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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 10921"><p>> I am fairly new to the cattle</p><p>> business. I own around 115 acres</p><p>> of land that is divided into a 43</p><p>> acre plot and a 72 acre plot. They</p><p>> do not touch there is about a mile</p><p>> seperating the two pieces. On</p><p>> February 7, 2003 my husband</p><p>> discovered a cow down on the</p><p>> 72acres. He got her up, called a</p><p>> vet--he said to keep her warm and</p><p>> dry and see if she makes it--did</p><p>> that she lived two days and died</p><p>> on feb. 9,2003 with calf still</p><p>> inside her. Today Feb. 18, 2003 as</p><p>> we were going over the 43 acres we</p><p>> discovered two cows down. One dead</p><p>> with calfhoves hanging out about 2</p><p>> inches and the other about dead</p><p>> had given birth last week sometime</p><p>> inbetween the 10th and the 14th.</p><p>> We got her up after 7 hours of</p><p>> trying and she is now in the barn</p><p>> eating, but not paying much</p><p>> attention to her calf who is in</p><p>> the stall next to her. Could there</p><p>> be any connection in the deaths?</p><p>> Both were about to give birth with</p><p>> one trying, they had not eaten hay</p><p>> cut from the same fields and were</p><p>> not of the same breed. Just call</p><p>> me worried but I don't like losing</p><p>> any of my cows especially (you</p><p>> could say) 4 within 10 days of</p><p>> eachother.</p><p></p><p>Do the cows just need help calving? Do you have your cows close and easily accessable to a shoot to pull the calves if the need be. We check our cows that look close every 4 hours and keep them sorted seperate next to our calving shead. This year we have pulled several. In other years just a few. Do they act sick or are they just suffering from the pain in labor? It is completely normal to be worried. Calving is a delicate process that needs to be monitored several times a day. How is the calf in your barn doing? Is he sucking or are you bottling it to him? Is the cow making good milk, have you milked her out yet?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 10921"] > I am fairly new to the cattle > business. I own around 115 acres > of land that is divided into a 43 > acre plot and a 72 acre plot. They > do not touch there is about a mile > seperating the two pieces. On > February 7, 2003 my husband > discovered a cow down on the > 72acres. He got her up, called a > vet--he said to keep her warm and > dry and see if she makes it--did > that she lived two days and died > on feb. 9,2003 with calf still > inside her. Today Feb. 18, 2003 as > we were going over the 43 acres we > discovered two cows down. One dead > with calfhoves hanging out about 2 > inches and the other about dead > had given birth last week sometime > inbetween the 10th and the 14th. > We got her up after 7 hours of > trying and she is now in the barn > eating, but not paying much > attention to her calf who is in > the stall next to her. Could there > be any connection in the deaths? > Both were about to give birth with > one trying, they had not eaten hay > cut from the same fields and were > not of the same breed. Just call > me worried but I don't like losing > any of my cows especially (you > could say) 4 within 10 days of > eachother. Do the cows just need help calving? Do you have your cows close and easily accessable to a shoot to pull the calves if the need be. We check our cows that look close every 4 hours and keep them sorted seperate next to our calving shead. This year we have pulled several. In other years just a few. Do they act sick or are they just suffering from the pain in labor? It is completely normal to be worried. Calving is a delicate process that needs to be monitored several times a day. How is the calf in your barn doing? Is he sucking or are you bottling it to him? Is the cow making good milk, have you milked her out yet? [/QUOTE]
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