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<blockquote data-quote="Lee VanRoss" data-source="post: 1679622" data-attributes="member: 40072"><p>In 2018 I had a 2nd calf crossbred drop a calf in the corral. The cow was out side the corral and showing no interest.</p><p>They were due to start calving Apr 1 and it was the 15th of March. I did not go in to look at it but from what I could see</p><p>it was not viable. Can't remember what was going on at the time but I had to be somewhere later that morning..</p><p>That afternoon I went back to take the calf out and it was laying in the same spot. I picked it and put it in the feed bunk</p><p>so I could get the pickup a little closer. It was dead as a doornail, eyes glazed open teeth clenched but for some unknown</p><p>reason I touched his eyeball and he blinked! I went into mouth on nose mode and started blowing air in the nostril.</p><p>There was really not much change and although the mouth and tongue were cold there was some warmth under the</p><p>front leg. </p><p>I put the calf in cab and headed for a cousins place about a half mile away. He had calf warmers and electrolyte in use</p><p>as they calf Feb, Mar. Calf, I estimate somewhere between 20 and 30 pounds , looked fully developed. After about </p><p>30 minutes I said I better get him out if he isn't showing some improvement. About that time there was a little bleat</p><p>from the calf warmer. To make the story shorter we left him in there for another 3 days taking him out to feed him</p><p>and holding him up while he ate. I brought him on home and put him under a heat lamp. He could stand by this time</p><p>and instead of just giving him the bottle I made him follow me around the pen before he could eat. Eventually this got</p><p>to be a headlong race of three times around. When he did start eating solid food I feed him on the bottom of a </p><p>mineral tub as that was how tall he was. I trained him to come when I waved my arm down by my side which came in</p><p>handy when I brought the other calves home that fall. I sold him the following April and he weighed 690 lbs</p><p>Selling that calf was not a pleasant experience. His name was Apple Jack.</p><p></p><p>There is more, as if the above is not enough. On the 20th of April the same cow had another , this time a larger</p><p>but still small healthy calf. I dismissed it as belonging to another cow nearly to my peril as she went after me in</p><p>the kill mode. That gave me a 100% calf crop with Apple Jack out. I had never heard of such a thing and after</p><p>some research and talking to my vet and the internet (did not know about CT then) I found out it does happen</p><p>rarely. Apparently she did not have twins but cycled in consecutive months and was impregnated both times.</p><p>Very rarely will both fetuses be viable enough to be brought to term. </p><p>It was quite an experience to say the least.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee VanRoss, post: 1679622, member: 40072"] In 2018 I had a 2nd calf crossbred drop a calf in the corral. The cow was out side the corral and showing no interest. They were due to start calving Apr 1 and it was the 15th of March. I did not go in to look at it but from what I could see it was not viable. Can't remember what was going on at the time but I had to be somewhere later that morning.. That afternoon I went back to take the calf out and it was laying in the same spot. I picked it and put it in the feed bunk so I could get the pickup a little closer. It was dead as a doornail, eyes glazed open teeth clenched but for some unknown reason I touched his eyeball and he blinked! I went into mouth on nose mode and started blowing air in the nostril. There was really not much change and although the mouth and tongue were cold there was some warmth under the front leg. I put the calf in cab and headed for a cousins place about a half mile away. He had calf warmers and electrolyte in use as they calf Feb, Mar. Calf, I estimate somewhere between 20 and 30 pounds , looked fully developed. After about 30 minutes I said I better get him out if he isn't showing some improvement. About that time there was a little bleat from the calf warmer. To make the story shorter we left him in there for another 3 days taking him out to feed him and holding him up while he ate. I brought him on home and put him under a heat lamp. He could stand by this time and instead of just giving him the bottle I made him follow me around the pen before he could eat. Eventually this got to be a headlong race of three times around. When he did start eating solid food I feed him on the bottom of a mineral tub as that was how tall he was. I trained him to come when I waved my arm down by my side which came in handy when I brought the other calves home that fall. I sold him the following April and he weighed 690 lbs Selling that calf was not a pleasant experience. His name was Apple Jack. There is more, as if the above is not enough. On the 20th of April the same cow had another , this time a larger but still small healthy calf. I dismissed it as belonging to another cow nearly to my peril as she went after me in the kill mode. That gave me a 100% calf crop with Apple Jack out. I had never heard of such a thing and after some research and talking to my vet and the internet (did not know about CT then) I found out it does happen rarely. Apparently she did not have twins but cycled in consecutive months and was impregnated both times. Very rarely will both fetuses be viable enough to be brought to term. It was quite an experience to say the least. [/QUOTE]
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