ROCK-N-W
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I wanted to post this when It happened 2 months ago but was not sure how to exsplain it and I was busy with lots of ranch chores, So here goes.
I Watched a cow give birth in the middle of the pasture.
Everything went pretty normal including the cow eating her after birth the calf getting up pretty quick and nursing right off.
Both the cow & calf then layed down together for about a hour, I went along did some feeding up and went back to see how they we're going. Ok HERE WE GO
The cow got up as I stayed a fair distance away cause she's not the tameist cow when she has a calf, learned that one from previous exsperience.
She started ah bellowering real loud like something was attacking her, which I have heard similer when a coyote is after a calf or cow. Then she hiked up her tail and discharged a large bloody mass & started pawing at the ground, then started throwing up a clear substance from her mouth. The strange thing is My entire herd of cows was running towards her for all they we're worth and started stomping & kicking that new born calf, rasing up on thier back legs and coming down on her calf. I don't know why I ran for all I was worth when I could of drove alot quicker, but all I could think of was to get those cows and hieffers away from that calf. They almost stomped that calf to death I had to whipum off with my Hickory cane. It took them cows 20 minutes to calm down. Then I was worried the cow wouldn't take back the calf but after a while all was back to normal. It's as if when the herd smelled that blood they went into a blood frenzy. I been at this a good while and that was a first for me, My wife just sat in the truck in shock as I ran cow after cow away from that calf as they tried to kill it? Any one ever seen anything like that?
I Watched a cow give birth in the middle of the pasture.
Everything went pretty normal including the cow eating her after birth the calf getting up pretty quick and nursing right off.
Both the cow & calf then layed down together for about a hour, I went along did some feeding up and went back to see how they we're going. Ok HERE WE GO
The cow got up as I stayed a fair distance away cause she's not the tameist cow when she has a calf, learned that one from previous exsperience.
She started ah bellowering real loud like something was attacking her, which I have heard similer when a coyote is after a calf or cow. Then she hiked up her tail and discharged a large bloody mass & started pawing at the ground, then started throwing up a clear substance from her mouth. The strange thing is My entire herd of cows was running towards her for all they we're worth and started stomping & kicking that new born calf, rasing up on thier back legs and coming down on her calf. I don't know why I ran for all I was worth when I could of drove alot quicker, but all I could think of was to get those cows and hieffers away from that calf. They almost stomped that calf to death I had to whipum off with my Hickory cane. It took them cows 20 minutes to calm down. Then I was worried the cow wouldn't take back the calf but after a while all was back to normal. It's as if when the herd smelled that blood they went into a blood frenzy. I been at this a good while and that was a first for me, My wife just sat in the truck in shock as I ran cow after cow away from that calf as they tried to kill it? Any one ever seen anything like that?
