We used to just time them back up to themselves so they would'nt get stepped on or hung in the brush and let them fall by themselves. Even after a 2 weeks or so and the cow stinks so bad you couldn;t get near her we never had problems with uterine infection. They alwasy bred back but werre usually a little later coming back into heat the first time after calving. I don;t know what mineral causes the problem, we haven't had a retained placenta in the last 15 years. They generally clean within an hour 2 at the most after calving.
This morning we had a cow that was due today lay down for about 5 minutes, really bare down one time and I saw something sticking out so I grabbed the binocs and sure enought, there were the feet. She rolled back up on her brisket and I never saw another contraction, but the calf just oozed out like a sausauge out of a sausage stuffer. Took about two minutes after th hard push and the calf was out. That was the easiest birthing I've ever seen. Calf was only a75 lbs.
dun
This morning we had a cow that was due today lay down for about 5 minutes, really bare down one time and I saw something sticking out so I grabbed the binocs and sure enought, there were the feet. She rolled back up on her brisket and I never saw another contraction, but the calf just oozed out like a sausauge out of a sausage stuffer. Took about two minutes after th hard push and the calf was out. That was the easiest birthing I've ever seen. Calf was only a75 lbs.
dun