tenbach79 said:

Had a cow this morning that just had a newborn calf and fought that poor calf all the way down the side of a hill. I seen the cow was calving and she had the feet out and everything was looking good so I left her alone and went and started to feed and put cake out. When I came out with the cake pickup I seen here fighting the calf. Got the calf in the pickup and in the barn and then went out with the 4 wheeler and got the cow in. I have had good luck with that O-No-Mo stuff so I put that on the calf so will see if it works this time. What do some of you guys do? One time when I was a kid my dad put the calf in the bucket of the tractor and tied the calf so he couldn't get out but the cow couldn't get him but still could smell him. It worked alright from what I remember.
It is so frustrating when you see something like that but I guess thats the joys of raising cattle.
Well it's been a few years but I use to give a shot of Oxytocin (the Vet said with in 24 hours - I seldom gave it after 10 hours)
What is the function of the hormone oxytocin?
Best Answer –
The hormone oxytocin is secreted by the pituitary gland. It has a number of functions, many of which are associated with labor and delivery and nursing mothers. During labor, oxytocin facilitates rapid and efficient delivery, and after birth, the hormone promotes milk production in nursing mothers. This hormone also appears to be linked with trust, bonding, and love, with people secreting higher levels of the hormone when they are involved in activities with people they are close to.
Stimulates the contraction of smooth muscle of the uterus during labor and facilitates ejection of milk from the breast during nursing.
Oxytocin is a mammalian hormone that also acts as a neurotransmitter in the
brain.
Smooth muscle contraction and release of milk from mammary glands.
In short
It Helps with After Birth
It HELP make them Mother Up