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Decided after reading the couple of responses that I should go with my gut and get the calf out. Said a little prayer while walking out to the barn that the calf would be ok once I got it out. Walked in the barn and smelled something a little different and when I got to her pen that was a calf...

That's the thing, my gut is telling me to get it out of the cow, but the vet says just wait. Cow doesn't act like she is in labor. I worry if we leave the calf in, when it does finally come out it will be dead. If we get it out now I think it would be ok. The only thing keeping me from getting...

I have a cow that is due on 1/25. She is AI bred and no way she could have been bull bred earlier. 2 nights ago I was checking cows and saw her water bag out and I could see the feet of the calf. So I put her in the barn and expected to see her with a calf the next morning. Came out the next...

I just had a heifer calve at 15 1/2 months this weekend. I was setting up heifers with a one shot estrumate plan and this one didn't respond to the first shot, so I hit her with another shot 10 days later and she didn't respond again. Then I noticed she was starting to get a little bag so I...

I grafted one after a week last month. Took a little work for the cow to accept her, but she still had milk and eventually took the calf. I read this article on-line when trying to decide if I should still graft the calf on after a week so I tried it. http://articles.extension.org/pages/444 ...

Sounds just like my Wednesday night except you had a better outcome (and I didn't have a fire :)) My first calves weren't due till the 20th, but I already have had 3 so Wednesday night I got home from work and rushed out to check cows and saw a heifer laying down by the tin windbreak on the cold...

Wait a second.......did he actually turn the bull in the same pen/pasture as the cows??? Or did he think just having a bull on the farm would get the cows pregnant? :lol: Seriously though....I had something similar to this happen to me. I sold a bull to a guy and he preg checked in December...

Last spring I had 10 first calf heifers to breed back. I was strongly considering just throwing them out with the bull to get them bred back quickly, but I decided to throw CIDR's in them and give them one round of TAI. All but 2 stuck to AI. The ones that stuck....some lost a week or two on...

Cibster, how long did you keep her up each time? I kept her up as long as she was putting a little weight on her back legs, usually no more than 10 minutes at a time. I could tell when she was getting tired and basically just "hanging there". When she got to that point I put her back down. I...

Yes, just keep working with her. Had the same exact thing happen to me last year with a heifer. Gave her the same stuff. Lifted her up twice a day. Seemed like she had no feeling in her bag legs. Made a pen next to the barn so I could get to her with the loader and lift her up. I was about to...

Actually had the same exact thing happen last year. Put an embryo in and it split and gave me to identical Balancer heifers. I thought they were completely identical but we were clipping them for pictures a couple weeks ago and found that one had a little white spot on the bottom of her brisket...

We ultrasound also and I've had a set of twins every year the last 3 years, but none of them were ever caught on ultrasound. The one time the vet did say I cow had twins in her, she just had a single so not sure if she lost one or if there really wasn't twins in there. The oddest one of all was...

I have noticed that. I really dislike working in the rain. So then I wonder, maybe when MY back/head gets all wet while in the rain, maybe I'm the one that gets stupid/frustrated/low on patience which then transfers to the cows because they can tell I'm not real happy. Glad you are getting the...

One thing I always try to do is see a picture or preferably a video of the bull's dam so I can get a good idea of what type of female he is coming from, especially if I am keeping replacements.

There is a whole thread and people's thoughts on him in the breeds forum. I don't think his numbers will hold up either. viewtopic.php?f=5&t=94949&hilit=tour+of+duty

Had it happen to me this spring. Vet pulled the embryo straw out of the tank and slid it into the thaw bath and POP....sounded like a gun shot. I wasn't sure what happened at first and then she said, "Crap, that's not good." She looked to see if the little air pockets were still trapping the...

Nice work getting that first calf out and then checking for the twin!! Next time though (and with this cow it sounds like there is a good chance there will be a next time), put something else in your subject line to keep the anticipation/suspense going throughout the story! :) Haha! Quite the...

I use them like crazy too. Actually last spring I went to the vet to get some and they needed to order some more so I told them to order me one package. My wife went in to pick them up thinking I would get the package of 50 like we always do, but she came home with a whole box that had 10...

What Hook said. Unless I see an obvious problem I wait, and then wait some more and try to be confident that they will have it on their own.....and 95% of the time they do.

Good luck! Looking forward to seeing the progress.