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<blockquote data-quote="3waycross" data-source="post: 441550" data-attributes="member: 6713"><p>We had a kind of funny deal this year. Been using a Gelbvieh bull for 2 yrs and had to pull a lot of calves. The only one that we called the vet for was the last one, according to her he was about 2% away from needing to be c-sectioned. It was an awful tough pull and I figured if any calf was going to paralize its mother it would be this one, and believe me we've had a few.</p><p></p><p>Not only did she not paralize but she was up in maybe 5 min. The calf started kind of rough but was also up pretty quick.</p><p></p><p>The difference between this calf and the others who did paralize their mothers. This time we had a vet there who gave the heifer a shot of anti-inflamatory on the spot. </p><p></p><p>Before anyone asks I got into this situation late and did not pick this bull to put on heifers, I've just had the pleasure of pulling all of his calves. The upside is they average 625lbs at 7mo on momma's (shorthorn) milk and good pasture. Funny thing is we probably only had 2 calves out of 30 that weighed over 80lbs. According to the vet it's the correlation between head size, neck length, and big shoulders that's the problem on the heifers, not weight. Everything hits the pelvis at the same time and causes a train wreck. </p><p></p><p>And by the way the bull went to the sale. I'd sure do this same cross again, but with a much more carefull chosen bull. </p><p></p><p>As far as the timing of using the calf-jack, the way she recommended is to time the pull to the cows contractions when she pushed we pulled seemed to work pretty darn well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3waycross, post: 441550, member: 6713"] We had a kind of funny deal this year. Been using a Gelbvieh bull for 2 yrs and had to pull a lot of calves. The only one that we called the vet for was the last one, according to her he was about 2% away from needing to be c-sectioned. It was an awful tough pull and I figured if any calf was going to paralize its mother it would be this one, and believe me we've had a few. Not only did she not paralize but she was up in maybe 5 min. The calf started kind of rough but was also up pretty quick. The difference between this calf and the others who did paralize their mothers. This time we had a vet there who gave the heifer a shot of anti-inflamatory on the spot. Before anyone asks I got into this situation late and did not pick this bull to put on heifers, I've just had the pleasure of pulling all of his calves. The upside is they average 625lbs at 7mo on momma's (shorthorn) milk and good pasture. Funny thing is we probably only had 2 calves out of 30 that weighed over 80lbs. According to the vet it's the correlation between head size, neck length, and big shoulders that's the problem on the heifers, not weight. Everything hits the pelvis at the same time and causes a train wreck. And by the way the bull went to the sale. I'd sure do this same cross again, but with a much more carefull chosen bull. As far as the timing of using the calf-jack, the way she recommended is to time the pull to the cows contractions when she pushed we pulled seemed to work pretty darn well. [/QUOTE]
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