I Remember You

[FlyingLSimmentals]

Had a case end of December where #36 our biggest cow on the farm seemed to be having trouble or prepping too much to calve. She had never had trouble calving before and never prepped so much to do so. Bred to a better calving bull she shouldn't be having trouble with his. Acting a little weird or off for too long I got her up and a friend palpated her and thought she wasn't ready yet. I was afraid it must have been coming backwards or more than one with no sign of any calf. Well decided to leave her alone that night in the pen and check the next morning 1-1-25 and hope to have a calf. Well New Year's morning came and not much change just some straining. Therefore off to the large animal hospital three counties away for what we feared would be a bad outcome. After getting there we saw a foot. Vet ended up saying the calf had been turned enough that it couldn't leave the birth canal and the ride bumped him threw and her and I was able to easily pull it out in a slight angle. Much better than a case there before. Vet remembered the truck and trailer when she saw it but that's another long story about twins bad positioning and hard work. But this turned into a happier New Years Day. Anyway the little guy was watching me this morning like I remember you so I snapped his picture. I remember you too.

 

[A.J.]

I’m glad that had a good ending for yall. Nice looking calf.

 

[Jeanne - Simme Valley]

We have had more "firsts" during this calving than I care to ever have again.
We had a cow (like yours) uncomfortable, but not pushing. Nephew went inside - had no clue what he was feeling. Said it felt like the buttons/cardiledens (?SP). Called our retired vet.
Said it was a partial torsion. He slipped his arm/hand to the far left and was able to bypass the placenta and grabbed the calf's head and flipped it over to the right. Normal pull after that.

Had a 3 day old calf hadn't found the outside shed yet, so brought into barn. Calf was bucking & playing that evening. Next morning - snow white eyes, blind as a bat. No fever, no naval infection, no nothing. Just blind. Had vet check. Found no reason. Put on PenG for about 10 days, then gave Draxxin. Prior to the Draxxin, one eye was clearing up. He definitely could see shadows. Now, after about 5 days after Drax, we turned him out. Doesn't see well, but gets around. Keeping close watch on him.

A top notch red heifer calf about a month old was perfectly healthy. We kick the calves out of the calf shed most mornings to observe them. We specifically talked about this redhead because she was one of the top ones. After lunch, we started feeding bales. When I drove by the shed, I could see part of a red calf laying funny outside shed. Yup - redhead - dead as a doornail. No sign of anything. No scours, no dehydration. Nothing, a nice healthy full body. DEAD.