THIS IS A FOLLOWING UP OF MY POST "HEIFER HAS DISCHARGE'
THAT ONE DIED JULY 31. ANOTHER MATURE COW IN THAT PASTURE DIED OVERNIGHT- FOUND HER TODAY. SHE WAS ABOUT 5 OR 6 MONTHS PREGNANT. BULL WAS PUT IN HER PASTURE ON FEB. 20. ONLY HALF DOZEN COWS IN THERE. THEY HAD THE RUN OF 40 ACRES, NATURAL POND FOR WATER. THIS COW HAD KINDA HUNG BACK FROM THE HERD FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS. TODAY SHE WAS MISSING WHEN I WENT DOWN THERE AND FOUND HER DEAD. SHE HAD SOME BLOOD COMING OUT ONE NOSTRIL. SHE WAS TOO BIG TO TURN OVER TO SEE IF SHE WAS SHOT. WILL TAKE TRACTOR AND DO THAT IN A DAY OR TOO.
THE HEIFER HAD BEEN LETHARGIC FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS. THIS COW HAD ONLY BEEN "HANGING BACK" FOR 4 DAYS. CAUSE I BEEN DOWN THERE EVERY DAY FOR 10 DAYS DOCTORING THE BULLS SORE PAW.. ACTUALLY JUST FEEDING HIM ANTIBIOTIC FOOD AND EXTRA PELLETS, AS HE WAS PARKED VERY CLOSE TO THE WATER HOLE. HE IS RALLYING REAL WELL AND REJOINS THE HERD AT TIMES.
ANYONE - KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE KILLED THEM? THE PASTURE IS BAHIA, PLENTY OF GRASS, SOME NUTSEDGE AND SMUTGRASS INFESTATION, A LITTLE BIT SODA APPLE ON THE OLD ROOT PILES. NOT MUCH.
THANKS.
MOM
THAT ONE DIED JULY 31. ANOTHER MATURE COW IN THAT PASTURE DIED OVERNIGHT- FOUND HER TODAY. SHE WAS ABOUT 5 OR 6 MONTHS PREGNANT. BULL WAS PUT IN HER PASTURE ON FEB. 20. ONLY HALF DOZEN COWS IN THERE. THEY HAD THE RUN OF 40 ACRES, NATURAL POND FOR WATER. THIS COW HAD KINDA HUNG BACK FROM THE HERD FOR ABOUT 4 DAYS. TODAY SHE WAS MISSING WHEN I WENT DOWN THERE AND FOUND HER DEAD. SHE HAD SOME BLOOD COMING OUT ONE NOSTRIL. SHE WAS TOO BIG TO TURN OVER TO SEE IF SHE WAS SHOT. WILL TAKE TRACTOR AND DO THAT IN A DAY OR TOO.
THE HEIFER HAD BEEN LETHARGIC FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS. THIS COW HAD ONLY BEEN "HANGING BACK" FOR 4 DAYS. CAUSE I BEEN DOWN THERE EVERY DAY FOR 10 DAYS DOCTORING THE BULLS SORE PAW.. ACTUALLY JUST FEEDING HIM ANTIBIOTIC FOOD AND EXTRA PELLETS, AS HE WAS PARKED VERY CLOSE TO THE WATER HOLE. HE IS RALLYING REAL WELL AND REJOINS THE HERD AT TIMES.
ANYONE - KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE KILLED THEM? THE PASTURE IS BAHIA, PLENTY OF GRASS, SOME NUTSEDGE AND SMUTGRASS INFESTATION, A LITTLE BIT SODA APPLE ON THE OLD ROOT PILES. NOT MUCH.
THANKS.
MOM