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Anyone w/ experience w/ frozen hooves on valuable calves?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1113755" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>Our pastor has a yearling angus heifer that has three legs, the fourth froze off last fall after she was born. She was given to him as a gift, and he has no clue about cattle. She has been roaming pasture for the year he has owned her, and I went and looked at her when he got her (last year) and just a few days ago. He wanted to try breeding her (we talked about AI), but after looking at her yesterday I suggested eating her instead. Now, she had no care, and is wild as a bat, but she never grew. She gets around fine, and bears weight on her stub when she is walking slow, but when she runs (when you get within 500 feet of her!) she runs faster than no other!!! She does not use the stump then, just runs three legged. </p><p>Her leg was lost just below the pastern, so she lost her hoof and fetlock. But she survived WITHOUT any intervention, so depending on how bad your heifer is I bet you can keep her alive as long as you wish. I agree with Bez and Milkmaid, get medical advice since you are concerned about the future of this heifer and her ability to pass on those genetics. You might find out things are not as bad as you think!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1113755, member: 18809"] Our pastor has a yearling angus heifer that has three legs, the fourth froze off last fall after she was born. She was given to him as a gift, and he has no clue about cattle. She has been roaming pasture for the year he has owned her, and I went and looked at her when he got her (last year) and just a few days ago. He wanted to try breeding her (we talked about AI), but after looking at her yesterday I suggested eating her instead. Now, she had no care, and is wild as a bat, but she never grew. She gets around fine, and bears weight on her stub when she is walking slow, but when she runs (when you get within 500 feet of her!) she runs faster than no other!!! She does not use the stump then, just runs three legged. Her leg was lost just below the pastern, so she lost her hoof and fetlock. But she survived WITHOUT any intervention, so depending on how bad your heifer is I bet you can keep her alive as long as you wish. I agree with Bez and Milkmaid, get medical advice since you are concerned about the future of this heifer and her ability to pass on those genetics. You might find out things are not as bad as you think! [/QUOTE]
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