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<blockquote data-quote="Little Cow" data-source="post: 561566" data-attributes="member: 5507"><p>Thank you for all the opinions! I can see people resorting to desperate measures in the wee hours but there is no way I would even try a truck or tractor myself. </p><p></p><p>Speaking of which, any here have the skill to do a c-section? Do you call a vet to help you close the cow up?</p><p></p><p>We did the 1/4 turn at the college, too. The senior calving guys explained that the calf was widest across the hips and the cow was widest up and down, so if you got the hips coming out sideways instead of the diving position, you'd have the best chance of avoiding hiplock. Interestingly, though we worked hard on a bunch calves, we never did use the puller. Just OB chains and reaching in there to rearrange the calf's position, when necessary. I thank my lucky stars that I got to practice calving on a whole bunch of other people's cattle!! Sure as heck didn't make me a cattlewoman, but it did give me some great "oh @!#%" skills. And the knowledge to know when I need help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Little Cow, post: 561566, member: 5507"] Thank you for all the opinions! I can see people resorting to desperate measures in the wee hours but there is no way I would even try a truck or tractor myself. Speaking of which, any here have the skill to do a c-section? Do you call a vet to help you close the cow up? We did the 1/4 turn at the college, too. The senior calving guys explained that the calf was widest across the hips and the cow was widest up and down, so if you got the hips coming out sideways instead of the diving position, you'd have the best chance of avoiding hiplock. Interestingly, though we worked hard on a bunch calves, we never did use the puller. Just OB chains and reaching in there to rearrange the calf's position, when necessary. I thank my lucky stars that I got to practice calving on a whole bunch of other people's cattle!! Sure as heck didn't make me a cattlewoman, but it did give me some great "oh @!#%" skills. And the knowledge to know when I need help. [/QUOTE]
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