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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 917153" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>The prolapses we have here a vulval prolapes, not uterine prolapses, the latter is harder to fix. I'm very wary of any calf that isn't raised by his biological mother, and the performance of a heifer who wasn't raised by her own mother... I've seen adopted calves from poor biological mothers milk well.. but I wouldn't keep any of their calves. I also have a cow who doesn't calf a bull calf lighter than 135 lbs, regardless of sire. Her first calf was a 80 lb heifer, and her own birthweight (and siblings) was only 80ish lbs, so I don't know why she makes these big calves. I hear you about some Shorthorns being hard keepers and big framed. We have a couple who look like they're designed to be coathangers, but they milk well. We have one 1/2 shorthorn who's about a Frame 9 and 2000 lbs, and she's the sweetest animal you could ask for.</p><p></p><p>With the prolapses, I found they get worse with age, so if they aren't too bad this year, I'll keep them for another year and get rid of them next fall</p><p></p><p>I had a heifer this year who had a 110 lb bull calf, I had to pull a bit but it went really well with no damage, she got right up and started licking, and after a week the calf still can't keep up with her milk. Placenta discharged right away and to my surprise, eaten. This heifer isn't one who is prolapse prone, despite the fact that she looked like you could drive a semi-truck out of her butt before she calved</p><p>Pudding butT, a full week before calving</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/?action=view&current=IMG_5986.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/th_IMG_5986.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Her and her bull calf 3 days later</p><p><a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/?action=view&current=IMG_6054-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/th_IMG_6054-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 917153, member: 9096"] The prolapses we have here a vulval prolapes, not uterine prolapses, the latter is harder to fix. I'm very wary of any calf that isn't raised by his biological mother, and the performance of a heifer who wasn't raised by her own mother... I've seen adopted calves from poor biological mothers milk well.. but I wouldn't keep any of their calves. I also have a cow who doesn't calf a bull calf lighter than 135 lbs, regardless of sire. Her first calf was a 80 lb heifer, and her own birthweight (and siblings) was only 80ish lbs, so I don't know why she makes these big calves. I hear you about some Shorthorns being hard keepers and big framed. We have a couple who look like they're designed to be coathangers, but they milk well. We have one 1/2 shorthorn who's about a Frame 9 and 2000 lbs, and she's the sweetest animal you could ask for. With the prolapses, I found they get worse with age, so if they aren't too bad this year, I'll keep them for another year and get rid of them next fall I had a heifer this year who had a 110 lb bull calf, I had to pull a bit but it went really well with no damage, she got right up and started licking, and after a week the calf still can't keep up with her milk. Placenta discharged right away and to my surprise, eaten. This heifer isn't one who is prolapse prone, despite the fact that she looked like you could drive a semi-truck out of her butt before she calved Pudding butT, a full week before calving [url=http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/?action=view¤t=IMG_5986.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/th_IMG_5986.jpg[/img][/url] Her and her bull calf 3 days later [url=http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/?action=view¤t=IMG_6054-1.jpg][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/Rx7man/Moo/th_IMG_6054-1.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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