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<blockquote data-quote="George Monk" data-source="post: 796159" data-attributes="member: 3545"><p>I don't know how others handle this situation but it seems to work for me.</p><p></p><p>We had a heifer that I check at 10pm calve the following morning. Temp was in the low teens and when I found her at 6:30 the calf was pretty well gone. Barely moving her legs and the gum line was pretty blue. When I picked her up only a small moan and limp but a little stiff. Ran her down to the house and gave it a warm/hot shower. After about a while she started shivering and then I continued to shower her for a while longer. She started to move a lot better and seemed to try to get up a little but was really weak. Got the show blower out and dried her off and then had to defer to a GREAT friend who came over so I wouldn't be late to work. He got a little colostrum in her and then came back around noon and slipped two egss. I came home at lunch to see him hauling the calf back to momma. The calf was standing and keeping its balance in the back of his pickup. What a great sight. Any way we saved the little girl. I have to be thankful for a nice calf but also for great friends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="George Monk, post: 796159, member: 3545"] I don't know how others handle this situation but it seems to work for me. We had a heifer that I check at 10pm calve the following morning. Temp was in the low teens and when I found her at 6:30 the calf was pretty well gone. Barely moving her legs and the gum line was pretty blue. When I picked her up only a small moan and limp but a little stiff. Ran her down to the house and gave it a warm/hot shower. After about a while she started shivering and then I continued to shower her for a while longer. She started to move a lot better and seemed to try to get up a little but was really weak. Got the show blower out and dried her off and then had to defer to a GREAT friend who came over so I wouldn't be late to work. He got a little colostrum in her and then came back around noon and slipped two egss. I came home at lunch to see him hauling the calf back to momma. The calf was standing and keeping its balance in the back of his pickup. What a great sight. Any way we saved the little girl. I have to be thankful for a nice calf but also for great friends. [/QUOTE]
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