Except for the multiple birth part, it's exactly the same as a goat, but if you see the soles of the feet pointing up it means trouble. With goats you get used to that, with a cow it means either the calf is backwards or didn't rotate and is on it's back. Before we really got into cows, this is 25 years ago, we had a small goat dairy, 25-30 head of milkers. We had so much experience with pulling kids and the problems related to hard deliveries that the cow people in the area called us to help with the cows when they had problems. What I'm getting at is, other then single birth and physical size, everything you know about goats will work for cows.
dunmovin farms
> She appears to be doing the same
> thing that my goats do right
> before kidding -- in human terms,
> it would be called "passing
> the mucus plug". Sort of a
> slimy discharge from the vulva.
> The vulva is slack, somewhat
> edemous, protruding slightly, and
> "jiggles" when she
> walks. I'm not seeing, or feeling,
> any contractions at this point,
> but they could still be far enough
> apart to just miss them too.
> I'm waiting for the vet to call
> back -- I've got lots of
> experience with other large
> animals (horses and goats,
> primarily), but nothing with
> cattle since I was a teenager and
> those were Angus/Hereford crosses.
> This gal has really become my baby
> since we've had her and I'm worse
> than I was when my grandson was
> born!! LOL
> Thanks