for those who are curious...Knock Knees

[milkmaid]

here's the picture I promised. Last winter.

Due to the way her hooves were growing she was more severe than that when I sold her... but that's the only good picture I have.

Wish I knew what caused it in the first place, but my vet just shrugged - could have been anything.

(Oh - and here's the other post for those who didn't see it - http://cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24130)

 

[Anonymous]

:shock: never seen it that bad before

 

[rattler]

thanks MM you had me wondering. good pic.
rattler

 

[Beefy]

probably a mineral deficiency or either poisonous plant consumed while she was being gestated.

 

[milkmaid]

Could be, Beefy. Boss was pretty sure she wasn't born like that though... although I suppose she could have been very mildly knock kneed at birth and gotten more and more severe as she grew older. Vet said an injury was a possibility - but what's the chance of an injury that affects BOTH knees to the same degree? *shrug*

I honestly don't know how she looked when she was born or when the knock knees first showed up. The first time I noticed her was a few months before her first calf, and she looked like that.

 

[WarriorPatriot]

Yikes, never have seen anything like that. Beats my steer my a long shot ;-)

Awfully nice picture of her though milkmaid

 

[Workinonit Farm]

:shock: I've never seen it that bad before. Wow.

Thanks for posting the pic.

Katherine

 

[milkmaid]

Oh - and FWIW, she had two heifer calves, and both looked perfectly normal. Whatever caused KK's problems doesn't appear to have been genetic. Or at least not a dominant genetic flaw.

She was the last of my structurally imperfect animals. :lol: Had one put down, one butchered, and sold KK. I don't have a problem with taking on cows that need some TLC, but I'm going to try to stick with ones that don't have structural deformities from now on. :lol: