It's been a really good calving season for this group of heifers. Had 3 more born today and #28 had feet out at 6
M. Went on and fed the other pastures and got done at 7:30 so I checked her again...feet out, no change. So I played some online poker till 9 then- feet out, no change. She got down in the corner of this particular pasture where no heifer has ever gone before. The thorns and briars are so thick you can't see through them on a sunny day. It was pitch black night and I was trying to get her out of the mess and she just got deeper and deeper in to the point she was stuck. So I grabbed the chains and hooked up right there but her butt was against the briars and I was threading the chains through to get em on. By this time blood is dripping off my hands and arms from the cuts and scrapes. she is a very calm heifer and I was pushing and pulling on her head but nothing was working, mind you I'm in the middle of the briar patch. If she decided to run me over I didn't have an inch on any side to move. I got my knife out and started cutting till I got her free. By this time the farm hand showed up and we got her moving out. Got a hold of the chains and pulled a massive bull calf. He was barely breathing and she went down. Finally got her up and of course she ran off. I put the farm hand holding a light on the calf, that I wouldn't give 2 cents for his chances of making it 20 minutes, and hazed her back to the calf. We got out of there and I said a prayer knowing there was no chance she was gonna take him nor was he gonna live. I went back down there just now to dispose of the carcas and she was licking him off and he was trying to stand . 2 of the last 10 have left their calves and I had to make em take he calf. I sure wasn't looking forward to another one. Thank you Lord.
M. Went on and fed the other pastures and got done at 7:30 so I checked her again...feet out, no change. So I played some online poker till 9 then- feet out, no change. She got down in the corner of this particular pasture where no heifer has ever gone before. The thorns and briars are so thick you can't see through them on a sunny day. It was pitch black night and I was trying to get her out of the mess and she just got deeper and deeper in to the point she was stuck. So I grabbed the chains and hooked up right there but her butt was against the briars and I was threading the chains through to get em on. By this time blood is dripping off my hands and arms from the cuts and scrapes. she is a very calm heifer and I was pushing and pulling on her head but nothing was working, mind you I'm in the middle of the briar patch. If she decided to run me over I didn't have an inch on any side to move. I got my knife out and started cutting till I got her free. By this time the farm hand showed up and we got her moving out. Got a hold of the chains and pulled a massive bull calf. He was barely breathing and she went down. Finally got her up and of course she ran off. I put the farm hand holding a light on the calf, that I wouldn't give 2 cents for his chances of making it 20 minutes, and hazed her back to the calf. We got out of there and I said a prayer knowing there was no chance she was gonna take him nor was he gonna live. I went back down there just now to dispose of the carcas and she was licking him off and he was trying to stand . 2 of the last 10 have left their calves and I had to make em take he calf. I sure wasn't looking forward to another one. Thank you Lord.
