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<blockquote data-quote="pauline" data-source="post: 495950" data-attributes="member: 7770"><p>Well, this happened two years ago, but it has traumatized us since then.</p><p></p><p>A mother cow gave birth to a baby calf boy in winter two years ago. We put them in an enclosed pasture by themselves. The baby was healthy, nursing and walking around. He was two days old when that happened. It was a dark winter rainy night. The last time I saw him, he was standing by my side while I was drying him of the rain water with a towel. Then I went inside the house at about 5 p.m. Because it was such a cold dark winter night, we all closed our windows and started to settle in. </p><p></p><p>At about 9:00 p.m., my neighbor called us to say that they heard a baby calf crying and dying. We rushed out to the pasture and heard a loud wail from the baby calf. Then we found him gone out of the enclosed pasture through the hot wire guarding the small entrance to the pasture. By the time we found him in the neighboring field, he was laying on the ground shaking and crying loudly. We eventually transported him back to his mother and laid him down next to his mother. He had quieted down so we left thinking he's getting better and the mother would take care of him. The next morning, we found that he was dead right where we left him. The mother cow was sitting next to his dead body quietly.</p><p></p><p> What has happened? Why did the baby die? Was it because he was shocked by the hot wire? What should we have done to save him, or to prevent similar incident? </p><p></p><p> Since then every time I have a baby calf, I would stand in my yard listening for a few minutes from time to time during the evenings.</p><p></p><p>Pauline</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pauline, post: 495950, member: 7770"] Well, this happened two years ago, but it has traumatized us since then. A mother cow gave birth to a baby calf boy in winter two years ago. We put them in an enclosed pasture by themselves. The baby was healthy, nursing and walking around. He was two days old when that happened. It was a dark winter rainy night. The last time I saw him, he was standing by my side while I was drying him of the rain water with a towel. Then I went inside the house at about 5 p.m. Because it was such a cold dark winter night, we all closed our windows and started to settle in. At about 9:00 p.m., my neighbor called us to say that they heard a baby calf crying and dying. We rushed out to the pasture and heard a loud wail from the baby calf. Then we found him gone out of the enclosed pasture through the hot wire guarding the small entrance to the pasture. By the time we found him in the neighboring field, he was laying on the ground shaking and crying loudly. We eventually transported him back to his mother and laid him down next to his mother. He had quieted down so we left thinking he's getting better and the mother would take care of him. The next morning, we found that he was dead right where we left him. The mother cow was sitting next to his dead body quietly. What has happened? Why did the baby die? Was it because he was shocked by the hot wire? What should we have done to save him, or to prevent similar incident? Since then every time I have a baby calf, I would stand in my yard listening for a few minutes from time to time during the evenings. Pauline [/QUOTE]
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