M-5
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It is simply amazing how the different personalities of cattle exhibit when they are calving. Most prefer to do it out of the way and want to hide the calf for a few days while others don't. Saturday I noticed the only high headed one I have bagging up. I checked the dates when I seen the bull breed her and she had over a month to go according to my records. Sunday morning She was out in the pasture by herself and an hour or so later the cows had joined her in that area and I could see a pump handle tail. I eased out in the pasture to do a visual check and could see her water bag and feet. I watched for an hour. she would lay down and push and get up move and laydown again. She even went out on the edge of a dam between 2 ponds and laid down and pushed some more. Then she got up came back to the herd and all the other cows came to her. she was grunting low and they took turns sniffing and she finally laid down and pushed and I seen the head emerge she stood up and calf was hanging then plopped out. she started cleaning and the other cows had to come look at it. within 5 min calf was on its feet and searching for a tit. she took her off to a corner for about 2 hours and then brought her to the lot where other cows were at. she stayed with it all day but in the vicinity of others. You would think that as flighty as she is she would be the one to keep the calf hidden , I guess she had a false heat when I saw her bred but It sure makes for a nice day when one hits the ground and everything goes right.
