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<blockquote data-quote="Katpau" data-source="post: 1470604" data-attributes="member: 9933"><p>I had one many years ago, before we had any cross fencing, that survived a whole week on its own. I saw it just after birth and it was nursing on the cow. Perhaps yours also nursed at birth and the cow prolapsed later. </p><p></p><p>In my case, the day after I saw the cow with her new calf, I found that the entire herd had crossed the creek through a steep ditch and were grazing almost a mile away. Could not find the calf, but the cows yearling heifer was nursing. We looked for the calf every day for a week. Then after I decided that it must have been eaten by a predator, we were back in the area of its birth fixing fence. We had checked this area many times before with no luck. The herd had not returned to that area and were now grazing at the other end of the ranch. There were numerous places to hide, so finding a calf who did not want to be found was unlikely. On our return home, my husband slammed on the brakes of his ATV and leaped off. There was a calf by the edge of the steep bank next to the creek. The calf was evasive and dropped over the edge, tumbling about 20 feet and landing in the creek. My husband slid after him and was able to catch him and bring him back up. We hauled him home on the ATV and fed him a bottle. We caught the cow up and penned them together. At first she wanted nothing to do with him, but by the next morning, he was nursing on her. I am sure that calf was alone that whole week and must have survived by keeping hydrated drinking from the creek and puddles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katpau, post: 1470604, member: 9933"] I had one many years ago, before we had any cross fencing, that survived a whole week on its own. I saw it just after birth and it was nursing on the cow. Perhaps yours also nursed at birth and the cow prolapsed later. In my case, the day after I saw the cow with her new calf, I found that the entire herd had crossed the creek through a steep ditch and were grazing almost a mile away. Could not find the calf, but the cows yearling heifer was nursing. We looked for the calf every day for a week. Then after I decided that it must have been eaten by a predator, we were back in the area of its birth fixing fence. We had checked this area many times before with no luck. The herd had not returned to that area and were now grazing at the other end of the ranch. There were numerous places to hide, so finding a calf who did not want to be found was unlikely. On our return home, my husband slammed on the brakes of his ATV and leaped off. There was a calf by the edge of the steep bank next to the creek. The calf was evasive and dropped over the edge, tumbling about 20 feet and landing in the creek. My husband slid after him and was able to catch him and bring him back up. We hauled him home on the ATV and fed him a bottle. We caught the cow up and penned them together. At first she wanted nothing to do with him, but by the next morning, he was nursing on her. I am sure that calf was alone that whole week and must have survived by keeping hydrated drinking from the creek and puddles. [/QUOTE]
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