HEIFER HAS DISCHARGE

[momanto]

THIS HEIFER WAS BORN 11/03. SHE AND TWO OTHER HEIFERS FROM THAT CROP WERE NOT OFFSPRING OF OUR PRESENT BULL, SO WE SAVED THEM. THEY ALL WERE SLOW IN GROWING, COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE CALVES, WHICH WERE HEREFORD STOCK. THEY FINALLY CAUGHT UP THIS LAST YEAR AND TWO OF THEM ARE BRED AND NORMAL SIZE. THE ONE IN QUESTION WAS ALWAYS SLIGHTER SMALLER. SHE NOW IS ACTING LETHARGIC, HAS A CLEAR DISCHARGE. I PULLED HER OUT AND HAVE HER IN A STALL W/GRASS, WATER AND TRANSITION FEED THAT HAS ANTIBIOTIC IN IT. I PUT CYDECTIN ON HER AS IT HAS BEEN ABOUT 3 MONTHS FOR THAT. I USE A VARIETY OF FLY POURONS AS FLIES HAVE BEEN BAD.

WE PLAN TO PULL HER OUT AND PUT HER IN A COW CATCHER FOR AN EXAM, MAYBE TOMORROW THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, BUT DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THIS COULD BE? IT IS REAL HARD TO GET A VET HERE, IN FACT, ONE OF OUR LOCAL VETS DIED RECENTLY.

THANKS, MOM

 

[Jogeephus]

I call it sapping. A clear syrupy discharge. In my heifers and cows, it usually means she is going to calve shortly. But not necessary in the next few days. Sometimes they run sap a few weeks or even a month before they calve. The way she is acting though might mean she is beginning some labor. My suggestion is to let her out and let nature take its course. My calving rate increased significantly once I learned this. 102% this year. Watch the teats too. Usually, they will begin getting pressure in them and they will point outwards. When this happens it won't be long.

Good Luck!

 

[*Cowgirl*]

I agree with Jogeephus

Why is an almost 3 year old female still a heifer? :?:

 

[momanto]

BECAUSE THEY WERE ALWAYS SO MUCH SMALLER THAN THE HEREFORDS. THESE THREE WERE ALWAYS SPECIAL. I COULD HAVE SOLD THEM OVER AND OVER TO A NEIGHBOR. THEY WERE ALWAYS SO TAME. WE CALL THEM OUR "HEIFER GIRLS". WHEN THEY BECOME MOTHERS THEY MIGHT GET RENAMED. BUT ALL MY GRANDKIDS KNOW WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY "THE HEIFER GIRLS".

ONCE BEFORE I HAD NOTICED A COW HAD DROPED THAT CLEAR EGG WHITE OF DISCHARGE BEFORE, AND KNEW SHE, AN OLD TIMER , WAS DUE SOON, AND ABOUT THE NEXT DAY SHE DELIVERED. BUT THIS HEIFER GIRL IS A FIRST TIMER.......SHE DOESNT LOOK PREGNANT.

I JUST WENT DOWN TO THAT PASTURE AND CHECKED ON HER. SHE IS DOING FINE. SHE IS CONFINED IN SMALL GROUND LEVEL PEN WE USE AS THE "LOADING SHUTE' FOR THAT SMALL SET OF PENS.

WHEN I FIRST WENT OUT TO HER, AFTER PENNING UP HER 7 MATES, SHE WOULD NOT GET UP. I PUT FEED IN FRONT OF HER AND SHE WOULDNT MOVE. I SPLASHED HER FACE W/A BOTTLE OF WATER I HAD WITH ME THEN POURED TWO BOTTLES IN AN EXTRA BUCKET AND THAT GOT HER UP. SHE LUMBER ON OVER TO THE PENS AND FOLLOWED THEM UP THE SIDE AND I OPENED THE DOOR TO THAT LITTLE SHUTE-ROOM FOR HER. THANK THE LORD. I HAD JUST SPENT AN HOUR DOWN AT OUR RIVER PASTURE AND WAS ALREADY WORN OUT FROM THE HEAT.

THE TWO GUYS THAT I CONSULT AND THAT HELP WERE HERE YESTERDAY GETTING THAT PEN IN ORDER. TODAY COULDNT REACH THEM FOR ADVICE. THIS HEIFER GAL WAS REALLY THIRSTY SO NOT FEELING WELL, SHE PROB. WAS NOT MAKING THE EXTRA TRIPS TO THE POND TO DRINK.

I AM A NOVICE AS YOU ALL SEE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR RESPONDING.

OUR RAINY SEASON WAS LATE STARTING, BUT NOW EVERY THING IS LUSH AND GREEN AND PLENTY OF GRASS, I KNOW WE ARE BLESSED IN THIS AREA.

MOM

 

[3MR]

For what its worth. If you dont think she is drinking enough, for whatever reason, I would make sure she has access to water in her immediate vicinity. Even if you are mistaken and she is drinking plenty of water its not going to hurt, but if she isnt it sure will. Dehydration can lead to so many problems.

 

[momanto]

WE GOT HER UP. FED AND WATERED HER 24 HOURS IN THE PENS THERE. LOADED HER IN THE TRAILER....40 MIN. TRIP HOME, SHE WOULDNT GET OUT OF TRAILER, AROUND 10 PM SHE DIED THAT NIGHT. NO SIGN OF ANYTHING ON HER TO INDICATE WHY SHE DIED. SHE SHOWED NO SIGN OF HER PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF BEING WITH CALF.