Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
1st time calving concerns
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 194029" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>I'm assuming these are first time heifers. There are no hard and fast rules with first time heifers as each one is different. Some will spit a calf out in an hour or so and some will mess around all night and have it with no problem at daylight. It just goes with the territory. Our time line is, if the heifer is putting forth energy pushing and I don't see feet within an hour from the time the water bag is expelled, she is in the chute and the position of the calf is checked. What happens next is totally dependent on what is found is step one. If the calf is in the proper presentation, she is given another hour, maybe two, to produce a calf. I'm not a big believer in trying to pull calves from an exhausted mom - it simply adds to the stress, makes things more difficult for all concerned and increases the chances that she will not want to accept her calf. Just my thoughts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 194029, member: 539"] I'm assuming these are first time heifers. There are no hard and fast rules with first time heifers as each one is different. Some will spit a calf out in an hour or so and some will mess around all night and have it with no problem at daylight. It just goes with the territory. Our time line is, if the heifer is putting forth energy pushing and I don't see feet within an hour from the time the water bag is expelled, she is in the chute and the position of the calf is checked. What happens next is totally dependent on what is found is step one. If the calf is in the proper presentation, she is given another hour, maybe two, to produce a calf. I'm not a big believer in trying to pull calves from an exhausted mom - it simply adds to the stress, makes things more difficult for all concerned and increases the chances that she will not want to accept her calf. Just my thoughts. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
1st time calving concerns
Top