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COW DIED CALVING - IS IT....?
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<blockquote data-quote="momanto" data-source="post: 146208" data-attributes="member: 1210"><p>WENT DOWN TO OUR RIVER PASTURE W/FRIENDS FROM OUT OF TOWN. HE WENT OFF METAL DETECTING AND SHE AND I JUST WALKED AND TALKED AROUND THE PASTURE NEAR THE RIVER. WE SAW A COW COME OUT OF THE RIVER. SHE WAS SO HUGE YOU KNEW SHE WAS DUE. IF FACT, WAS BRED TO DELIVER IN NOV. SHE SEEMED BE IN LABOR. WE WATCHED HER FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR. SHE COLLAPSED ON HER TUMMY FOR MOST OF THAT TIME THEN SHE WANDERED ON OFF TO THE PASTURE. I COULD SEE HER BACK ARCH AND KNEW SHE WAS IN LABOR. IT WAS DARK WHEN WE LEFT.</p><p></p><p>THE DAY AFTERNOON I GET A CALL WE HAVE DEAD COW/BUZZARDS IN THAT PASTURE OVER BY THE OLD RAILROAD BED. I WAS SURE IT WAS THE ONE IN LABOR. </p><p></p><p>WHEN I GOT THERE, MY GRANDSON,15, FINALLY GOT THERE TOO. HE HAD A FRIEND AND THE BOYS HAD JUST KILLED A 12 FT. ALLIGATOR AND TAKEN IT TO HIS HOUSE NEARBY. </p><p></p><p>NO DOUBT THE COW IS DEAD. IT IS THE SAME ONE CAUSE I ID 'S ITS NUMBER THE NIGHT BEFORE. BUZZARDS HAD DONE SOME WORK ON IT. SO I HAD THE BOYS CUT IT SO WE COULD SEE THE POSITION OF THE CALF TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH. IT WAS BREECH. HEREFORD CALF, BIG HEAD AND SHOULDERS. NICE CALF. I DIDNT THINK THE COW WAS A FIRST TIMER. THOSE I KEEP AT THE HOUSE. </p><p></p><p>I FELT AN OBLIGATION TO THE COW AND TO OUR FAMILY BUSINESS TO DO THIS. MY SON MOVED TO GA. THIS SUMMER AND MY OLDEST GS WENT IN THE NAVY THIS SUMMER. HAVE BEEN DOING THE BEST I CAN W/HIRED AG STUDENT HELP. (THIS WAS THE WEEKEND). PLUS ADVICE FROM NEIGHBORS AND OTHER CATTLE RAISERS I KNOW.</p><p></p><p>WAS IT WRONG TO REMOVE THE FETUS? HAVE YOU ALL DONE THAT BEFORE ? CAUSE MY GRANDSON'S DM PITCHED A HISSY FIT OVER IT. LIKE KILLING, BUTCHERING, AN ALLIGATOR DOESNT QUALIFY HIM FOR THE TASK...</p><p></p><p>WE LEFT IT ALL TO THE BUZZARDS CAUSE IT WAS A REMOTE PLACE.</p><p></p><p>MOM "HELP"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="momanto, post: 146208, member: 1210"] WENT DOWN TO OUR RIVER PASTURE W/FRIENDS FROM OUT OF TOWN. HE WENT OFF METAL DETECTING AND SHE AND I JUST WALKED AND TALKED AROUND THE PASTURE NEAR THE RIVER. WE SAW A COW COME OUT OF THE RIVER. SHE WAS SO HUGE YOU KNEW SHE WAS DUE. IF FACT, WAS BRED TO DELIVER IN NOV. SHE SEEMED BE IN LABOR. WE WATCHED HER FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR. SHE COLLAPSED ON HER TUMMY FOR MOST OF THAT TIME THEN SHE WANDERED ON OFF TO THE PASTURE. I COULD SEE HER BACK ARCH AND KNEW SHE WAS IN LABOR. IT WAS DARK WHEN WE LEFT. THE DAY AFTERNOON I GET A CALL WE HAVE DEAD COW/BUZZARDS IN THAT PASTURE OVER BY THE OLD RAILROAD BED. I WAS SURE IT WAS THE ONE IN LABOR. WHEN I GOT THERE, MY GRANDSON,15, FINALLY GOT THERE TOO. HE HAD A FRIEND AND THE BOYS HAD JUST KILLED A 12 FT. ALLIGATOR AND TAKEN IT TO HIS HOUSE NEARBY. NO DOUBT THE COW IS DEAD. IT IS THE SAME ONE CAUSE I ID 'S ITS NUMBER THE NIGHT BEFORE. BUZZARDS HAD DONE SOME WORK ON IT. SO I HAD THE BOYS CUT IT SO WE COULD SEE THE POSITION OF THE CALF TO TRY TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH. IT WAS BREECH. HEREFORD CALF, BIG HEAD AND SHOULDERS. NICE CALF. I DIDNT THINK THE COW WAS A FIRST TIMER. THOSE I KEEP AT THE HOUSE. I FELT AN OBLIGATION TO THE COW AND TO OUR FAMILY BUSINESS TO DO THIS. MY SON MOVED TO GA. THIS SUMMER AND MY OLDEST GS WENT IN THE NAVY THIS SUMMER. HAVE BEEN DOING THE BEST I CAN W/HIRED AG STUDENT HELP. (THIS WAS THE WEEKEND). PLUS ADVICE FROM NEIGHBORS AND OTHER CATTLE RAISERS I KNOW. WAS IT WRONG TO REMOVE THE FETUS? HAVE YOU ALL DONE THAT BEFORE ? CAUSE MY GRANDSON'S DM PITCHED A HISSY FIT OVER IT. LIKE KILLING, BUTCHERING, AN ALLIGATOR DOESNT QUALIFY HIM FOR THE TASK... WE LEFT IT ALL TO THE BUZZARDS CAUSE IT WAS A REMOTE PLACE. MOM "HELP" [/QUOTE]
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