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<blockquote data-quote="WalnutCrest" data-source="post: 1128454" data-attributes="member: 21715"><p>Our best cow (Violet) died.</p><p></p><p>At least she was courteous enough to do it 5 days after giving us a beautiful heifer (who is now in the barn and has started to learn that head and neck scratches go with drinking milk replacer).</p><p></p><p>We have been planning on flushing multiple cows over the next two years, and those plans haven't changed ... just Violet was going to be the focal point of the program.</p><p></p><p>Plan B will probably involve a longer time horizon, another flush or two on a couple of the other ladies, and the heifer that just hit the ground (Beatrix) and her two years older (half) sister (Zeta). We'll get there ...</p><p></p><p>I will say this, it's been a long (!) time since I cried over the death of an animal. I loved Violet. She was a great cow and a great mother. Here's a good picture of her 2.5 years ago when she was about 8.5yrs old.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/WCCC_Violet_-_8yrs_old.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Not sure if it was tetany or not ... she was fine, and then she was not. Collapsed at the edge of the pond, never to move again.</p><p></p><p>RIP Violet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WalnutCrest, post: 1128454, member: 21715"] Our best cow (Violet) died. At least she was courteous enough to do it 5 days after giving us a beautiful heifer (who is now in the barn and has started to learn that head and neck scratches go with drinking milk replacer). We have been planning on flushing multiple cows over the next two years, and those plans haven't changed ... just Violet was going to be the focal point of the program. Plan B will probably involve a longer time horizon, another flush or two on a couple of the other ladies, and the heifer that just hit the ground (Beatrix) and her two years older (half) sister (Zeta). We'll get there ... I will say this, it's been a long (!) time since I cried over the death of an animal. I loved Violet. She was a great cow and a great mother. Here's a good picture of her 2.5 years ago when she was about 8.5yrs old. [img]http://ranchers.net/photopost/data/500/medium/WCCC_Violet_-_8yrs_old.jpg[/img] Not sure if it was tetany or not ... she was fine, and then she was not. Collapsed at the edge of the pond, never to move again. RIP Violet. [/QUOTE]
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