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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 667609" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Sometimes you can straighten a bent leg or breech calf and then gently pull, without any additional traction. I've always figured if a cow is taking a while to crown the calf (slightly too large) but doesn't need major intervention, then that assistance can cut half an hour from the birthing process and get the pair of them up and going so much sooner - possibly reducing slow calves, stillborns, calving paralysis.</p><p>It's knowing when to help and when to leave things be that's the trick.</p><p>The risk from a chain/rope assisted birth is low, but hand pulling it's almost negligible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 667609, member: 9267"] Sometimes you can straighten a bent leg or breech calf and then gently pull, without any additional traction. I've always figured if a cow is taking a while to crown the calf (slightly too large) but doesn't need major intervention, then that assistance can cut half an hour from the birthing process and get the pair of them up and going so much sooner - possibly reducing slow calves, stillborns, calving paralysis. It's knowing when to help and when to leave things be that's the trick. The risk from a chain/rope assisted birth is low, but hand pulling it's almost negligible. [/QUOTE]
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