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<blockquote data-quote="milkmaid" data-source="post: 242140" data-attributes="member: 852"><p>:nod: It didn't bother me near so much when I realized the cow'd had TWINS. If it were one calf it would have bothered me a lot more, but twins...just seems like it wouldn't be quite so big a surprise for them to come early. Although that IS very early!</p><p></p><p>As a side note, I saw a dozen vultures circling yesterday, took a fast trip out to check, then back to boss to report what I'd found. His pastures run up by my place so I keep an eye on his cows when they're up my way. Anyways, there was <em>another </em>aborted calf. (12 vultures and ONE 6 month calf???) Cow was nowhere in sight but boss had a pretty good idea of which cow it was; she'd been off feed last couple days - I'd also noticed her milk production had drastically dropped - and she should have been 195 days.</p><p></p><p>Boss was pretty sure he knew what had happened, too. He switched feed on the cows, from last-year's silage to fresh cut straight off the fields. I knew moldy hay could cause abortions but I hadn't thought fresh stuff could. Must be moving to really rich feed threw them off. Cow that aborted yesterday is a 1st lactation cow...this is the <em>second </em>time she's slipped a calf. She's history. The other cow is a chronic mastitis case, and this just brings her up on the cull list.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="milkmaid, post: 242140, member: 852"] :nod: It didn't bother me near so much when I realized the cow'd had TWINS. If it were one calf it would have bothered me a lot more, but twins...just seems like it wouldn't be quite so big a surprise for them to come early. Although that IS very early! As a side note, I saw a dozen vultures circling yesterday, took a fast trip out to check, then back to boss to report what I'd found. His pastures run up by my place so I keep an eye on his cows when they're up my way. Anyways, there was [i]another [/i]aborted calf. (12 vultures and ONE 6 month calf???) Cow was nowhere in sight but boss had a pretty good idea of which cow it was; she'd been off feed last couple days - I'd also noticed her milk production had drastically dropped - and she should have been 195 days. Boss was pretty sure he knew what had happened, too. He switched feed on the cows, from last-year's silage to fresh cut straight off the fields. I knew moldy hay could cause abortions but I hadn't thought fresh stuff could. Must be moving to really rich feed threw them off. Cow that aborted yesterday is a 1st lactation cow...this is the [i]second [/i]time she's slipped a calf. She's history. The other cow is a chronic mastitis case, and this just brings her up on the cull list. [/QUOTE]
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