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<blockquote data-quote="LoveMoo11" data-source="post: 608748" data-attributes="member: 8863"><p>Have you ever had any great success stories regarding any of your calves? One that turned out much better than you had hoped or recovered from an illness and turned out great? I think its interesting how much of the animal world is unpredictable and often unexplainable. We had an Angus calf born once that never stood, from birth up until four months. She would try and try but could never do it, and we weren't sure why. We brought her in from the pasture and fed her with a bottle and eventually a bucket, and we supplemented her with grain and hay, hoping that good nutrition would help. I would even put my leg under her front knees when she would try to stand to support her, we tried holding her up, nothing worked. We had pretty much given up, until one night I heard a commotion in the barn and went out and turned on the light-the calf was standing up, shaky, but she was doing it. She made a full recovery and even became a show heifer (class winner!). She has a slight hump on one part of her back, I think it was maybe a result of her issue, whatever it was. Any ideas? I am curious to hear your stories as well!</p><p>Here are some pics of her, she is my pal <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/0032.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/0192.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LoveMoo11, post: 608748, member: 8863"] Have you ever had any great success stories regarding any of your calves? One that turned out much better than you had hoped or recovered from an illness and turned out great? I think its interesting how much of the animal world is unpredictable and often unexplainable. We had an Angus calf born once that never stood, from birth up until four months. She would try and try but could never do it, and we weren't sure why. We brought her in from the pasture and fed her with a bottle and eventually a bucket, and we supplemented her with grain and hay, hoping that good nutrition would help. I would even put my leg under her front knees when she would try to stand to support her, we tried holding her up, nothing worked. We had pretty much given up, until one night I heard a commotion in the barn and went out and turned on the light-the calf was standing up, shaky, but she was doing it. She made a full recovery and even became a show heifer (class winner!). She has a slight hump on one part of her back, I think it was maybe a result of her issue, whatever it was. Any ideas? I am curious to hear your stories as well! Here are some pics of her, she is my pal :D [img]http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/0032.JPG[/img] [img]http://www.ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/0192.JPG[/img] [/QUOTE]
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