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<blockquote data-quote="I luv herfrds" data-source="post: 608946" data-attributes="member: 5917"><p>Have quite a few stories.</p><p>My most favorite had to do with our cow GI Jane.</p><p>As a first year heifer she was down at the barn with the other first years. I noticed her ears drooping and she was not interested in eating. Was really looking sick.</p><p>Got her in the barn and hit her with antibotics. Kept her in the barn as a precaution. Just kept watching her, letting her out back to get watered. She just kept getting sicker and weaker.</p><p>I went and checked her one night just to make sure she was alright. Heard her making some noise, she had just delievered her calf.</p><p>They were both wet and cold. At this point she was down and could not get up. I was able to pull the calf in front to her and get her up so I could get the wet straw out and put dry bedding down. She was so weak she fell on the calf and I had to really be mean to get her up. Calf was fine.</p><p>When I left she was laying there licking the calf like crazy.</p><p>Next morning she was up and nursing the calf. We kept them in for a couple of weeks feeding her like crazy to try to build her back up. Have had that cow for quite a few years now, never did find out what she had that made her so sick.</p><p></p><p>Frosty was a bull calf that I remember. </p><p>We calve starting at the end of Febuary and into the first of May.</p><p>We had 2 feet of snow in the bottom of the coulee and it was about -15 below. An old friend of my husbands showed up that night.</p><p>They went out to check the cows. After the friend left I started to get this feeling to go out and check the cows.</p><p>went down into the coulee and here was a cow trying to get her calf up. He was completely white, covered with frost. Went to barn and turned on the hot box, grabbed the calf sled and headed back.</p><p>Coming back I noticed another cow loosing her water, ok. Then another cow was showing signs of labor.</p><p>Grabbed the calf and got him to the barn and in the hot box. Put both him and his mom in a pen.</p><p>Went back out and could not get those other 2 up to the barn. Woke up the husband and we got them both inside.</p><p>Kept a close watch that night. All 3 calves were fine and grew up nicely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I luv herfrds, post: 608946, member: 5917"] Have quite a few stories. My most favorite had to do with our cow GI Jane. As a first year heifer she was down at the barn with the other first years. I noticed her ears drooping and she was not interested in eating. Was really looking sick. Got her in the barn and hit her with antibotics. Kept her in the barn as a precaution. Just kept watching her, letting her out back to get watered. She just kept getting sicker and weaker. I went and checked her one night just to make sure she was alright. Heard her making some noise, she had just delievered her calf. They were both wet and cold. At this point she was down and could not get up. I was able to pull the calf in front to her and get her up so I could get the wet straw out and put dry bedding down. She was so weak she fell on the calf and I had to really be mean to get her up. Calf was fine. When I left she was laying there licking the calf like crazy. Next morning she was up and nursing the calf. We kept them in for a couple of weeks feeding her like crazy to try to build her back up. Have had that cow for quite a few years now, never did find out what she had that made her so sick. Frosty was a bull calf that I remember. We calve starting at the end of Febuary and into the first of May. We had 2 feet of snow in the bottom of the coulee and it was about -15 below. An old friend of my husbands showed up that night. They went out to check the cows. After the friend left I started to get this feeling to go out and check the cows. went down into the coulee and here was a cow trying to get her calf up. He was completely white, covered with frost. Went to barn and turned on the hot box, grabbed the calf sled and headed back. Coming back I noticed another cow loosing her water, ok. Then another cow was showing signs of labor. Grabbed the calf and got him to the barn and in the hot box. Put both him and his mom in a pen. Went back out and could not get those other 2 up to the barn. Woke up the husband and we got them both inside. Kept a close watch that night. All 3 calves were fine and grew up nicely. [/QUOTE]
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