Cow Bleeding ?

[kerley]

We had a mishap last breeding season. One of my heifers was bread and successfully calved unassisted by herself. She did everything like she should have, and produced a nice little fat heifer calve. [ Kathy has not named her yet.] Any way she calved on Dec. 16,2009. Today she had passed bloody mucus, it was all over her tail. Not a lot but enough to notice. Could she possibly be in heat or what. She is eating and seems very happy. Any ideas whats going on.
~Tom.

 

[bigbull338]

yes she could very well be in heat.

 

[novatech]

yes she could very well be in heat.

Could be but I have seen some cows take quite some time to completly clean out.
I would watch her. If it continues then you may have something to be concerned with. If she clears up and spots again in 21 days you will know.

 

[hillsdown]

More than likely she is still cleaning , nothing abnormal about that .

 

[CPL]

More than likely she is still cleaning , nothing abnormal about that .

Thats been my experience too. They'll (for lack of a better term!!) "leak" blood, mucus for several days possibly even longer.

 

[dun]

Unless it's bright fresh blood she's probably still cleaning

 

[kerley]

Cow is fine. She stoped bleeding and is nursing her calve. I did move them into a nursery pen today. Kathy got to inspect them and now every one is happy. I also gave them a little sweet feed to coax them into the pen.
~Tom.