Nothing good, I ended it last Friday. Probably waited too long to be honest. Even though we were moving her daily, she still ended up laying on the exact same parts and the sores became obvious. Sucks losing one for any reason, but seems especially bad to lose one to something as simple and silly as laying in a bad spot.
Sorry you lost the cow... too bad you didn't go on and do a c-section... even while she was down, being that close to calving...
Very sorry to hear this. Hard to know when they will go. Wish it had been obvious and you could have saved the calf but sometimes it just isn't meant to be.
It's a difficult choice but you did what needed to be done when you felt the hope was gone. It definitely stinks loosing them. There was probably something going on you weren't aware of. We can't save them all and you gave it a good effort. Sorry for your loss.
She was breathing hard and grunting last Sunday morning so I was kinda thinking she was in labor, I checked her a few times and the calf was not in the birth canal yet so I guess it was just her giving up. I sent a video to my nephew the vet tech and another good cattleman and they both seemed to think she was in labor too. They even seemed to think if she calved that she might go ahead and get up. Yeah, I should've cut the calf out and at least salvaged something, my daughter in law volunteered to bottle feed it for me if I did. The cow had paid for herself but it's hard not to look at the potential value lost, especially the salvage value of a cow that big. Just another reason I like 1000-1200 lb cows, her size is what caused her to get hung up in the head gate to start with. I should've known better than trying to get her through there, my gut told me she wouldn't fit. Education in livestock is always expensive. I learned a lot through this.
