dang cow

[jodywy]

had the pairs strung out on the feed ground yesterday , was feeding the las bale out on the snow and watched a big black cow wade thru some snow , and knock over a 3 day old calf then step ring in its guts and kept right on moving. We got the calf and it momma in, was doing ok all day but tonight it was dead.

 

[Faster horses]

Oh, jody, that's too bad.
At least you know what happened to it and it's not
one of those 'mystery' deaths that can drive us nuts.

I hope your snow leaves soon.

 

[Nicky]

I know the feeling We were feeding the other day, no cows or calves there when we started...fed up and were coming back and there was a dead calf...couple weeks old. Irritating to say the least.

 

[katrina]

yup..... lost ou first calf during that bad weather.. It was hurt someways.. Prolly got stepped on......Don't it just frost ya when that happens.

 

[tenbach79]

I just lost a calf that had the same thing happen to it. Mother cow was knocking the calf around and must of stepped on the calf and ruptured his guts calf stayed alive for 3 days but ended up dying. Was batting a 1000% up until the last couple weeks then end up losing 3 calves

 

[slyfarmgirl]

That truly bites! I hate snow!!!!!!

 

[gcreekrch]

I just lost a calf that had the same thing happen to it. Mother cow was knocking the calf around and must of stepped on the calf and ruptured his guts calf stayed alive for 3 days but ended up dying. Was batting a 1000% up until the last couple weeks then end up losing 3 calves

Batting a 1000%? You putting 9 of the neighbors calves on when a cow calves?

 

[tenbach79]

Darn got caught

Still mad from the last few days hit the zero button one to many times

 

[leanin' H]

I just lost a calf that had the same thing happen to it. Mother cow was knocking the calf around and must of stepped on the calf and ruptured his guts calf stayed alive for 3 days but ended up dying. Was batting a 1000% up until the last couple weeks then end up losing 3 calves

Batting a 1000%? You putting 9 of the neighbors calves on when a cow calves?

Is that frowned upon in your country Gcreek? :???: :shock: :wink: :lol: My cows all usually have 4 or 5 calves each, every year. Funny thing is the neighbor only has about a 20% calf crop. :? :shock: :wink: We know what ya meant tenbach79. Some of us just dig a spur for fun a lot! :wink:

 

[burnt]

I just lost a calf that had the same thing happen to it. Mother cow was knocking the calf around and must of stepped on the calf and ruptured his guts calf stayed alive for 3 days but ended up dying. Was batting a 1000% up until the last couple weeks then end up losing 3 calves

Batting a 1000%? You putting 9 of the neighbors calves on when a cow calves?

Is that frowned upon in your country Gcreek? :???: :shock: :wink: :lol: My cows all usually have 4 or 5 calves each, every year. Funny thing is the neighbor only has about a 20% calf crop. :? :shock: :wink: We know what ya meant tenbach79. Some of us just dig a spur for fun a lot! :wink:

You are too kind to say it like it is - Gcreek don't know baseball. :wink:

 

[gcreekrch]

Batting a 1000%? You putting 9 of the neighbors calves on when a cow calves?

Is that frowned upon in your country Gcreek? :???: :shock: :wink: :lol: My cows all usually have 4 or 5 calves each, every year. Funny thing is the neighbor only has about a 20% calf crop. :? :shock: :wink: We know what ya meant tenbach79. Some of us just dig a spur for fun a lot! :wink:

You are too kind to say it like it is - Gcreek don't know baseball. :wink:

Ya got that right. :wink: Isn't that the one where ya go to sleep waiting for a player to choke on his chew?

 

[Soapweed]

had the pairs strung out on the feed ground yesterday , was feeding the las bale out on the snow and watched a big black cow wade thru some snow , and knock over a 3 day old calf then step ring in its guts and kept right on moving. We got the calf and it momma in, was doing ok all day but tonight it was dead.

That's a bummer, Jody.

Monday morning, we were gathering some weigh-up cows to take to the Martin Livestock Auction. In one bunch of pairs was a nine-year-old cow in good condition herself but her calf didn't seem to be getting enough milk. My plan was to capture this cow and calf, make a bottle baby out of the calf, and sell the cow. There was one other dry cow in the bunch to sell also. Kosmo and I hauled our horses to this pasture, and parked the trailer in a fence corner to load the cows. There were about a hundred and eighty cows with their calves in the herd. Right off we found the dry cow, and the calf that was not doing well. For the life of us we couldn't find the calf's mother even though all the cows were gathered on hay that had just been fed. We started riding bigger circles, and finally found the cow in a ditch, dead as a hammer. She had evidently gotten on her back, perished, then bloated up enough to roll over into a sitting positon. This cow would have brought a thousand dollars had she lived a day longer and arrived at the sale. :?

 

[Cedarcreek]

Had heifer pick a patch of ice about 10' across surrounded by water to calve on yesterday, calf was dead when I found it. Got plenty of dry bare ground for them to calve on. She's not going to get a second chance.

 

[Faster horses]

Not sticking up for the cow, but I have heard that some cows really
get a fever when they are calving and that's why they head for
to top of a wind-blown hill, ice, etc as a place to calve.

The lady that told me this, also says cows don't have as much sense
as chickens when it comes to caring for their young. :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[John SD]

This thread reminds me how it's somewhat ironic that cattlemen poke a bit of fun at sheepmen because sheep are always looking for a place to die. Cattle seem just as creative as sheep in methods of offing themselves too. :twisted: :roll: :wink: :lol:

FH, about the cow/fever thing and the fascination with water. Since I've gone to later calving on a warmer day especially, I have lost a calf or two due to the cow having the calf too close to the dam or creek and the first steps of the wobbly calf land him in the drink. :???: