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<blockquote data-quote="randiliana" data-source="post: 514963" data-attributes="member: 2308"><p>And, now, to clarify on why these cows didn't push. Most cows won't push, or not really hard until something enters the birth canal, be it feet, head, whatever. They need something to stimulate them. This is why breech, uplide down or other malpresentations can be hard to detect.</p><p></p><p>The first cow had dead twins. They were coming in the proper position, but because they were dead the first calf never came up into the birth canal. He just floated there, with his feet right at the pelvic opening. This one was even worse, because he felt like he was coming in the proper position, so we left him a bit longer.</p><p></p><p>The second cow had an upside down calf. In this case, nothing enters the birth canal because the calf is so completely out of position that nothing CAN enter. In this case, we reached in and found only the bottom jaw, the legs were curled up against it's chest. As soon as we (DH) got the calf flipped over, and the legs up into the birth canal the cow started pushing. Which then made things interesting cause we couldn't get the head to stay in position. That was probably a result of the calf being dead, because she had enough room, it wasn't that hard of a pull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randiliana, post: 514963, member: 2308"] And, now, to clarify on why these cows didn't push. Most cows won't push, or not really hard until something enters the birth canal, be it feet, head, whatever. They need something to stimulate them. This is why breech, uplide down or other malpresentations can be hard to detect. The first cow had dead twins. They were coming in the proper position, but because they were dead the first calf never came up into the birth canal. He just floated there, with his feet right at the pelvic opening. This one was even worse, because he felt like he was coming in the proper position, so we left him a bit longer. The second cow had an upside down calf. In this case, nothing enters the birth canal because the calf is so completely out of position that nothing CAN enter. In this case, we reached in and found only the bottom jaw, the legs were curled up against it's chest. As soon as we (DH) got the calf flipped over, and the legs up into the birth canal the cow started pushing. Which then made things interesting cause we couldn't get the head to stay in position. That was probably a result of the calf being dead, because she had enough room, it wasn't that hard of a pull. [/QUOTE]
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