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<blockquote data-quote="Putangitangi" data-source="post: 1060219" data-attributes="member: 5956"><p>Feed is still a bit tight, so I leave my cows grazing the hill paddocks for as long as I can before bringing them onto the flat calving paddocks. Sometimes I miss one. Fortunately I got there for a check at just the right time. </p><p></p><p>One near-term cow wasn't with the others, so we tracked some prints heading up into the back of the paddock. As soon as I saw her and her quick-turn movement, I knew things weren't as they ought to be: she'd already calved and was looking unhappy! I naturally assumed all was lost and that we'd be finding a dead newborn which had slid into the gully, but it was not so.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r33/lsbphotos/Img_7371a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> My partner spotted a movement...</p><p><img src="http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r33/lsbphotos/Img_7380a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />... then carried the calf out to safety...</p><p><img src="http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r33/lsbphotos/Img_7391a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />... and she took a much-needed drink. She knew what to do, so I think she'd had her colostrum feed before she fell down the hole.</p><p></p><p>The calf has mostly pink-lidded eyes, so I'm not sure if she'll stay or not - it'll depend on her temperament and growth. She has a white left lower leg and a couple of white feet. Her sire's black Angus and her mother is 75%. I'm not sure why the white leg has appeared.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Putangitangi, post: 1060219, member: 5956"] Feed is still a bit tight, so I leave my cows grazing the hill paddocks for as long as I can before bringing them onto the flat calving paddocks. Sometimes I miss one. Fortunately I got there for a check at just the right time. One near-term cow wasn't with the others, so we tracked some prints heading up into the back of the paddock. As soon as I saw her and her quick-turn movement, I knew things weren't as they ought to be: she'd already calved and was looking unhappy! I naturally assumed all was lost and that we'd be finding a dead newborn which had slid into the gully, but it was not so. [img]http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r33/lsbphotos/Img_7371a.jpg[/img] My partner spotted a movement... [img]http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r33/lsbphotos/Img_7380a.jpg[/img]... then carried the calf out to safety... [img]http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r33/lsbphotos/Img_7391a.jpg[/img]... and she took a much-needed drink. She knew what to do, so I think she'd had her colostrum feed before she fell down the hole. The calf has mostly pink-lidded eyes, so I'm not sure if she'll stay or not - it'll depend on her temperament and growth. She has a white left lower leg and a couple of white feet. Her sire's black Angus and her mother is 75%. I'm not sure why the white leg has appeared. [/QUOTE]
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