Springing

Mosho · Jan 13, 2007

I am ashamed to ask this but I don't fully understand the term, " a cow is springing." Now I can tell when one is getting close to partuition but I don't know what is meant by springing.

backhoeboogie · Jan 13, 2007

To be blunt, she is preparing to calve. The birth canal is enlarging, in all directions. Her rear end sort of "spings".

AngusLimoX · Jan 13, 2007

Ok, what is the diff between springing and freshening?

Fine line?

:lol: :lol:

Good question Mosho, you haven't had the easiest ride in here, yet you keep coming back. With cattle questions. I respect that.

bigbull338 · Jan 13, 2007

AngusLimoX":3o35lxym said:
Ok, what is the diff between springing and freshening?

Fine line?

:lol: :lol:

Good question Mosho, you haven't had the easiest ride in here, yet you keep coming back. With cattle questions. I respect that.

a springer is a cow or heifer that her bag is getting full an tight with milk.as well as her valva swelling an getting big.freshing is after she has calved.means she is a fresh cow.

AngusLimoX · Jan 13, 2007

bigbull338":2l24hlff said:
AngusLimoX":2l24hlff said:

Ok, what is the diff between springing and freshening?

Fine line?

:lol: :lol:

Good question Mosho, you haven't had the easiest ride in here, yet you keep coming back. With cattle questions. I respect that.

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a springer is a cow or heifer that her bag is getting full an tight with milk.as well as her valva swelling an getting big.freshing is after she has calved.means she is a fresh cow.

Fresh or freshening? Sprung or springing? :lol: :lol:

Cowdirt · Jan 13, 2007

bigbull338":3jq2x1qj said:
AngusLimoX":3jq2x1qj said:

Ok, what is the diff between springing and freshening?

Fine line?

:lol: :lol:

Good question Mosho, you haven't had the easiest ride in here, yet you keep coming back. With cattle questions. I respect that.

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a springer is a cow or heifer that her bag is getting full an tight with milk.as well as her valva swelling an getting big.freshing is after she has calved.means she is a fresh cow.

While growing up in my area, the condition of a cow leading up to calving was called "springing". This was manifested by the symptoms described by other posts above. "Freshening" was the actual process of having a calf and the milk flow beginning. In my childhood if we only had one family cow, we often looked forward to the milk as much as we did the calf. My 2 cents.