Curved Calf’s?

GandAbby

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We have one cow who’s had two calves now, both heifers, both by different bulls. Both have had a weird curve when they’re born. Same direction. Her first calf straighten up in an about a month and you never could tell. (I’m sure this one will to). Is it something genetic? Nutrition? How she carries her calves? I just thought it was a fluke the first time. IMG_1496.jpeg
 
Two in a row? She and the calf would be on the cull list. In fact I'd be inclined to make sure they went to slaughter. I just don't tolerate birth anomalies. They just aren't worth taking chances...
I don’t mind taking the chance and she sure won’t be getting culled. Her last calf straightened up perfect in a month and was super nice
 
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We call them “Wind swept “ they grow out of it in no time and is no cause for concern. Caused by cramped quarters in the uterus. No reason for culling
Her last calf straightened up perfect. I’m not worried about this one either. I thought it was funny it was exactly the same 2x in a row. She is a smaller cow so that would make sense
 
We call them “Wind swept “ they grow out of it in no time and is no cause for concern. Caused by cramped quarters in the uterus. No reason for culling
That makes sense with a smaller framed cow. I had to pull the calf out with with a chain and ratchet. We had something similar occur with the "Wind Swept"(going to use that from now on) look though not near as dramatic as that. That makes a lot of sense.
 

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