edb130
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I don't know why, but I seem to be having bad luck this year with calving. Didn't know if anybody had any ideas as to cause or if it's just one of those years. Today my daughters registered heifer dropped her calf and my mother and I were there within minutes and it was dead. Hair was extremely short and it looked extremely small. Heifer was 2yrs + and weighs about 1300lbs calf was full term, but didn't look just right. Week ago 2nd calf heifer dropped a calf that we had to bottle feed because it was to weak to get up. Calf is starting to take off pretty good now. About a month ago had a cow who had calf die inside of her and rot. Called vet and nothing could be done, cow died. One other heifer calved and calf ended up dying. I've had 7 other calves and they are all doing great. The only common theme is new bull, but I'm not sure if this is a genetic thing or something else. Mineral program and everything else is the same as last year and I didn't lose a calf.
This is the bull
This is the bull