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<blockquote data-quote="jilleroo" data-source="post: 649024" data-attributes="member: 8192"><p>We hadn't had a breech calf for years and then had two, a day apart. Different age group, different paddocks, different sires!</p><p>The first was a big calf and very very difficult as the cow kept pushing as hard as she could. An epidural would have made it a whole lot easier.... Home alone, (like I usually am when these things happen) I was bruised and exhausted and reluctantly had to call a good strong neighbour to help! We got one back leg but it took another good hour to get the second one - that cow never gave up pushing against us. The calf was freshly dead.</p><p>The next day I repeated the whole performance but without the neighbour. This time the calf was smaller and easier and alive.</p><p>Both cows have calved again, this time the calves were pointing in the right direction.</p><p>I think, especially with the aid of an epidural, that vet should have been able to get the calf. The trickiest I can remember recently was where the calf was upside down, an arms length inside the heifer, and only the head presented, the front legs were laid back.</p><p>That took a good couple of hours, the calf had been dead quite a while, but the heifer was quite unperturbed. Exhausting work on a very hot day. </p><p>Hope things get better for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jilleroo, post: 649024, member: 8192"] We hadn't had a breech calf for years and then had two, a day apart. Different age group, different paddocks, different sires! The first was a big calf and very very difficult as the cow kept pushing as hard as she could. An epidural would have made it a whole lot easier.... Home alone, (like I usually am when these things happen) I was bruised and exhausted and reluctantly had to call a good strong neighbour to help! We got one back leg but it took another good hour to get the second one - that cow never gave up pushing against us. The calf was freshly dead. The next day I repeated the whole performance but without the neighbour. This time the calf was smaller and easier and alive. Both cows have calved again, this time the calves were pointing in the right direction. I think, especially with the aid of an epidural, that vet should have been able to get the calf. The trickiest I can remember recently was where the calf was upside down, an arms length inside the heifer, and only the head presented, the front legs were laid back. That took a good couple of hours, the calf had been dead quite a while, but the heifer was quite unperturbed. Exhausting work on a very hot day. Hope things get better for you. [/QUOTE]
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