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<blockquote data-quote="lithuanian farmer" data-source="post: 1673911" data-attributes="member: 19683"><p>More babies born in the past week. [ATTACH=full]3372[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]3373[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]3374[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]3375[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]3376[/ATTACH]</p><p>All calves sired by the stock bull and only the last one is a heifer. </p><p>Unfortunately had to slaughter freshly calved cow, which is pictured in the barn. Saw her down in the pasture one day. Brought her home, because she was able to stand up for a very short moment. She has calved on the same day with 121lbs bull calf very quickly. Have tried to lift her everyday with hope that she'll stand up. She wasn't putting any weight on one back leg and wasn't feeling anything down her knee. On the forth day's morning saw that that leg was all swollen and was in an odd possition. It seemed dislocated or broken, so that meant that there was no more hope. It was time to end her misery. We had a feeling that some cow probably had hurt her badly, as she is one of the elder cows, 10years old this year, and the younger ones were pretty active this winter and fighting older cows. </p><p>Well, what we saw one her body proved we were right. One front leg on the same side as the back leg, had a small puncture wound and some bruises, there were some bruises in several places on her body and her back leg had completely dislocated knee with all tendons and ligaments broken, plus massive bruises on that leg, lots of blood clots in the muscles, almost no good meat left. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]3377[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]3378[/ATTACH]</p><p>Unfortunately have no photos of the inside of the leg, but it looked really bad. Really feeling sad for her and her calf. Now have to bottle feed her baby, but he's doing well. Also he has a little friend- pure angus heifer, which we bought just recently. And all sheep and goats for the company. Here's a pic of the heifer. She has a twin sister and mom would take only that one, so the owner sold this one. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]3379[/ATTACH]</p><p>Also the red calf from the red cow isn't nursing his dam even if she has a perfect udder and teats for the calf. It's the third day for him, but he just doesn't any interest in nursing, so have to tube feed him. Hopefully he will make some progress soon, or his dam will be culled. </p><p>There should be two more calves from the stock bull soon and more AI calves. Then more stock bull's calves coming starting May, when we moved him to the main herd after breeding the second herd. The first heifer is due to calve on the 20th of April, but she has already started bagging up, so hopefully she will calve soon. </p><p>Here's one heifer I like alot. Great shape on her and from a good mom, so a strong replacement candidate. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]3380[/ATTACH]</p><p>This season I will start AI job myself, so it's really exciting. Some new bulls will be used too, which I should show here soon. And the most exciting thing is that finally I've finished my veterinary medicine master degree and can start working as a vet myself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lithuanian farmer, post: 1673911, member: 19683"] More babies born in the past week. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20210319_064833.jpg"]3372[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20210325_092900.jpg"]3373[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="received_728815371088037.jpeg"]3374[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]3375[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]3376[/ATTACH] All calves sired by the stock bull and only the last one is a heifer. Unfortunately had to slaughter freshly calved cow, which is pictured in the barn. Saw her down in the pasture one day. Brought her home, because she was able to stand up for a very short moment. She has calved on the same day with 121lbs bull calf very quickly. Have tried to lift her everyday with hope that she'll stand up. She wasn't putting any weight on one back leg and wasn't feeling anything down her knee. On the forth day's morning saw that that leg was all swollen and was in an odd possition. It seemed dislocated or broken, so that meant that there was no more hope. It was time to end her misery. We had a feeling that some cow probably had hurt her badly, as she is one of the elder cows, 10years old this year, and the younger ones were pretty active this winter and fighting older cows. Well, what we saw one her body proved we were right. One front leg on the same side as the back leg, had a small puncture wound and some bruises, there were some bruises in several places on her body and her back leg had completely dislocated knee with all tendons and ligaments broken, plus massive bruises on that leg, lots of blood clots in the muscles, almost no good meat left. [ATTACH type="full"]3377[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]3378[/ATTACH] Unfortunately have no photos of the inside of the leg, but it looked really bad. Really feeling sad for her and her calf. Now have to bottle feed her baby, but he's doing well. Also he has a little friend- pure angus heifer, which we bought just recently. And all sheep and goats for the company. Here's a pic of the heifer. She has a twin sister and mom would take only that one, so the owner sold this one. [ATTACH type="full"]3379[/ATTACH] Also the red calf from the red cow isn't nursing his dam even if she has a perfect udder and teats for the calf. It's the third day for him, but he just doesn't any interest in nursing, so have to tube feed him. Hopefully he will make some progress soon, or his dam will be culled. There should be two more calves from the stock bull soon and more AI calves. Then more stock bull's calves coming starting May, when we moved him to the main herd after breeding the second herd. The first heifer is due to calve on the 20th of April, but she has already started bagging up, so hopefully she will calve soon. Here's one heifer I like alot. Great shape on her and from a good mom, so a strong replacement candidate. [ATTACH type="full"]3380[/ATTACH] This season I will start AI job myself, so it's really exciting. Some new bulls will be used too, which I should show here soon. And the most exciting thing is that finally I've finished my veterinary medicine master degree and can start working as a vet myself. [/QUOTE]
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