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be her first calf..great heifer. pure beefmaster. not happy :bang:
 
I had a first calf heifer last year looked bad and had edema in her underline. I was told not to worry about it and now she is fine. Looking at the side pics her back quarters just look more full than the front and is not hanging below her hocks, so I am not sure you have a problem. I think I would wait and see how she does after calving. Mine even had those large teats and I was worried the calf wouldn't be able to suckle, but it did fine and her bag went down to "normal".
 
just a disappointment is all. not typical of our beefmasters and her momma didn't have the trait so im just kinda bummed more than worried..maybe call it concerned?
I figure she will be able to nurse ok but I def keep an eye on her
 
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typically that's been true here also. shes gonna hafta manage as I wont be back til sunday now. im sure she will be fin but im really bummed. I was looking forward to her calfs...likely her days are numbered now
 
We had a heifer that had a blown our udder like that. Purely by chance we bred her to a helluva good udder producing bull. Her second calve she was even worse, almost dragging the ground. We kept her heifer calf from the first year, second calf was bull/steer. As a 7 year old her daughter still has as pretty and solid attached udder with small teats that you could ask for.
 
I've had some heifers that didn't have great udders the first time around, but things evened up as they got older.. I'd really have to say it doesn't look like this one would be one of them, those rear teats need a genius calf to figure out milk is in there.. at least the front ones are good enough to find.
 
dieselbeef":1hx0r6zp said:
typically that's been true here also. shes gonna hafta manage as I wont be back til sunday now. im sure she will be fin but im really bummed. I was looking forward to her calfs...likely her days are numbered now
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Kinda what I was thinking too, sucks when you have one you're excited for and something like that happens...
 
I have a Beefmaster with a bag exactly like that except I do not remember that much redness. I was afraid her calf would not be able to suck. She is raising her third calf now. Always has a fast growing pretty calf and have had no problems with calves sucking.
Give her a chance and she will probably be fine.
 
ya know I thought that too...but we see her everyday up at the feeder and she hasn't had any leftovers hanging out and she doesn't go looking for it. I been doggin her to see and nothing. our place aint that big..maybe 70 ac so wed have found it..or the buzzards wouldve
 
Is it just an illusion because of her markings, or is her vulva hanging extremely low also?
I would get her in and check out that udder. It looks awfully red. I wouldn't milk her out, but I would certainly want to know if it is painful and warm. Sure looks like it might be.
 
I just looked at these pictures again and read the posts. I don't know a lot about cows. I am just trying to learn. I have some Beefmasters. One of them was due today to calve. She is huge.
This heifer looks like she could have already had a calf, as someone mentioned. Her bag is too red. I would definitely get her checked.
 
Wow, she will get worse every time she calves and she's only a heifer that hasn't calves yet. My common sense tells me to sell her.
 
Is there an update on the heifer?
To me, it looks like she has a lot of edema in her udder, especially in the rear. Can you get close enough to her (or get her in a chute) to examine it? If you push your thumb on the back of the bag (for several seconds), does it leave an indentation? If so, she has edema and it will go away a few days after birth. Some treat with Lasix.
I have seen really big cows, right before labor, drop the calf in the bottom of the belly (they are in position at that point), so they look hollow sided and no longer pregnant, when in fact the calf is laying in the bottom of the belly and up over the pelvis. Her bag and rear are too clean to have calved recently, so I doubt she had a calf already.
Please keep us posted!
 
Again, I truely believe FS might be right about the "edema" or it may be an infection. I certainly would not be too quick to call it a "bad udder" until you investigate.
 
branguscowgirl":gefu5lqn said:
Again, I truely believe FS might be right about the "edema" or it may be an infection. I certainly would not be too quick to call it a "bad udder" until you investigate.
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It doesn't matter what caused that udder looks that way, it will gets worse every time she calves.
 

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