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<blockquote data-quote="msscamp" data-source="post: 358565" data-attributes="member: 539"><p>Well, I would suggest a good maternity set-up (including calving chute with a gate that swings back, and head catch), someone that your wife can <strong><em><u>absolutely</u></em></strong> depend on - preferably with experience - on speed dial for those 1-5 am deliverys, a reliable calf puller (and the knowledge of how to use it), ob chains (they tend to work hand in hand with the calf puller) and handles, a bottle with a sheep nipple (since most newborns take to that nipple a little quicker, as opposed to a calf nipple), packaged colostrum (just in case), a good supply of old towels/blankets (depending on the weather), somewhere to put the calves if the weather is unduly cold and wet, a gallon of the standard milk purchased from any supermarket (to jump start the calf - just in case), and lots of prayers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="msscamp, post: 358565, member: 539"] Well, I would suggest a good maternity set-up (including calving chute with a gate that swings back, and head catch), someone that your wife can [b][i][u]absolutely[/u][/i][/b] depend on - preferably with experience - on speed dial for those 1-5 am deliverys, a reliable calf puller (and the knowledge of how to use it), ob chains (they tend to work hand in hand with the calf puller) and handles, a bottle with a sheep nipple (since most newborns take to that nipple a little quicker, as opposed to a calf nipple), packaged colostrum (just in case), a good supply of old towels/blankets (depending on the weather), somewhere to put the calves if the weather is unduly cold and wet, a gallon of the standard milk purchased from any supermarket (to jump start the calf - just in case), and lots of prayers. [/QUOTE]
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