El_Putzo
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Yesterday was not a productive day in terms of the growth of my Hereford herd. My only second calver had her second calf, a 76 lb heifer, breech. I think we are probably lucky that the cow is still alive as it looks like she might have been in labor for a few hours. Baby appears to have suffocated before she made it out.
Now the crappy part. The cow is still down. She tries to get up and can get her rear up in the air, but can't keep her balance long enough to get up on her front feet. Gave her a shot of Predef and some Vitamin B complex last night that I got from a neighbor who is the vet's assistant. Stopped to talk to the vet this morning after working with the cow, but he was gone. Anybody know of anything else to give her some pep? She's drank about 8 gallons of water and ate about 5 lbs of grain and some wheat hay. We borrowed the neighbors hip lift and we picked her up this morning. We had her standing 3 different times for about 5-10 minutes each time. Once we'd get her up, she'd stand on her own. We also walked her a little ways while holding up her rear end and she moves her feet just fine, just cant seem to find her balance when she tries to take a step on her own. I realize it is going to take time as I'm sure she's quite sore. Any tips or tricks would be much appreciated.
We've dealt with down cows before, but it's been a while. Guess we've been lucky. Just wondering if anybody knows of something beyond what we've already tried.
Now the crappy part. The cow is still down. She tries to get up and can get her rear up in the air, but can't keep her balance long enough to get up on her front feet. Gave her a shot of Predef and some Vitamin B complex last night that I got from a neighbor who is the vet's assistant. Stopped to talk to the vet this morning after working with the cow, but he was gone. Anybody know of anything else to give her some pep? She's drank about 8 gallons of water and ate about 5 lbs of grain and some wheat hay. We borrowed the neighbors hip lift and we picked her up this morning. We had her standing 3 different times for about 5-10 minutes each time. Once we'd get her up, she'd stand on her own. We also walked her a little ways while holding up her rear end and she moves her feet just fine, just cant seem to find her balance when she tries to take a step on her own. I realize it is going to take time as I'm sure she's quite sore. Any tips or tricks would be much appreciated.
We've dealt with down cows before, but it's been a while. Guess we've been lucky. Just wondering if anybody knows of something beyond what we've already tried.