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cow down because headgate was too tight?
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<blockquote data-quote="Fire Sweep Ranch" data-source="post: 1150875" data-attributes="member: 18809"><p>We had this happen, but had a good outcome. We were actually at the vet's, and were branding (freeze) for the first time with the vet (who had never branded). She was a bred heifer, and most of the time she was in the chute she was pushed up against the head gate. When we released her, she immediately came crashing out. She was my daughter's good show heifer, and to watch her scramble all over the floor and not be able to stand put us all in tears!!! I kept asking Doc if she broke her front legs, and he would tell me in a calm, quiet voice, to give her a few minutes that she likely just pinched her nerves. Once she stopped scrambling, he tied her head up to give her support to get her to stand, which she did after 15 minutes or so, but her front legs were wobbly. We went back to branding and finishing up our appointment and by the time we were done and ready to load she was back to her normal self.</p><p>Scared the beegebers out of me (and my daughter), but ended well. He said in all his career, he has only seen it once or twice, but they always get up and recover.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fire Sweep Ranch, post: 1150875, member: 18809"] We had this happen, but had a good outcome. We were actually at the vet's, and were branding (freeze) for the first time with the vet (who had never branded). She was a bred heifer, and most of the time she was in the chute she was pushed up against the head gate. When we released her, she immediately came crashing out. She was my daughter's good show heifer, and to watch her scramble all over the floor and not be able to stand put us all in tears!!! I kept asking Doc if she broke her front legs, and he would tell me in a calm, quiet voice, to give her a few minutes that she likely just pinched her nerves. Once she stopped scrambling, he tied her head up to give her support to get her to stand, which she did after 15 minutes or so, but her front legs were wobbly. We went back to branding and finishing up our appointment and by the time we were done and ready to load she was back to her normal self. Scared the beegebers out of me (and my daughter), but ended well. He said in all his career, he has only seen it once or twice, but they always get up and recover. [/QUOTE]
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