Had a backwards calf born last year that had brain damage . It took him almost month to be able to stand and then when he got to be around 5 months old he got to big to be able to get up anymore and I had to put him down.  Was a fruitless effort on my part.

Had two heifers this year with a leg back, one was pulled while she was laying down and she didn't get back up. Moved her to the shed in the bucket of the skid steer, hauled food and water for her as well as clean bedding for 5 weeks. Not too much I could do by myself with hubby laid up . So that was my only option. The vet was coming out to put her down and do a BSE on her ,then we were to have her butchered for Nikki's dog food that I make her. Went out one morning of the week Dr u was coming out and she was standing in her pen eating. The look she gave me was priceless and I had to pick my jaw up off the ground. She is back out with the herd and doing well .If circumstances were different she would have been put down after a week, weird how things work out, not even bed sores just some swelling in her right front hock.

Hopefully this was the only blip in your calving season Katrina .

Silver ,do you know what caused your calves blindness ? I had a blind one born years ago, very strange. He did well and his mom was great for always being by his side even out in pasture.