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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 1176135" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>I tailpainted the herd about four weeks ago - Leonie is wearing red tail paint and there is hair under it in the photo. She's wearing green now like Andro and Gemma in the photo above, and some of the cows do rub the hair clean off when they cycle.</p><p></p><p>93 stood on her own for a few short seconds after I wound the hip lifters off her at lunch-time. This evening she didn't repeat the feat, she bounced around so much she managed to jump the hip lifters off the tractor and that was her back on the ground. She appears to have a touch of mastitis in two quarters, and I brought another calf out to her this evening as the first one seems happy with what she's getting and isn't milking her out.</p><p>It's strange to have to use the hip lifters to stand and hold a cow up repeatedly like this, mostly I only use them to lift the cow, then wind them off and the cow walks away. It's been around nine years since I've seen this degree of calving paralysis. Very glad I got the hip lifters repaired yesterday as she'll need lifted about three times daily till she can get up on her own.</p><p></p><p>Just ten cows left to calve and it looks like it might be two or three days before the next one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 1176135, member: 9267"] I tailpainted the herd about four weeks ago - Leonie is wearing red tail paint and there is hair under it in the photo. She's wearing green now like Andro and Gemma in the photo above, and some of the cows do rub the hair clean off when they cycle. 93 stood on her own for a few short seconds after I wound the hip lifters off her at lunch-time. This evening she didn't repeat the feat, she bounced around so much she managed to jump the hip lifters off the tractor and that was her back on the ground. She appears to have a touch of mastitis in two quarters, and I brought another calf out to her this evening as the first one seems happy with what she's getting and isn't milking her out. It's strange to have to use the hip lifters to stand and hold a cow up repeatedly like this, mostly I only use them to lift the cow, then wind them off and the cow walks away. It's been around nine years since I've seen this degree of calving paralysis. Very glad I got the hip lifters repaired yesterday as she'll need lifted about three times daily till she can get up on her own. Just ten cows left to calve and it looks like it might be two or three days before the next one. [/QUOTE]
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