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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 342831" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Hate to chastise you, because you indicate you want to learn and they are calving sooner than you expected. BUT, you must SEE each & every cow - at least twice a day. If you can't maybe a neighbor can. Generally, cows should be able to lay down & spit out a calf. But, they can have problems - mostly abnormal presentations. But, you also are not familiar with these cows or the bull they were bred to, and they may have calving difficulties from the calf being too big for them. You just never know - even with cows we have raised. They are totally unpredictable.</p><p>If the cow you saw had the water bag showing when you got there, she instinctively got up because you were there. The water bag will slip back inside the cow & she won't lay back down with you watching (normally). They can even have feet out & you won't see them if she gets up if she isn't very far along.</p><p>As others have said, you need to ID your cattle with eartags.</p><p>Now, granted, you can just leave them alone & if they come back with a live calf, great. If not, oh well. But, you don't sound like you want to be that kind of animal owner.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 342831, member: 968"] Hate to chastise you, because you indicate you want to learn and they are calving sooner than you expected. BUT, you must SEE each & every cow - at least twice a day. If you can't maybe a neighbor can. Generally, cows should be able to lay down & spit out a calf. But, they can have problems - mostly abnormal presentations. But, you also are not familiar with these cows or the bull they were bred to, and they may have calving difficulties from the calf being too big for them. You just never know - even with cows we have raised. They are totally unpredictable. If the cow you saw had the water bag showing when you got there, she instinctively got up because you were there. The water bag will slip back inside the cow & she won't lay back down with you watching (normally). They can even have feet out & you won't see them if she gets up if she isn't very far along. As others have said, you need to ID your cattle with eartags. Now, granted, you can just leave them alone & if they come back with a live calf, great. If not, oh well. But, you don't sound like you want to be that kind of animal owner. [/QUOTE]
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