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<blockquote data-quote="TCRanch" data-source="post: 1283962" data-attributes="member: 24027"><p>First of all, I'm so sorry! We've had preemies that have made it but all had a full coat, teeth, hooves were soft but fully formed, lungs were apparently developed enough, smallest was 40 lbs & we happened to find them in time. Sounds like your little girls were way too premature. Our only set of twins were heifers, both 60+ lbs but their momma also clocked in at 2000 lbs. As to the 2nd part of your question (which is absolutely not dumb), you did the right thing, sometimes it's helpful to massage the calf to stimulate breathing. How was the cow reacting? Mothering-up? Most of the time you can tell for sure by her behavior but you have to trust your gut & from what you explained it doesn't seem at all likely they were alive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCRanch, post: 1283962, member: 24027"] First of all, I'm so sorry! We've had preemies that have made it but all had a full coat, teeth, hooves were soft but fully formed, lungs were apparently developed enough, smallest was 40 lbs & we happened to find them in time. Sounds like your little girls were way too premature. Our only set of twins were heifers, both 60+ lbs but their momma also clocked in at 2000 lbs. As to the 2nd part of your question (which is absolutely not dumb), you did the right thing, sometimes it's helpful to massage the calf to stimulate breathing. How was the cow reacting? Mothering-up? Most of the time you can tell for sure by her behavior but you have to trust your gut & from what you explained it doesn't seem at all likely they were alive. [/QUOTE]
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