Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
cow calving
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 14794"><p>Good point, but I've seen way to many of these folks that have no idea when the cow was bred expecting a calf any minute just because they say mucus. Neighbor is an excellent case in point. He's been checking a cow twice a day for two weeks because of discharge. The poor old girl hasn't even started to bag (not always reliable either) but she hasn't started to dropped off around the tail head either.</p><p></p><p>dunmovin farms</p><p></p><p>> There are two different mucous</p><p>> discharges which you are lumping</p><p>> into the same category. #1 Thick</p><p>> slime, often yellowish in colour</p><p>> produced within the last 1-2</p><p>> months pre calving, usually scant</p><p>> but can certainly slime the tail</p><p></p><p>> #2 Cervical plug; thick,</p><p>> colourless, clear to opaque,</p><p>> ELASTIC which will wrap around</p><p>> tail and anything else nearby, can</p><p>> hang to floor...ONLY found when</p><p>> cervix is dilating, generally</p><p>> within the immediate calving</p><p>> process (stage 1 of labour)</p><p></p><p>> To me they're not interchangable</p><p>> and easy to tell apart. The</p><p>> cervical plug rarely seems to get</p><p>> coated with manure...thus always</p><p>> looks CLEAR to OPAQUE and is</p><p>> always ELASTIC. If you see it,</p><p>> almost 100% of the time she's</p><p>> calving, and will go within 24</p><p>> hours.</p><p></p><p>> Clear as mud? V</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 14794"] Good point, but I've seen way to many of these folks that have no idea when the cow was bred expecting a calf any minute just because they say mucus. Neighbor is an excellent case in point. He's been checking a cow twice a day for two weeks because of discharge. The poor old girl hasn't even started to bag (not always reliable either) but she hasn't started to dropped off around the tail head either. dunmovin farms > There are two different mucous > discharges which you are lumping > into the same category. #1 Thick > slime, often yellowish in colour > produced within the last 1-2 > months pre calving, usually scant > but can certainly slime the tail > #2 Cervical plug; thick, > colourless, clear to opaque, > ELASTIC which will wrap around > tail and anything else nearby, can > hang to floor...ONLY found when > cervix is dilating, generally > within the immediate calving > process (stage 1 of labour) > To me they're not interchangable > and easy to tell apart. The > cervical plug rarely seems to get > coated with manure...thus always > looks CLEAR to OPAQUE and is > always ELASTIC. If you see it, > almost 100% of the time she's > calving, and will go within 24 > hours. > Clear as mud? V [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Cattle Boards
Beginners Board
cow calving
Top