first post and a rather uncomon problem

[nordicfarmer]

Hi.

I have problem with an cow gone wild.
It run away when people is around and its winter here and its still out there.
I think the only thing left is to take out the Winchester and secure some nice beef.
The only problem is that we exspect her to deliver first week in match and there is likely to be sub zero temperatures around that time so its unlikely to survive its first hours.

Been thinking that putting her to rest at mid February and cut her open to get the calf out might be the way to do it.
Anyone had to do such thing before? How long would I have from death occur before the calf need to be out if its going to have a chance to survive?
How many weeks premature can it be without causing problems?

Hoping for some experienced input. :nod:

 

[Bigfoot]

I assume you are in a very cold area. What is she eating? Surely between now and March you can toll her into something that will hold her.

 

[piedmontese]

Unless u actually know the day she got bred you're just guessing on her due date. A premature calf can have a lot of problems. What is she eating? Don't u have a corral of some sort that I can gradually coax her into with sweet feed? Just takes time.

 

[thommoos]

Had one go wild on us, run to the other end of the pasture at the sight of someone. What i Did.
1. started feeding her with cubes, I would poor out and step back about 100 yards and wait while she ate.
2. I kept moving the feed spot closer to the catch pen each time i fed her.
3. after about 4 days she was with in 10 yards of feeding with me there.
4. on the fifth day i put feed going into pen and left her alone.
5. sixth day fed her in the pen but did not try to CATCH HER.
6. Seventh day I quickly closed the pen and kept her fed. I kept kept exposed to me alone the whole time. once caught she calmed down.
:2cents:

 

[TexasBred]

Hi.



Been thinking that putting her to rest at mid February and cut her open to get the calf out might be the way to do it.
Anyone had to do such thing before? How long would I have from death occur before the calf need to be out if its going to have a chance to survive?
How many weeks premature can it be without causing problems?

Hoping for some experienced input. :nod:

Why not just let the vet come out and perform a C-Section and save both.

 

[3waycross]

Hi.



Been thinking that putting her to rest at mid February and cut her open to get the calf out might be the way to do it.
Anyone had to do such thing before? How long would I have from death occur before the calf need to be out if its going to have a chance to survive?
How many weeks premature can it be without causing problems?

Hoping for some experienced input. :nod:

Why not just let the vet come out and perform a C-Section and save both.

Because after he shoots her she will probably be dead! :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :mrgreen:

 

[nordicfarmer]

Thanks for the replys.
First of I know when she is going to deliver if she have calf.
Her only romance was with the local vet so it will be around first week of martch assuming it was successful.
We have not seen her for a few mounts only her tracks and droopings just to give a picture about her shyness
From what we can tell from observations she is now eating the tips of birch tree since the grass is rather yellow now. We had plans to feed her grass, but the area she is is quite remote and the winter has not been cold enough to make it possible to drive tractor there and the ground is muddy.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Hi. I have problem with an cow gone wild. It run away when people is around and its winter here and its still out there.

She must be a very good winter grazer. ;-) They will get hungry enough at some point to come in to come into a baited corral. One of my high headed SD range cow specials waited till mid January. She was interesting to own and exciting to load out.

 

[nordicfarmer]

Why not just let the vet come out and perform a C-Section and save both.

If it was possible to get a vet even close to her I would just get her towed in and let her give birth the natural way.
Edit: the area is full of Sitka spruce. Was planted tight around 10000 thres there in the 60's and some in the 80's no way to get her out from there if she don't want to.
If not my option would be to wait for snow and simply runn her down using skies or snow shoes.

 

[alisonb]

Are we going to buy into this one??? ;-)

 

[skeeter swatter]

Where are you located?

 

[Aaron]

Get yourself some good square bales of hay and start baiting her, bringing her closer and closer to a spot where you can hold her in a pen and load her onto a trailer and send her to the sales barn - who cares about one friggin unborn calf. Don't know why people put up with cr@p like this - if she is a cow, this obviously isn't the first notion she's had to be bonkers.

If hay won't work alone, pour some kind of sweet grain ration mix on top of it to sweeten the deal.

If that won't work, you'll have to find yourself some dogs and cowboys that can bring her in. I wouldn't butcher an animal that is completely stressed out like that - it will taste like shyt.

 

[Kingfisher]

Lol. What would you do after " you run her down with ski or snow shoes?!?". I suggest using the snowmobile

 

[wbvs58]

I would just leave her. Put hay out regularly where you see the footprints but just let her be and gain confidence. Their need to be with a herd catches up to them especially once they settle down after calving and before long you will see her along a fence line socialising with other cows.
She must not have been too bad at one stage to be able to get her inseminated.
Ken

 

[TexasBred]

Why not just let the vet come out and perform a C-Section and save both.

If it was possible to get a vet even close to her I would just get her towed in and let her give birth the natural way.
Edit: the area is full of Sitka spruce. Was planted tight around 10000 thres there in the 60's and some in the 80's no way to get her out from there if she don't want to.
If not my option would be to wait for snow and simply runn her down using skies or snow shoes.

Best of luck. Would love to be there to watch the cross country ski match.

 

[Chris H]

If it was possible to get a vet even close to her I would just get her towed in and let her give birth the natural way.
Edit: the area is full of Sitka spruce. Was planted tight around 10000 thres there in the 60's and some in the 80's no way to get her out from there if she don't want to.
If not my option would be to wait for snow and simply runn her down using skies or snow shoes.

Best of luck. Would love to be there to watch the cross country ski match.

eeeks! A cow that crazy could turn on a person. I wouldn't want to be in that persons skis!

 

[Stocker Steve]

Lol. What would you do after " you run her down with ski or snow shoes?!?". I suggest using the snowmobile

I like to run them down wearing bear paw snow shoes for maneuverability. Long ski are clumsy and snowmobiles are not sporting.

 

[Kingfisher]

Lol. What would you do after " you run her down with ski or snow shoes?!?". I suggest using the snowmobile

I like to run them down wearing bear paw snow shoes for maneuverability. Long ski are clumsy and snowmobiles are not sporting.

Nonsense! Any crazy beef in a thick spruce forest on snow shoes with only a Winchester I consider Sport enough!

 

[Ouachita]

Come in for a cold beer and shoot pool, stay for the barflies

 

[Beef Man]

Every so often some one somewhere has a problem that is'nt really funny,but ,sure is humerous. There is no such thing as a cow that can't be captured if you really want to do it a good horse and a rope and a bit of time is all it should take. Where do you live? What set the old girl off? She sounds like she is in good health, so doesn't have a excuse, except she is getting away with it. Good luck