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<blockquote data-quote="skcatlman" data-source="post: 368924" data-attributes="member: 5562"><p>What an appropriate a thread. I just finished pulling my first calf this calving season the cow is a J model and i have never helped her before. i look on in her at 9 tonight the water bag could be seen when she got up but she wan't pushing, So i put her in a calving pen and thought i'd let her have it herself. I checked at 10 and the water bag was fully out and she was working on having it. I thought at 11 to check again expecting to see her licking the calf off. What i found sent me to the storage room in a hurry for the chains, handels and the puller just in case, There were two feet sticking out both at a wierd angle. When i went in i found the calf sitting sideways with a hind foot and front foot out and the head hanging down i put the rear leg back and put the calf in normal position and brought the head up then pulled it a hard pull by hand. She has had 4 calves for me previously all in the 85 pound range this one was 101 lbs. I always wondered when her pedigree was going to bit me in the butt, her grand sire was a high performance hard calving bull. But i thought if i bred her to my calving ease herd bull like the last 2 years i wouldn't have to worry about her. I guess not. Every once in a while those throw backs come back to haunt a guy. this one is getting the band. </p><p> As for going in I usally wait from the onset of loabor (pushing)2 hours on a hfer and see if there is a problem and wait 3 to 4 hours on the cow before going in but after you have calved enough you will see what is happening and if something looks wrong or gives you a bad feeling trust your gut. I am glad i jumped in early tonight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skcatlman, post: 368924, member: 5562"] What an appropriate a thread. I just finished pulling my first calf this calving season the cow is a J model and i have never helped her before. i look on in her at 9 tonight the water bag could be seen when she got up but she wan't pushing, So i put her in a calving pen and thought i'd let her have it herself. I checked at 10 and the water bag was fully out and she was working on having it. I thought at 11 to check again expecting to see her licking the calf off. What i found sent me to the storage room in a hurry for the chains, handels and the puller just in case, There were two feet sticking out both at a wierd angle. When i went in i found the calf sitting sideways with a hind foot and front foot out and the head hanging down i put the rear leg back and put the calf in normal position and brought the head up then pulled it a hard pull by hand. She has had 4 calves for me previously all in the 85 pound range this one was 101 lbs. I always wondered when her pedigree was going to bit me in the butt, her grand sire was a high performance hard calving bull. But i thought if i bred her to my calving ease herd bull like the last 2 years i wouldn't have to worry about her. I guess not. Every once in a while those throw backs come back to haunt a guy. this one is getting the band. As for going in I usally wait from the onset of loabor (pushing)2 hours on a hfer and see if there is a problem and wait 3 to 4 hours on the cow before going in but after you have calved enough you will see what is happening and if something looks wrong or gives you a bad feeling trust your gut. I am glad i jumped in early tonight. [/QUOTE]
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