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<blockquote data-quote="TheBullLady" data-source="post: 101586" data-attributes="member: 173"><p>I would honestly think, and this is of course just my opinion, that pulling a calf instead of letting a heifer calve normally (I'm talking no breach or leg back, etc. etc.) is a lot healthier for the heifer than just the stress of pulling one. </p><p></p><p>I'm sure you have an ideal set up where the heifer is in the correct position to pull the calves.. not up against a wall, or in a corner where it's not an ideal pulling situation, so it won't hurt the heifer or be more stressful than say a natural birth in a small lot. </p><p></p><p>Must just be me, but I've had a lot more problems getting a heifer bred back that I had to pull a calf than one that's had a natural calf. No matter how careful and competent you are, you have a much higher risk of infection when you pull one.</p><p></p><p>But as we all know.. "to each his own". That's just a very different practice than I've ever heard of. And I'm not "wet behind the ears" either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBullLady, post: 101586, member: 173"] I would honestly think, and this is of course just my opinion, that pulling a calf instead of letting a heifer calve normally (I'm talking no breach or leg back, etc. etc.) is a lot healthier for the heifer than just the stress of pulling one. I'm sure you have an ideal set up where the heifer is in the correct position to pull the calves.. not up against a wall, or in a corner where it's not an ideal pulling situation, so it won't hurt the heifer or be more stressful than say a natural birth in a small lot. Must just be me, but I've had a lot more problems getting a heifer bred back that I had to pull a calf than one that's had a natural calf. No matter how careful and competent you are, you have a much higher risk of infection when you pull one. But as we all know.. "to each his own". That's just a very different practice than I've ever heard of. And I'm not "wet behind the ears" either. [/QUOTE]
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