Any time now!

[Terri Stanley]

Greetings all! Our cow Lady has indeed been bred. From this thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=96627
She would have been bred on 6-1-14. That puts her at March 10, I think.
Big changes in her vulva and utter the last week.
She has now wondered off away from the nice dry barn that has fresh bedding,
down onto one of the feilds. I just checked on her and she is annoyed.
I came back to grab a drink and a snack before going back to check on her.
I'm so nervous! And, I'm freaking out a little too!

I do have her progress pics, I'll post them as soon as I get them uploaded.

 

[Terri Stanley]

I just convinced her to come back to the barn and noticed she now has a clear gel like material coming from her vulva. She is also swishing her tail and it certainly isn't fly season here in WV.
I saw what I think was her mucus plug probably 4 days ago, I need to check my notes to be sure.

How soon after the lubricating gel material starts can a calf be expected?

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Maybe a hour maybe a month. Is her tail sticking out like a pump handle if not the mucus don't mean anything.

 

[Terri Stanley]

No pump handle yet. Clear slipery jel and her pins are actually showing now.

 

[dun]

If it's slippery instead of sticky she is probably getting pretty close. I would let her be for a couple of hours and see if there is any change.

 

[Terri Stanley]

Thank you. That's what I'll do.

 

[branguscowgirl]

How exciting for you! Good luck!

 

[Terri Stanley]

Nothing new last night.
I'm heading up to feed the girls now, hopefully there's something happening up there!

 

[Terri Stanley]

We have a calf! Looks like she just had it, she's still cleaning it and it's tryingto stand up. I wanted to give her a chance to clean up and bond so I came down to finish my coffee.
I'll call an experienced neighbor to help with naval and castration if it's a bull. But, I think it's a heifer. So relieved!

 

[torogmc81]

:clap: Congrats!!! I remember watching our first calf ever. It never gets old!!!

 

[slick4591]

Congrats!

 

[branguscowgirl]

:clap: :clap: :clap:

 

[cowmilker]

Congratulations to you. It never gets old. Craig

 

[Terri Stanley]

Here are some images taken this morning. It was a bit nreve wracking as I've never done this before.
But Lady did all the hard work. The calf is a heifer, exactly what I was hoping for.

 

[dun]

Here are some images taken this morning. It was a bit nreve wracking as I've never done this before.
But Lady did all the hard work. The calf is a heifer, exactly what I was hoping for.

 

[Terri Stanley]

Thanks, dun!

 

[Deepsouth]

Congrats! Nice looking pair.

 

[branguscowgirl]

Nice! :clap: