We just had our last calf of the season, yay! Overall, it's been a so-so year. We lost 10 calves, I guess we were making up from last year because we didn't lose anything.
Last night, we had a 12 month old heifer drop a calf. Major oops. The heifers were all given lutalyse(sp?) when they were weaned, so I don't know how she ended up having one. The heifer must have started calving sometime after chores were done. When dad got up to feed this morning, the heifer had the head and one leg out. The calf was dead. We couldn't get the other leg out and couldn't push the head back in, so we ended up cutting the calf's head off to get the body out. The worse part was she could have had it by herself, it only weighed around 70lbs. We also lost one due to dehydration from scours. We even IV'd it, but she was too far gone. Had some cows deliver dead calves too.
The good things this calving season, we have a lot of great looking calves, and as of right now 40 bulls still intact and 50 purebred heifers likely to make the cut. I'll hopefully get some pictures up soon, but those little suckers are hard to photograph. They like to follow the dogs around when you go out there, and the stupid donkey wants to be in the pictures all the time.
Last night, we had a 12 month old heifer drop a calf. Major oops. The heifers were all given lutalyse(sp?) when they were weaned, so I don't know how she ended up having one. The heifer must have started calving sometime after chores were done. When dad got up to feed this morning, the heifer had the head and one leg out. The calf was dead. We couldn't get the other leg out and couldn't push the head back in, so we ended up cutting the calf's head off to get the body out. The worse part was she could have had it by herself, it only weighed around 70lbs. We also lost one due to dehydration from scours. We even IV'd it, but she was too far gone. Had some cows deliver dead calves too.
The good things this calving season, we have a lot of great looking calves, and as of right now 40 bulls still intact and 50 purebred heifers likely to make the cut. I'll hopefully get some pictures up soon, but those little suckers are hard to photograph. They like to follow the dogs around when you go out there, and the stupid donkey wants to be in the pictures all the time.
