Jeanne - Simme Valley
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Dead calf looks like she pushed it out while she was standing and the calf fell in a pile. But, we will never know!!
Brahman over English makes large calves.Part of the fun of buying sale barn cows, especially bred cows, is you never know what you'll get!!
This 4 yr old cow was called 7 months bred 2 weeks ago. Always fun to guess what bull bred the cow!
My buddy thinks charolais.
I'm not buying it. Calf is tiny. Like 60 lbs. And very dainty lil heifer.
If it had any kind of hump I'd think a brahma bull got her. But not enough ear.
Hmmmmmm
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I don't think u can see it in the pics. In person, even as far away as I was, the calfs mouth did not look right. I could see teeth and gums. I sure wish I could've gotten closer or gotten back over there sooner.But did anyone check the bite?
Damn it, Murray, now she'll show up for sure.I don't think u can see it in the pics. In person, even as far away as I was, the calfs mouth did not look right. I could see teeth and gums. I sure wish I could've gotten closer or gotten back over there sooner.
One things for sure...Yeah, laugh now, you've damned us to a seven hour lecture on homeopathic cell salts, roadkill deer, potatoes and chemicals.
If she shows up I'm @ing you after all of her posts to make sure you're right here with me.
No, nothing could have. It sucks, but it happens. Old or young, dying is one of their primary skill sets. Had a cow once try to calve on open ground in a storm. She got struck by lightning with the calf halfway out. It was bad, ol' son.One things for sure...
Her mission is accomplished. Everyone is aware!
Nothing I can do now. The more I look at the pictures and what I can still remember in my mind, I'm of a mind it was a curly calf.
From what I understand, that requires the female and the male mates to carry that specific mutation for it to happen.
Had nothing to do with fertilizer or weed killer. All the cell salts in the world wouldn't help that poor dead disappeared calf....
That one had been dead in the cow for awhile is my guess.This is NOT a fun sale barn surprise. Bought at a fancy bred cow sale. I do not have the papers and it's not my cow. My friends cow.
This cow I really really liked. I had plans of talking him out of her next month. From what I can tell, just a stillborn. I really don't know and wasn't gonna get killed today. Funny, she's the gentlest girl over there too!
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If we can get her caught this weekend, I've got a super aggressive nursing steer we may try....
I sure would've liked to known more on that one!That one had been dead in the cow for awhile is my guess.
It can get worse, there exists the rare case of mummified calf.I sure would've liked to known more on that one!
That one had been dead in the cow for awhile is my guess.
I was gonna edit last post but I'll just add here.It can get worse, there exists the rare case of mummified calf.
That calf definitely has a hump!!We bought the Brahman x as an open
The other as a bred cow.
We don't have a Brahman bull.
She is very protective of her baby.