tried to pull the calf, couldn't neighbors came and tried then got a vet.</p><p>Vet finally ended up doing a C section.</p><p>It was a freak thing they called hydrops calf was full of fluid and huge. Vet guessed it weighed well over 200 pounds. Afterbirth was probably 100 lbs and the texture of a thick rubber ball. Of course calf was dead and the cow was too by the next morning.</p><p>2 or 3 years ago we had a Santa Gertrudis heifer that had a big calf, the hardest pull I've ever done, thought we were going to have to have a c section on her but finally got it out alive. Heifer raised her calf and both got sold at weaning, didn't want to go through that again.</p><p>I hope your calf strengthens up soon.</p><p>You sure do a good job caring for them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1850529, member: 24816"] We had a cow a few years ago that had had I believe 3 calves prior I'd had her since a yearling heifer. She got to looking huge a few months before she was due. I thought sure she was going to twin. When she finally did start to calve and didn't right away like usual, I got her in and tried to pull the calf, couldn't neighbors came and tried then got a vet. Vet finally ended up doing a C section. It was a freak thing they called hydrops calf was full of fluid and huge. Vet guessed it weighed well over 200 pounds. Afterbirth was probably 100 lbs and the texture of a thick rubber ball. Of course calf was dead and the cow was too by the next morning. 2 or 3 years ago we had a Santa Gertrudis heifer that had a big calf, the hardest pull I've ever done, thought we were going to have to have a c section on her but finally got it out alive. Heifer raised her calf and both got sold at weaning, didn't want to go through that again. I hope your calf strengthens up soon. You sure do a good job caring for them. [/QUOTE]
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