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We had same thing happen M-5 -- cow lost calf on a Thursday; couldn't find a graft calf until Mon.; tried the "dead calf hide" trick and all that, and she wouldn't have noth'n to do with it. We didn't really want to mess w/ a bottle calf, so when a friend's friend's cow lost a calf on...

Alan, almost same thing happened in my neighborhood a couple months ago. Neighbor went to move cattle from a leased pasture to the home place. He had a herf cow down, and she could not get up. He figured she was open, because a cow he'd bought with that one, both supposed to be bred, had...

Got our blood tests results today: Everyone we expected to be PREG is, except one -- we'll AI her. The two heifers we luted just over a month ago came back OPEN, so they likely hadn't been bred at all, thank God!

Thanks, Suzorse . . . we'll go ahead and draw the blood and see what clues we get from the test results.

Thanks BSE. I know those heifers were exposed, so the test might not be accurate for them after the lute. ?? Should I hit them again w/ lute, for CYA purposes this weekend? Or is that not a good idea? ??

Your answer will be alot shorter than my question! We separated our too-active bull calves from our bunch when we vacc'd on June 2; the bulls morphed to steers on June 15; we lute'd 2 young heifers on June 23 (bulls/steers have been/still are separated since June 2). I need to draw blood for...

However that guy got tangled up couldn't have been a "modern" calf puller, but just chains . . . that he wrapped around his hands and couldn't get loose from.

Weird, but apparently true story. http://okcfox.com/news/local/sheriff-ok ... alving-cow

I hope thing go smoother for you, OwnedByTheCow. Does seem you had a pretty weird arrangement with the landowner where you kept the cow. Even us old folks still have things to learn; lucky you, that you are able to start early.

That sucks, Greybeard. Sorry.

Thx, Claire!

OK, the 3-1/2 year girl is going down as burger tomorrow. Have cussed and discussed her previously. I'm curious about what her issues may have been, and hope to see/identify those in the slaughter process. What should I be looking for -- for free-martin, cystic issues, whatever ?? Google'd...

I'm not the pic genius! Would love to see your pics, and congrats on your calves.

Agree, probably born dead. So sorry. Shiyt happens sometimes, and we never know why. If you pushed air into them, shook and shaked them, and you got nothing . . . there was nothing. Hope your cow is recovering alright.

Have an older AI tank that just has numbers stamped into the lip, and no color markers on your cannisters? And you're always hoping you get the right cannister in the right slot? Get yourself a few colors of this electric shrink stuff, shrink them on to your cannister handles, and then put in...

We do have an old pond dam out here, but only has water in it when we're not running irrigation, which means NEVER right now, and never gets more than a foot deep w/ water; old pond dam is usually where target practice happens here, as the sides are about 15 ft. -- we did chase a cow in labor...

Pond? What's a pond? :lol:

Most of our calves will be white this year -- white haired, black skinned British Whites. Cows lay out in 100 degree heat, when shade is there!!! Just moved all of them to a smaller pasture to watch, with willows, and barn access. Will watch them like hawks!

Willows are in the pasture for shade; big barn for shade, too. Usually, "breeze" is not an issue here, but it's not a cool breeze. We can bring them up close to the barn, and pens adjacent to cover in the barn -- and the chute is nearby, if we need it. I think I'm just gonna move the whole...

And if it does -- Move the pair to shade, give bottles here and there w/water or electrolytes, or what, Dun?