after birth

[rc]

How long will a first time heifer hang on to the after birth after calving? How long is too long?

 

[dun]

How long will a first time heifer hang on to the after birth after calving? How long is too long?

A week to 10 days in some cases. Unless she gets sickish, just lerave it, she'll shed it when it's time.

dun

 

[rc]

Thanks Dun, It's been about 3 days and it looks like it's still dropping. She's a little thing and kinda weak from having the calf (which is fine) so I'm feeding her well. Around here it's really hard to find a vet who does cows. I don't even know of one, so it's do it yourself stuff and this board is the first place i check with.

 

[Beefy]

it will work on out a little along and along. just give her some time.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

might check your minerials could be a selenium deficiency or vitamin A

 

[dun]

As it hangs further, if it gets to thepoint that it's dragging, tie it back to itself (hold your nose) so that it just above the middle of the udder or a little higher. That way the calf can nurse without getting into it and it won;t tear as it pulls out.

dun

 

[rc]

Maybe by the time I get home today it will have dropped. It's in the high 80's here today. It should be getting ripe.

 

[dun]

Maybe by the time I get home today it will have dropped. It's in the high 80's here today. It should be getting ripe.

The ripening is a natural process but it doesn;t have anything to do with passing it. It has to disconnect from the cotelydons or carnucles, don;t recall which is the usterus side and which is the placenta side. If you envision a snap liek on a shirt, the snap part that comes off is the placenta side, the post part is the uterus side.

dun

 

[rc]

All is well. Friday when I returned home it was gone.