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<blockquote data-quote="creekdrive" data-source="post: 1574369" data-attributes="member: 21216"><p>We have had 3 backwards calves this year. Pulled all 3 as soon as we found them, all calves alive. 2 were easy pulls, the 3rd was a fairly hard pull and took quite a bit of work to get the calf breathing normally once he was out. Before this year we have only had 2 backwards calves that we know of in the last 10 years. </p><p></p><p>Probably 8 or so years ago I was home alone, checked cows and found a heifer with 1 leg out and the head was out past the ears. Quickly went back to the house to call for some help (at that time I knew really nothing about cows). By the time I got back out in the pasture to chase her up to the corrals she had calved on her own. </p><p></p><p>This thread is the first I have seen anyone else mention using the toilet plunger for breech calves. I've never seen it done but I know my in-laws have used it a few times and claim it works well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="creekdrive, post: 1574369, member: 21216"] We have had 3 backwards calves this year. Pulled all 3 as soon as we found them, all calves alive. 2 were easy pulls, the 3rd was a fairly hard pull and took quite a bit of work to get the calf breathing normally once he was out. Before this year we have only had 2 backwards calves that we know of in the last 10 years. Probably 8 or so years ago I was home alone, checked cows and found a heifer with 1 leg out and the head was out past the ears. Quickly went back to the house to call for some help (at that time I knew really nothing about cows). By the time I got back out in the pasture to chase her up to the corrals she had calved on her own. This thread is the first I have seen anyone else mention using the toilet plunger for breech calves. I've never seen it done but I know my in-laws have used it a few times and claim it works well. [/QUOTE]
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