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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1771730" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>That's hard... but not surprising.</p><p></p><p>I came home one day to find a cow out in the back forty with a big red sack hanging out her back end. As I got close I could see it was a balloon of birth sack with a bunch of fluid in it and the calf's head... but no feet. I was sure the calf was dead, but knowing I'd have to help to save the cow I started to push her toward the barn where the headgate was.</p><p>There was a pond on the way and the damn cow walked right in and LAID DOWN. I was all ready to step in and wade, but the cow got up and I got her to the barn and into the headgate. By this time the calf had slipped back inside.</p><p>I told the wife to bring the calf puller and she disappeared to go find it.</p><p>I reached in to see what was going on and in putting a finger in the calf's mouth the calf <em>moved!</em></p><p>So I was trying to find the front legs and pull them forward, up to my armpit in the cow, and my city girl wife walks in... She realizes where my arm is, her eyes get huge, her mouth drops open, and she does a quick 180 and she goes back the way she came... out of the barn.</p><p>I got the legs in the right position and the calf pulled without any equipment, actually a very easy pull up to the hips and then a quick twist and the calf plops on the ground... alive.</p><p>I drag the calf to the front of the headgate so the cow can see what she produced and can clean it, and all was good.</p><p></p><p>The thing that got to me was the damn cow laying down in the pond with the calf's head sticking out of her rear end, all enclosed inside a bag of sloshing fluid. I thought sure the calf was dead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1771730, member: 42463"] That's hard... but not surprising. I came home one day to find a cow out in the back forty with a big red sack hanging out her back end. As I got close I could see it was a balloon of birth sack with a bunch of fluid in it and the calf's head... but no feet. I was sure the calf was dead, but knowing I'd have to help to save the cow I started to push her toward the barn where the headgate was. There was a pond on the way and the damn cow walked right in and LAID DOWN. I was all ready to step in and wade, but the cow got up and I got her to the barn and into the headgate. By this time the calf had slipped back inside. I told the wife to bring the calf puller and she disappeared to go find it. I reached in to see what was going on and in putting a finger in the calf's mouth the calf [I]moved![/I] So I was trying to find the front legs and pull them forward, up to my armpit in the cow, and my city girl wife walks in... She realizes where my arm is, her eyes get huge, her mouth drops open, and she does a quick 180 and she goes back the way she came... out of the barn. I got the legs in the right position and the calf pulled without any equipment, actually a very easy pull up to the hips and then a quick twist and the calf plops on the ground... alive. I drag the calf to the front of the headgate so the cow can see what she produced and can clean it, and all was good. The thing that got to me was the damn cow laying down in the pond with the calf's head sticking out of her rear end, all enclosed inside a bag of sloshing fluid. I thought sure the calf was dead. [/QUOTE]
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