6 am obstetrical call

[gcreekrch]

Another bought heifer from a different place.

 

[RDFF]

Boy, that momma looks small for the size of that calf! Looks small anyway...!

 

[gcreekrch]

Boy, that momma looks small for the size of that calf! Looks small anyway...!

She is plenty big enough, likely 975 lbs. Idiots that breed heifers to elephants make one shake their head though.

 

[MurraysMutts]

My goodness!
That's way too many.
How they doing?

 

[gcreekrch]

My goodness!
That's way too many.
How they doing?

All good! First two over their run of antibiotics and out with rest of heifer pairs.

 

[TCRanch]

Way to start your Easter morning but good save! That's a huge freakin' calf!

 

[uplandnut]

Wow, seems like you are having a bad run of luck lately. If I've been keeping track right, that's 3 heifers you've done a c-section on this year. Hope your luck turns around and congrats on another good save.

 

[gcreekrch]

Wow, seems like you are having a bad run of luck lately. If I've been keeping track right, that's 3 heifers you've done a c-section on this year. Hope your luck turns around and congrats on another good save.

Most of our own are calving unassisted, a few easy pulls.

 

[kenny thomas]

Bet that makes you think about not buying heifers from the same place next year.

 

[dave_shelby]

What does a c-section cost? Sure eats up any profit but beats losing a cow.

What did that calf weigh?

 

[Named'em Tamed'em]

Amazing!! Hope everything works out.

I remember coming home from work feeling beat up several times and one needed to be AI'd. I'm a wimp.

 

[Buck Randall]

What does a c-section cost? Sure eats up any profit but beats losing a cow.

What did that calf weigh?

Materials are cheap, labor is expensive.

 

[kenny thomas]

What does a c-section cost? Sure eats up any profit but beats losing a cow.

What did that calf weigh?

He is doing the c-section himself so cost isnt bad. Thats something most of us wouldn't try..

 

[Dave]

Everytime I am at the sale buying older cows and they run some heifers in. Selling cheap. I think of this and run my hands deeper into my pockets.

 

[gcreekrch]

What does a c-section cost? Sure eats up any profit but beats losing a cow.

What did that calf weigh?

Costs me an hour and ten minutes and $100 for supplies. Calf weighs about 90 lbs, heifer built wrong for that big of calf.

 

[gcreekrch]

He is doing the c-section himself so cost isnt bad. Thats something most of us wouldn't try..

Just like stuffing the guts back into a moose!

 

[gcreekrch]

Materials are cheap, labor is expensive.

What do you charge to do one?

 

[kenny thomas]

I wouldn't try that either

 

[Son of Butch]

Costs me an hour and ten minutes and $100 for supplies.

Looks like it cost 1 hr 10 m x 3 = 3 hrs 30 minutes
Nice to have the facilities to work in, good job.

 

[kenny thomas]

Looks like it cost 1 hr 10 m x 3 = 3 hrs 30 minutes
Nice to have the facilities to work in, good job.

But whats time to a hog?