oops!

[holly heifer]

:shock: One of the older cows decided to drop her calf
on one of the coldest days so far. I grabbed the calf,a
real nice baldy bull calf, threw him in the back of the truck
and drove to the barn with mamma trotting alone behind.
The cow is a really big angus hereford cross, she was open
and I was going to cull her but evidently she did get bred-
just very late! The calf is average size. Two days
after the fact, one of the guys deer hunting found a dead
newborn calf near where I found the survivor. She had twins!
I am kicking myself for not even thinking of that-
we have had several sets of twins. The poor calf either starved
or froze. It was a really nice calf ,too. At least one of them is ok.

 

[3MR]

dang, that really sucks. I would be kicking my own butt! Sounds like something I would do! Sorry

 

[Dusty Britches]

wow, I never would have thunk it either. Twins. hmmf.

 

[travlnusa]

As being so new at this, I love to read posts titled "Opps" or the like.

I know that someone is about to teach me to look for something I would have never thought of

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Wewild]

I would have never thought of grabbing the calf.

 

[S&J]

man!!!!!!!! Now we're all going to start looking for a twin calf. Pretty rare and a "kick myself" situation for sure. The bright side may be that the calf was weak and may not have survived anyways. Momma may have instinctively knew this. An experienced mother would probably not have left that easily. It's sad, but it's natures way sometimes. It's not easy to kick yourself either. It can really throw yer back out. (':roll:')
Steven

 

[holly heifer]

You are so right! I have had cattle for many, many years
and have had everything from prolasped cervix, uterus, cancer
eye, hoof abscesses, bloat, lepto, calves with contracted
tendons, bottle calves for all reasons and seasons :roll:
dead for no plausible reason :?: and the list goes on! Just
keep your eyes peeled for that bonus baby--- you just
never know! ;-)

 

[Joy in Texas]

man!!!!!!!! Now we're all going to start looking for a twin calf. Pretty rare and a "kick myself" situation for sure. The bright side may be that the calf was weak and may not have survived anyways. Momma may have instinctively knew this. An experienced mother would probably not have left that easily. It's sad, but it's natures way sometimes. It's not easy to kick yourself either. It can really throw yer back out. (':roll:')
Steven

I was thinking the same thing. But I also thought maybe the calf was already dead. It seems to me that if the other calf was alive and kicking the mama would have stayed.
Sorry for your loss Holly.

 

[austin4605]

that is bad i wouldn't have thought of twins either

 

[Running Arrow Bill]

:shock: One of the older cows decided to drop her calf
on one of the coldest days so far. I grabbed the calf,a
real nice baldy bull calf, threw him in the back of the truck
and drove to the barn with mamma trotting alone behind.
The cow is a really big angus hereford cross, she was open
and I was going to cull her but evidently she did get bred-
just very late! The calf is average size. Two days
after the fact, one of the guys deer hunting found a dead
newborn calf near where I found the survivor. She had twins!
I am kicking myself for not even thinking of that-
we have had several sets of twins. The poor calf either starved
or froze. It was a really nice calf ,too. At least one of them is ok.

This "rare" event is why we always move our bagging up cow to our 50 x 75' "Maternity Pen" which has a loafing shed. We never miss a newborn...