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Highland heifer due to calve
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<blockquote data-quote="Loch Valley Fold" data-source="post: 651297" data-attributes="member: 8216"><p>First thing I would say if in doubt get your vet out saying that though at a guess I would say the calf is pressing a nerve in her back which could explain the limp that she has. If she has started going off by herself than I would also say she is only a couple of days off calving. One of mine this year went feral wouldn't stay with the herd, wouldn't stay in the paddock got to climbing through an electric fence just so she wouldn't have to go with the rest of the Highlanders this went on for a week before she calved. The one thing with Highlanders are they are very hard to see their udders under all that hair, add to the fact they don't seem to get big like other breeds do & you start to end up worrying if they're in calf or not.</p><p>Being a first time calver I would sugest keeping an eye on her as heifers can have problems calving, one of mine we had to pull the calf because he was too big but the 1/2 brother was super tiny.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Loch Valley Fold, post: 651297, member: 8216"] First thing I would say if in doubt get your vet out saying that though at a guess I would say the calf is pressing a nerve in her back which could explain the limp that she has. If she has started going off by herself than I would also say she is only a couple of days off calving. One of mine this year went feral wouldn't stay with the herd, wouldn't stay in the paddock got to climbing through an electric fence just so she wouldn't have to go with the rest of the Highlanders this went on for a week before she calved. The one thing with Highlanders are they are very hard to see their udders under all that hair, add to the fact they don't seem to get big like other breeds do & you start to end up worrying if they're in calf or not. Being a first time calver I would sugest keeping an eye on her as heifers can have problems calving, one of mine we had to pull the calf because he was too big but the 1/2 brother was super tiny. [/QUOTE]
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