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It’s all in the hormones. A cow actually still has 21 day cycles even when bred. Progesterone from pregnancy suppresses signs of heat- just not all the time. I once had a cow that cycled every 21 days except after she calved and then she was only off by 1-2 weeks.

Take your dog for a walk in the pasture. The cow will find calf for you if it’s still alive

Not going into good labor is a very common problem with first calf heifers. I’ve always assumed it was pain that caused them to not push and therefore not dilate. Most of the time if you can get them through that first calf they will be fine with subsequent deliveries. Show heifers are the...

I agree with Ky Hills with the addition of reproductive tract scoring when pelvic measuring. I’ve culled far more heifers based on tract scores than pelvic measurement.

Stand the heifer up 1-2 times a day with hip clamps, give her 200-400 mg Dexamethasone IV one time. Most cows with calving paralysis will get up if you are patient enough. My rule is if the cow isn’t trying I won’t either. Should be showing some improvement in 2-3 days.

Lutalyse should abort a cow dependably up to 70 days bred. After that you would need to add dexamethasone. I always used 5ml Lutalyse on <70 days breds, then 6ml Lutalyse and 12ml dexamethasone on >70 day breds.

She probably is one of those cows that has a funky cervix. I have one that is round like a baseball. My hardest breeding cow. A cyst in the context here usually means on the ovary; either a follicular or a literal cyst. They are treated differently.