Well my bone headedness caught up with me today. I went to the rented pasture to catch the cows and bring them home and calve them out and bred them. I used some old steel barrels cut in half to feed them and catch them in the catch pen. They got to pushing and shoving while we backed the trailer in place and a good EXT daughter cut her back left hoof on the dang barrel. The barrels are now in the swamp so they can finish rusting away and out of reach of another hoof but in the meantime I need advice on this cows hoof.
Let me describe the cut and see what y'all think. She some how had her foot turned upside down when she stepped on the edge of the barrel so the cut starts right where the hoof meats the hide and runs down the half about an inch and in about an inch wide. It does not appear to be very deep but this looks like a bad place.
I plan to watch her and if infection sets in a day or two, Christmas, I will give her some LA 200 and if she still ain't better when Christmas is over I will take her over to Auburn and let the pros work on her.
What do y'all think my chances are with her? She is bred to Boyd's New Day and should calve the first or second week in January.
Let me describe the cut and see what y'all think. She some how had her foot turned upside down when she stepped on the edge of the barrel so the cut starts right where the hoof meats the hide and runs down the half about an inch and in about an inch wide. It does not appear to be very deep but this looks like a bad place.
I plan to watch her and if infection sets in a day or two, Christmas, I will give her some LA 200 and if she still ain't better when Christmas is over I will take her over to Auburn and let the pros work on her.
What do y'all think my chances are with her? She is bred to Boyd's New Day and should calve the first or second week in January.