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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: 1838123" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>The last calves we had on the ranch in South Dakota were from the last cows we'd saved just in case the real estate deal didn't go through as planned. Three born a week apart, and all born in blizzards. The last one was the only one that gave us a problem and it needed to be brought into the kitchen to be warmed up. The cows were just outside a window so we could watch them closely, and this calf fell into a snow drift several times and finally gave up. I had to go out and around to reach it, put a loop on it to drag it through the fence and away from a pissed off protective mother, and then drag it through four foot drifts for a ways to get it to the house. The next morning it was easy to get the calf back to mom because the drift was hard enough to walk on. It is surprising how a wet calf coming out of a hot inside-the-cow environment can live through being born in minus zero temps and thrive. One of those come to God moments to anyone that has the capacity to be amazed at the world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1838123, member: 42463"] The last calves we had on the ranch in South Dakota were from the last cows we'd saved just in case the real estate deal didn't go through as planned. Three born a week apart, and all born in blizzards. The last one was the only one that gave us a problem and it needed to be brought into the kitchen to be warmed up. The cows were just outside a window so we could watch them closely, and this calf fell into a snow drift several times and finally gave up. I had to go out and around to reach it, put a loop on it to drag it through the fence and away from a pissed off protective mother, and then drag it through four foot drifts for a ways to get it to the house. The next morning it was easy to get the calf back to mom because the drift was hard enough to walk on. It is surprising how a wet calf coming out of a hot inside-the-cow environment can live through being born in minus zero temps and thrive. One of those come to God moments to anyone that has the capacity to be amazed at the world. [/QUOTE]
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