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McGee213288
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 9:51 pm    Post subject: I have... Reply with quote
a Sand footed cow...is there anything I can do to straiten her foot back up??
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LazyWP
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Maybe I am just dumb, but I have never heard of a Sand footed cow. What do you mean by that?
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McGee213288
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 8:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
She had a bit of foot rot in her right rear foot last year.... it had to be treated twice...so it was prolly sore for bout 30 days or so...She gimped along on the outside edge ....now the out side toe wants to grow long and curl across the other....and she sets on her heel...it is starting to make her gimp again....I have had it trimed...didn't help...she's a really nice good tempered young cow.... Crying or Very sad
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burnt
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have one exactly like you describe. Got her trimmed last spring and now it's grown back and she's sore. Should have shipped her with the rest of the culls last fall but she always raises a great calf.
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Denny
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
This is the reason we keep replacement heifers.
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leanin' H
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Foot troubles are right at the top of a list of things that gets a cow shipped out here. If they can't travel, then they can't range out on the ridges for native grass, travel a ways to water or trail worth a dang. Just too many cons to outweight the fact she's young to me. But you do what you think is best. Wink Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
leanin' H wrote:
Foot troubles are right at the top of a list of things that gets a cow shipped out here. If they can't travel, then they can't range out on the ridges for native grass, travel a ways to water or trail worth a dang. Just too many cons to outweight the fact she's young to me. But you do what you think is best. Wink Very Happy


Same here- about the only feet I've ever trimmed were just so the weren't limping when they went thru the salebarn on their road to Mickie D's....
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ltdumbear2
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
what was that old ad for the quick-connect/release (buckle) rubber boot they made for horses that lost a shoe ?

"get an easy-boot or get a sense of humour" ? ? ?

...wonder if they make them things for cloven-hooved critters ? ? ?
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Jinglebob
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oldtimer wrote:
leanin' H wrote:
Foot troubles are right at the top of a list of things that gets a cow shipped out here. If they can't travel, then they can't range out on the ridges for native grass, travel a ways to water or trail worth a dang. Just too many cons to outweight the fact she's young to me. But you do what you think is best. Wink Very Happy


Same here- about the only feet I've ever trimmed were just so the weren't limping when they went thru the salebarn on their road to Mickie D's....


Well.... that's a nice liberal attitude. Wink Surprised Very Happy Twisted Evil
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mytfarms
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Or you can do what me and every other guy who have access to trim chutes (and have heifers worth a small fortune) do every year. Trim them at least twice a year (or on a regular schedule) and baby the pen they live in. We have a bull with a similar problem, but a little rest on a soft corral gets him back in shape. It also depends quite a little on who you have trimming and what they know about fixing how the weight of the animal hits the foot. Over exaggerating the trim job can help the foot heal back into a more natural position. Essentially, it becomes like corrective shoeing on a horse.
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Big Muddy rancher
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
mytfarms wrote:
Or you can do what me and every other guy who have access to trim chutes (and have heifers worth a small fortune) do every year. Trim them at least twice a year (or on a regular schedule) and baby the pen they live in. We have a bull with a similar problem, but a little rest on a soft corral gets him back in shape. It also depends quite a little on who you have trimming and what they know about fixing how the weight of the animal hits the foot. Over exaggerating the trim job can help the foot heal back into a more natural position. Essentially, it becomes like corrective shoeing on a horse.


If a hfr has bad feet why would she be worth a fortune? Confused
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RSL
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
We trim feet around here. The best way is to start at the animal's head, move back about 6 inches and start trimming... Laughing
A cow that can't walk is a TOAD (Teats On A Duck Useless), and it takes a lot of years to breed foot problems out of a cow herd.
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