4luvofcattle
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We lost the calf. We checked the 4 year old cow an hour earlier and the bag was still intact and calf wasn't even close to birth canal. I checked her 30 minutes later and water bag had just broke. So 30 minutes after that, nothing and put her in chute. My husband reached in and one foot was caught. But he said the hooves didn't feel right. We pulled calf right away. Never did take a good breath. Just systematic gasps. Gave out a few bellars as we gave it Dex and tried getting it to breath with tickling nose and sitting it dog style. Once calf was dead, after I tried thrusting on her chest, we put her over the gate and A LOT of fluid drained out of her mouth. A LOT.
However, examining calf (after a lot of swearing), we notice the stomach was sloshy. Her front legs were unable to be straightened. Back legs were fine. She minimal ambilical cord.
She was a purebred angus bred to paradox (angus). Cow hasn't been tested. Of course, our son's cow and we lost the calf.
Don't say what I want to hear. Rather, if there was something we could have done different, what could it have been. Or, do you think it was a genetic defect and it would have died anyway?
When we reached in an hour earlier, she was very dilated. We could have tried pulling calf then, but calf wasn't in canal.
Like I said, don't say what I want to hear. Tell what I could have done so I can save the next calf, if there is something I could have done.
I know it is part of the business. But if I did something wrong, help me learn from it.
However, examining calf (after a lot of swearing), we notice the stomach was sloshy. Her front legs were unable to be straightened. Back legs were fine. She minimal ambilical cord.
She was a purebred angus bred to paradox (angus). Cow hasn't been tested. Of course, our son's cow and we lost the calf.
Don't say what I want to hear. Rather, if there was something we could have done different, what could it have been. Or, do you think it was a genetic defect and it would have died anyway?
When we reached in an hour earlier, she was very dilated. We could have tried pulling calf then, but calf wasn't in canal.
Like I said, don't say what I want to hear. Tell what I could have done so I can save the next calf, if there is something I could have done.
I know it is part of the business. But if I did something wrong, help me learn from it.