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<blockquote data-quote="Redgully" data-source="post: 1638377" data-attributes="member: 33533"><p>Ok so both calved out, first 290 days, the second today at 291, both bull calves even though ultrasound predicted one heifer. </p><p></p><p>Unfortunately we lost the first. I put that down to using heifers and will avoid that in the future. I checked her at 10pm, just grazing and no labour signs. 6:30am i found her and there was two feet out. She was full of energy and pushing hard. Didn't appear to have been in labour long but can't really know. I didn't wait for an invite and had the calf out in about 20 minutes. Fairly easy pull. Calf was alive with a good heart beat but completely unresponsive. I tried everything to get it to start breathing. Even resorted to mouth to mouth resuscitation! I worked for about five minutes after it's heart stopped but never got any response. Really not sure why, umbilical cord was still attached when it came out and placenta didnt pass for another three hours so presume was still working. Was a fairly big calf.</p><p></p><p>Second calved today with a textbook birth. 43kg or 95 pounds. Much bigger than i was expecting as my research told me 10kg lighter than this which is the main reason i was happy to use heifers. My red polls consistently go 290+ days gestation and i had thought the embryos would take 10 days off that to the average speckle gestation. I'm learning lots along the way.</p><p></p><p>Might have to do another round to try for a heifer. </p><p></p><p>Here's a photo.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimg.cc/V09FmScV" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/V09FmScV/20200725-161742.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redgully, post: 1638377, member: 33533"] Ok so both calved out, first 290 days, the second today at 291, both bull calves even though ultrasound predicted one heifer. Unfortunately we lost the first. I put that down to using heifers and will avoid that in the future. I checked her at 10pm, just grazing and no labour signs. 6:30am i found her and there was two feet out. She was full of energy and pushing hard. Didn't appear to have been in labour long but can't really know. I didn't wait for an invite and had the calf out in about 20 minutes. Fairly easy pull. Calf was alive with a good heart beat but completely unresponsive. I tried everything to get it to start breathing. Even resorted to mouth to mouth resuscitation! I worked for about five minutes after it's heart stopped but never got any response. Really not sure why, umbilical cord was still attached when it came out and placenta didnt pass for another three hours so presume was still working. Was a fairly big calf. Second calved today with a textbook birth. 43kg or 95 pounds. Much bigger than i was expecting as my research told me 10kg lighter than this which is the main reason i was happy to use heifers. My red polls consistently go 290+ days gestation and i had thought the embryos would take 10 days off that to the average speckle gestation. I'm learning lots along the way. Might have to do another round to try for a heifer. Here's a photo. [url=https://postimg.cc/V09FmScV][img]https://i.postimg.cc/V09FmScV/20200725-161742.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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