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Haybelly or am I getting an OOPS calf?
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<blockquote data-quote="Lannie" data-source="post: 1679530" data-attributes="member: 8202"><p>When I'm bumping a calf, I use the flat of my hands, fingers spread and crossed over each other 90 degrees (more surface area to feel), then push in firmly but slowly, then let off quick and press in again. Most times the cow will move away, so you might have to keep at it for a little while, but it's easy to feel the calf moving under your hands that way, once they start moving around in response to your push. Closer to calving, the calf is tighter in there and not moving around as much, so it might be harder to find, but a month out is the perfect time to bump. I can usually feel them from a little more than 2 months out, up to a couple of weeks before calving, but it was difficult at first to know what I was feeling for. After a while, it's pretty easy.</p><p></p><p>I have been kicked in the head by an in-utero calf before. I had my head pressed in on the cow's soft belly in front of her knee, milking, and I guess the calf woke up and stretched. That was a weird feeling, LOL! </p><p></p><p>I have been told (don't know how true it is) that if you try bumping while the cow is eating, you have a better chance of finding the calf. I guess something about the rumen filling/working wakes the calf up and they start to stretch and move around. It seems to work that way for me most times, but sometimes not, so take that with a grain of salt. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I think she looks pregnant, too, by the way. I wish I could see her udder. If she's a heifer, it should be doing something by now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lannie, post: 1679530, member: 8202"] When I'm bumping a calf, I use the flat of my hands, fingers spread and crossed over each other 90 degrees (more surface area to feel), then push in firmly but slowly, then let off quick and press in again. Most times the cow will move away, so you might have to keep at it for a little while, but it's easy to feel the calf moving under your hands that way, once they start moving around in response to your push. Closer to calving, the calf is tighter in there and not moving around as much, so it might be harder to find, but a month out is the perfect time to bump. I can usually feel them from a little more than 2 months out, up to a couple of weeks before calving, but it was difficult at first to know what I was feeling for. After a while, it's pretty easy. I have been kicked in the head by an in-utero calf before. I had my head pressed in on the cow's soft belly in front of her knee, milking, and I guess the calf woke up and stretched. That was a weird feeling, LOL! I have been told (don't know how true it is) that if you try bumping while the cow is eating, you have a better chance of finding the calf. I guess something about the rumen filling/working wakes the calf up and they start to stretch and move around. It seems to work that way for me most times, but sometimes not, so take that with a grain of salt. ;) I think she looks pregnant, too, by the way. I wish I could see her udder. If she's a heifer, it should be doing something by now. [/QUOTE]
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