Rod
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Its 38 deg. and raining here and I was suppose to be somewhere 2 and a half hours ago so I quess there was no time better to have a problem at the farm. I was feeding and noticed one of my cows attempting to calf so I proceeded out to her to check everthing out and I just thought I was cold by the time I got there, well there was a nose sticking out of her with a tounge stretched out so I knew the fate of the newborn. After a grueling herding over about 30 acres I got her in the squeeze shoot and was able to get one hoof up under the nose but couldn't find the other one for the word and never could. I assumed it was running long ways down the left side of the body so I tied bailing twine around the one hoof and another around the neck and then around an axe handle. I pulled with everything I had and couldn't get it out. Long story short had to call someone to operate my 4-wheeler while I pulled down at the same to get it out. I've been beating myself up over not being there earlier BUT HAS ANYONE EVERE BEEN ABLE TO GET A CALF OUT ALIVE THAT WAS POSITIONED LIKE THIS. I mean it was so hung up the hard part of the hoof came off while I was pulling and I know I would of not got the calf out alive.