Never fails

[coachg]

We don't get snow very often and we use to pull our bulls so we didn't get Dec , Jan , or February calves but …. 3-4 inches of snow after 70 degrees 2 days ago with tornadoes and I find this one this morning while putting out hay .

 

[SBMF 2015]

Good momma! Nice looking calf.

 

[TCRanch]

Calf looks good! So, are you going to start pulling your bulls again?

 

[MurraysMutts]

Least she has a tasty snack!

Gotta get that baby dry tho..

 

[simme]

Looks like everyone is doing a good job there. Except for the weatherman. Stong winds here last night that came from your direction. Power was out for 12 hours. But no snow here.

 

[coachg]

Calf looks good! So, are you going to start pulling bulls again ?Have 11 open heifers in bull pasture, so probably not . Have kept 22 heifers total the last 2 years . Hoping for a demand for open and bred heifers come spring.

 

[coachg]

My reply is in TC's comment .

 

[SBMF 2015]

Least she has a tasty snack!

I know their supposed to, and I have a strong stomach. But I just can't stand to watch a cow eat after birth. Yuck!

 

[simme]

I know their supposed to, and I have a strong stomach. But I just can't stand to watch a cow eat after birth. Yuck!

Years ago, I saw a cow that was choking on afterbirth. She was normally a cow you would not get too close to. A little aggressive all the time and obviously had a new calf. She was choking and struggling. I ran up and grabbed a chunk of it and pulled out enough that she was able to get the rest down and returned to normal. We were both a little surprised. She offered no resistance. Only time I have ever seen that. Not sure she would have survived if I had not gotten involved.

 

[TCRanch]

I know their supposed to, and I have a strong stomach. But I just can't stand to watch a cow eat after birth. Yuck!

I'm adopted and sent this to my mom last year for Mother's Day. I think she prefers mushy cards.

 

[coachg]

I'm adopted and sent this to my mom last year for Mother's Day. I think she prefers mushy cards.
View attachment 11846

Priceless, I can't understand why any mom wouldn't love that card ?

 

[coachg]

Didn't get a pic of baby and mom this morning but both were doing great ! Calf is gray , not black like it looked in the pic . And a heifer !

 

[coachg]

I will normally get the after birth and bury it , but this mom had most of it down and I didn't want to bother her . My grandpa Griffith use to say they were supposed to eat it !

 

[TCRanch]

Please post an updated pic when you get around to it! A grey, baldie heifer sounds gorgeous.

 

[Buck Randall]

Years ago, I saw a cow that was choking on afterbirth. She was normally a cow you would not get too close to. A little aggressive all the time and obviously had a new calf. She was choking and struggling. I ran up and grabbed a chunk of it and pulled out enough that she was able to get the rest down and returned to normal. We were both a little surprised. She offered no resistance. Only time I have ever seen that. Not sure she would have survived if I had not gotten involved.

I have seen a cow that choked to death on a placenta. To my knowledge, there's no scientific evidence that shows a benefit from eating it. I recommend taking them away when possible.

 

[Mrcopier]

Hmm I thought they were supposed to as well…but what do I know

 

[MurraysMutts]

Cows gonna do, what a cows gonna do....

 

[coachg]

I have some that will eat their placenta and ones that will walk off and leave it . I try to get it because of buzzards and coyotes.

 

[bird dog]

I thought they ate it to keep the predators away.

 

[Redgully]

When we had our second daughter the nurse, who was an excellent nurse and from a middle eastern coutry, asked us if we wanted the placenta! I asked what on earth for, she said some people like to take them home to bury in garden or .......eat it! I decided then and there to never go around to any new parents home for cottage pie.

I still shudder at the thought.

Some cows have a nibble, others are determined to eat every last sinew. I had one nutty cow years ago that was dragging it around the paddock covered in mud flies and grass munching away on it.