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Thawing out a frozen newborn
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<blockquote data-quote="Rydero" data-source="post: 1665943" data-attributes="member: 38101"><p>I don't think it's irresponsible. Especially where most of the people having trouble - in the southern US are located. This is a freak occurence for them. I guess if you left a gate open somewhere and the highway moved hundreds of miles to it your analogy would be accurate. </p><p></p><p> Our spring calving weather can turn out like what some of these folks are dealing with right now - in April. Couple years ago we had a couple weeks where the temperature at night was in the -30's. Used to be we'd get a night or two where it dipped to about 15F in early April and it'd migrate up above freezing from there. Seemed sensible to calve in weather like that. </p><p></p><p>It's a different ballgame for sure at colder temperatures but entirely doable. We didn't lose a calf. A couple lost a bit of their ears. Cattle penned up close, hourly checks 24/7, had a pen set up in the garage and if it was middle of the night a fire was started in the wood stove and the calves brought in to dry and warm. Lots were given colostrum before being brought back to momma when the temps lifted during the day. Calf ear muffs or duct tape the ears to the head to keep them warm and you'd be surprised what a calf will thrive in with warm milk and some bedding out of the wind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rydero, post: 1665943, member: 38101"] I don't think it's irresponsible. Especially where most of the people having trouble - in the southern US are located. This is a freak occurence for them. I guess if you left a gate open somewhere and the highway moved hundreds of miles to it your analogy would be accurate. Our spring calving weather can turn out like what some of these folks are dealing with right now - in April. Couple years ago we had a couple weeks where the temperature at night was in the -30's. Used to be we'd get a night or two where it dipped to about 15F in early April and it'd migrate up above freezing from there. Seemed sensible to calve in weather like that. It's a different ballgame for sure at colder temperatures but entirely doable. We didn't lose a calf. A couple lost a bit of their ears. Cattle penned up close, hourly checks 24/7, had a pen set up in the garage and if it was middle of the night a fire was started in the wood stove and the calves brought in to dry and warm. Lots were given colostrum before being brought back to momma when the temps lifted during the day. Calf ear muffs or duct tape the ears to the head to keep them warm and you'd be surprised what a calf will thrive in with warm milk and some bedding out of the wind. [/QUOTE]
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