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ran a calf to death? How to avoid?
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<blockquote data-quote="MO_cows" data-source="post: 936201" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>Sorry this happened, and that you got the "tough love" from some. After 3 days, if mom didn't call the calf back in, you had to do something. The suffocating by carrying sounds the most likely to me.</p><p></p><p>Unless you are in physical shape to run a marathon, I don't think you can run a calf that big to death on foot, either. We had a two day old calf that got spooked by the horses go thru the fence and run off a good mile at top speed, when it got tangled up in some brush to where we could catch it, it was breathing hard and eyes rolling back, I thought it was gonna die, too. Hauled it back home on our flatbed trailer, just about sitting on it to keep it down, turned it back in with mom and it sucked and took a nap and lived happily ever after. </p><p></p><p>If this happens again, I would herd the mother and maybe another pair out to where the calf is, then try to get them back in together. Use the herding instinct of the calf to help you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MO_cows, post: 936201, member: 9169"] Sorry this happened, and that you got the "tough love" from some. After 3 days, if mom didn't call the calf back in, you had to do something. The suffocating by carrying sounds the most likely to me. Unless you are in physical shape to run a marathon, I don't think you can run a calf that big to death on foot, either. We had a two day old calf that got spooked by the horses go thru the fence and run off a good mile at top speed, when it got tangled up in some brush to where we could catch it, it was breathing hard and eyes rolling back, I thought it was gonna die, too. Hauled it back home on our flatbed trailer, just about sitting on it to keep it down, turned it back in with mom and it sucked and took a nap and lived happily ever after. If this happens again, I would herd the mother and maybe another pair out to where the calf is, then try to get them back in together. Use the herding instinct of the calf to help you. [/QUOTE]
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