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<blockquote data-quote="Paulette" data-source="post: 198636" data-attributes="member: 3673"><p>Hi. New to board not new to ranching. We had a downed cow three years ago. She hadn't calved. Gave her Norcal, intra and into sub. She was close to calving. Vet told us (if we wanted to take the time) to lift her each day with hip clamps on a backhoe, keep water and food for her, and when she got close we gave her athe med that sent her into labor. She had the calf while down. We'd lift her twice a day the calf (extremely spunky!!) nursed. The calf soon learned to nurse while she was down. The cow could stand when we lifted her and stood only with hip clamp but put pressure on all legs eventually. We did it for one month with lots of negative advice from other rancher friends. The usual was "What's your time worth, anyway?" Or, "You're wasting your time, she'll die anyway." We decided, since we have only 140 head, our job was the animal, if it was in trouble, first and foremost. Not new fences, not building a corral not, well, you get the point (Although it took us only 45 minutes each time to tend to her). It's pretty rare to have lots of animal problems at once unless you're a bigger outfit than we are. Anyway, the cow got so's she'd get mad when she'd hear the machine coming for her. So she got a little on the fight and I think it helped. It also helped to have a calf to worry about. I think the post where someone said they put a leppy calf in with a downed cow was really creative and thinking outside the box. She and her calf walked around the herd one month later.</p><p>Hope this helps someone and I say all this out of deep respect for all cattle ranchers.</p><p> It doesn't always turn out okay but it did for us this time. Just took a little longer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paulette, post: 198636, member: 3673"] Hi. New to board not new to ranching. We had a downed cow three years ago. She hadn't calved. Gave her Norcal, intra and into sub. She was close to calving. Vet told us (if we wanted to take the time) to lift her each day with hip clamps on a backhoe, keep water and food for her, and when she got close we gave her athe med that sent her into labor. She had the calf while down. We'd lift her twice a day the calf (extremely spunky!!) nursed. The calf soon learned to nurse while she was down. The cow could stand when we lifted her and stood only with hip clamp but put pressure on all legs eventually. We did it for one month with lots of negative advice from other rancher friends. The usual was "What's your time worth, anyway?" Or, "You're wasting your time, she'll die anyway." We decided, since we have only 140 head, our job was the animal, if it was in trouble, first and foremost. Not new fences, not building a corral not, well, you get the point (Although it took us only 45 minutes each time to tend to her). It's pretty rare to have lots of animal problems at once unless you're a bigger outfit than we are. Anyway, the cow got so's she'd get mad when she'd hear the machine coming for her. So she got a little on the fight and I think it helped. It also helped to have a calf to worry about. I think the post where someone said they put a leppy calf in with a downed cow was really creative and thinking outside the box. She and her calf walked around the herd one month later. Hope this helps someone and I say all this out of deep respect for all cattle ranchers. It doesn't always turn out okay but it did for us this time. Just took a little longer. [/QUOTE]
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