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Breeding / Calving Issues
Calving can be so rewarding - and so gut wrenching!
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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1837095" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>I had a cow with the calf's head out inside the birth sack... and no hooves. A big sack about the size of a basketball. And the cow was out in the north forty about as far from the headgate as she could be, and not inclined for me getting close enough to help.</p><p></p><p>So I started to walk her back to the barn, hoping the calf would be alive when I finally got my arm in her. There was a pond on the way... and the b***h walked in and LAID DOWN. I couldn't believe it, and it was a wrench to see her go down, the calf's head inside the birth sack sinking beneath the water. I stepped into the water and as I did the d**n cow got up and headed toward the barn again.</p><p></p><p>I finally got her in the headgate and by then the calf had slipped back inside, and I expected a dead calf. But right away I found the mouth and the jaw moved. I got each leg positioned, one at a time, and the calf slipped right out with barely any encouragement. Hips locked, twist to free them, and the calf hit the ground. Dragged the calf up in front of the cow and let her lick it for a minute or two, and drug it out into the middle of the corral, turning the cow out with it. Big bull calf and did well after all that weirdness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1837095, member: 42463"] I had a cow with the calf's head out inside the birth sack... and no hooves. A big sack about the size of a basketball. And the cow was out in the north forty about as far from the headgate as she could be, and not inclined for me getting close enough to help. So I started to walk her back to the barn, hoping the calf would be alive when I finally got my arm in her. There was a pond on the way... and the b***h walked in and LAID DOWN. I couldn't believe it, and it was a wrench to see her go down, the calf's head inside the birth sack sinking beneath the water. I stepped into the water and as I did the d**n cow got up and headed toward the barn again. I finally got her in the headgate and by then the calf had slipped back inside, and I expected a dead calf. But right away I found the mouth and the jaw moved. I got each leg positioned, one at a time, and the calf slipped right out with barely any encouragement. Hips locked, twist to free them, and the calf hit the ground. Dragged the calf up in front of the cow and let her lick it for a minute or two, and drug it out into the middle of the corral, turning the cow out with it. Big bull calf and did well after all that weirdness. [/QUOTE]
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