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<blockquote data-quote="cowgirl8" data-source="post: 1275665" data-attributes="member: 22072"><p>When you see a heifer in labor over an hour or so and nothing is out, you get her up to investigate. We do not take a animal in that the calf can be pulled. If we palpate and find the opening is for sure not large enough for the calf to pass through, we load her up and haul her to the vet. I have small girl hands, if my hand does not fit in easily and over the calf's head, c section. I think every heifer who had a c section on our place got nothing out, no toe tips and specially no feet/nose. A lot of times if you dont see them go into labor, their labor stops and hopefully you'll be able to see a bit of tissue hanging out from the sack, otherwise the calf rots. I have had 2 my vet thought he could pull, but killed the calf in the process....erk.. </p><p>With a cow, the problem would be presentation problem more likely and most times that can be done manually and not call for a c section. </p><p>One time we took in a heifer i called Puckerpuss. She was a very very nice heifer except for her vulva seemed kind of shaped funny. I watched her carefully at calving time and luckily saw her go into labor. After 2 hours she got nothing out. Got her up and found out that the pucker in her hoonanny meant she had an opening the size of a quarter....took her in for a c section. Vet got one calf out, son pointed out he left a leg.....twins. She raise the twins, and was culled at weaning....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowgirl8, post: 1275665, member: 22072"] When you see a heifer in labor over an hour or so and nothing is out, you get her up to investigate. We do not take a animal in that the calf can be pulled. If we palpate and find the opening is for sure not large enough for the calf to pass through, we load her up and haul her to the vet. I have small girl hands, if my hand does not fit in easily and over the calf's head, c section. I think every heifer who had a c section on our place got nothing out, no toe tips and specially no feet/nose. A lot of times if you dont see them go into labor, their labor stops and hopefully you'll be able to see a bit of tissue hanging out from the sack, otherwise the calf rots. I have had 2 my vet thought he could pull, but killed the calf in the process....erk.. With a cow, the problem would be presentation problem more likely and most times that can be done manually and not call for a c section. One time we took in a heifer i called Puckerpuss. She was a very very nice heifer except for her vulva seemed kind of shaped funny. I watched her carefully at calving time and luckily saw her go into labor. After 2 hours she got nothing out. Got her up and found out that the pucker in her hoonanny meant she had an opening the size of a quarter....took her in for a c section. Vet got one calf out, son pointed out he left a leg.....twins. She raise the twins, and was culled at weaning.... [/QUOTE]
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