JMJ Farms
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I have a neighbor who has about 30 momma cows. He usually takes real good care of them and at the first sign of being old he replaces with young bred cows. Anyway he called me this morning and said he had several cows that were limping. Asked my opinion. So I rode over. Here's what I saw.
Cow#1- Limping really bad. Probably a BCS of 3. Has lost a lot of weight partially due to the fact she's nursing a calf who is stunted badly. Been limping for several months.
Cow#2- Limping but not terribly. BCS of probably 4. Looks like she may be on the mend. Been limping for a couple months.
Cow#3- Limping pretty good but BCS is still probably 5-6. Bottle tits on front two quarters. Been limping about 2 weeks.
Cow#4- Limping pretty good but otherwise looks really good. BCS 6. Been limping a few days.
All of these cows are supposed to be relatively young. But I haven't mouthed them myself. Neighbor is a very honest fellow whom I've known forever. He wants to load them up and sell them bc he says they make the rest look bad. I'm trying to diagnose them. The limps are all on the back end. Any chance this is foot rot? I've never diagnosed foot rot without getting them in a chute. I can buy them for slaughter price, which is nothing here, but I'm not sure what my odds are of getting them straightened out are. I usually have a good idea what's wrong when it's my cows, but in this case I'm not sure. Interested to find out what the consensus is among the board?
Cow#1- Limping really bad. Probably a BCS of 3. Has lost a lot of weight partially due to the fact she's nursing a calf who is stunted badly. Been limping for several months.
Cow#2- Limping but not terribly. BCS of probably 4. Looks like she may be on the mend. Been limping for a couple months.
Cow#3- Limping pretty good but BCS is still probably 5-6. Bottle tits on front two quarters. Been limping about 2 weeks.
Cow#4- Limping pretty good but otherwise looks really good. BCS 6. Been limping a few days.
All of these cows are supposed to be relatively young. But I haven't mouthed them myself. Neighbor is a very honest fellow whom I've known forever. He wants to load them up and sell them bc he says they make the rest look bad. I'm trying to diagnose them. The limps are all on the back end. Any chance this is foot rot? I've never diagnosed foot rot without getting them in a chute. I can buy them for slaughter price, which is nothing here, but I'm not sure what my odds are of getting them straightened out are. I usually have a good idea what's wrong when it's my cows, but in this case I'm not sure. Interested to find out what the consensus is among the board?