heifer bagging up

[linebacker]

Went to check heifers today and noticed on of them bagging up like it was getting ready to calve. I am having a hard time figuring this out because the bulls were placed with them at the beginning of March. What might make her bag up?

 

[msscamp]

Is she actually bagging up or did her udder just drop some? I don't mean to insult you or question your intelligence, but to the inexperienced eye the latter can - and has - been mistaken for the former. If she is actually bagging up - udder becoming more rounded and firm as it fills with milk, tits becoming engorged and distended - I would say the bull got to her without your knowledge. Just my thoughts.

 

[jnowack]

THERE COULD BE SOMETHING NURSING HER OR IT COULD BE JUST A HORMONAL THING. I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF HEIFERS THAT DID THE SAME THING WHEN THEY GOT OLD ENOUGH TO BREED AND THEN IT JUST WENT AWAY. I ALSO HAD A SIX MONTH OLD HEIFER DEVELOP MASTITIS THE VET SAID IT IS PRETTY RARE BUT IT HAPPENS.

 

[cypressfarms]

Heifers can be very unpredictable when talking about "bagging up". Two cases just this year here: First was a heifer that dropped a bag and started filling over a month before she calved. Second was a heifer that went from hardly being able to see her teats to calving in 3-4 days. The second has one of the nicest bags I've seen.

I'd pay more attention to the rear end with a heifer.