Hi Michelle,<br>Bad News!! I had a ten year old cow of many crosses (good ciw) that got hurt by a bull. One of the bull calves were bothering him, so he came off the cow hard & broke her hip down. She had problems walking & it never got any better. She then developed arthritis so bad she couldn't move in the winter when the ground was frozen. I had to carry feed to her & protect her so she could eat it, as the other cows pushed her around. (She had always been "boss cow".) She calved with no problem, raised a good calf, but got knocked down several times during breeding. We put her down as we could not watch her suffer any longer. If she has pain & has trouble walking, I would butcher her as soon as she weans the calf as she won't bring anything at the auction. Soooo Sorry for you but more for her.<br>Good luck with your cow as I know how hard it is to make that kind of decision, especially if she is a pet like Augusta was. Darla *.~<p>: Looking for other producers who have females who have been injured<br>: and suffer from a dropped hip. Want to know what treatments were<br>: used to make cow more comfortabe and what type of longevity did they have<br>: afterwards and what kind of problems can I expect for next years calving of <br>: that female. I was unfortuate enough to have a really nice female injured<br>: after a riding incident when we syncronized a large group for AI, we<br>: used cidrs and the heats were very intense, and this very large female suffered <br>: from a dropped hip, Beaut was used to treat the inflamation for the first two<br>: weeks and she is isolated with the calf and has already been bred back.<p>: Just interested in finding out what type of life this female can expect to have <br>: befor it is time to cull her from the herd.<p>
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