Cormac
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Showed up and a 3 year old Black Angus had 18" brownish colored, afterbirth/umbilical hanging out. This was 2-3 months early. I searched high and low for any sign of a premature calf, but was probably in the thickest part of the woods. I had a long-timer cattle man and friend, check it out and he felt she lost the calf and noted that she had no bag. This was a week ago and unfortunately no pleasant surprise since. I keep racking my head to figure out what happened. I can add that about 2 months ago she had a 8 inch long Jelly-like discharge hanging out, so I took her to the vet with another cow that had a vertically cracked hoof/toe. The vet felt it was not a big deal. I had her palpate the cow and she felt she was still a long way off, like 5-6 months. Two months later she throws it early. Today I threw out some cubes and noticed she was breathing/ or weazing slightly. I have noticed her doing this before and always figured it was allergies, the summer heat or something else. Could her weazing at times be related to the loss of the calf. Or am I just getting some lousy luck out of the way early in my "cattle life". BTW, this lost calf would have been my second calf as number one is due in about 30 days. I mention this because I have no experience cows giving birth. Thanks