Cucumber35
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Pulled in the lane this morning and saw a buzzard fly away from near the hay feeder and a couple others circling. Found an aborted fetus the size of a large cat or small dog, guessed to be about 5 months along or so. Checked the herd and it was clearly from one of the yearling heifers. She would have been 12-13 months when the bull was turned out on April 25th. Vaccinated as a calf with 2 rounds of Triangle10 and an annual booster about a month ago with the rest of the herd. The fetus was pretty picked apart by buzzards already so I pitched it in the woods. Wondering now if I shouldn't have saved it to have checked. Really hoping this doesn't become a pattern, I have 16 more heifers in that group. Any ideas of possible causes or insight on what to look for in the future? I know there's a lot of variables, just hoping I'm not headed down a dark path and this was a fluke.