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If it weren't fer bad luck....

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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Well daggum.....if it weren't for bad luck with calves, wouldnt have no luck at all. Some kinda critter, don't know if it was a dog, or a cat, attacked the back end of a 2 week old heifer calf (girl parts) She was fine Friday afternoon when I was out, happened sometime over the weekend while we were gone.
Pasture roped her, and took her to the corrals, poor lil thang is swollen somethin awful and already has maggots (ughhh)......gave her a shot of penn, and then sprayed her backend with some antiseptic spray.(which got rid of most of the maggots) Will flush with water and do hydro tomorrow, along with another shot of penn. She seems to be doin fairly well, lotsa fight left in her, and hasn't lost any weight. What next???

Am I gonna hafta set a trap for neighbor dogs??? That's what it looked like to me, but usually a dog will go for the head first, and no scratches on her anywhere else. ????
 

greg

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Don't know with the weather diff.-but in summer here I would use Creoline-it is antesptic,plus fly repeller??
 

Denny

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The very reason I shoot every dog that comes visiting.If you want to keep your dog around here best keep'em home.
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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You can bet I'll be totin a rifle too now. I usually carry my pistol with me, but this is gettin plumb rediculous.

Perfectly good lil heifer, that actually is out of one of our sons cows.....if she makes it, won't keep her for fear that stuff wouldn't be right.
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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Well, went out and dr'd the calf. not nearly as swollen this mornin as it was yesterday when we found her like that. Seems to still be goin strong. Mama aint shown up at the corral, or if she did it was durin the night and she didnt stay there. Will go back out later and see if she's anywhere hangin around to push into the lot. Be a whole lot easier if she'd be standin there inside the lot and I could just shut the gate...but that's too easy LOL
 

HAY MAKER

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Lilly,I think if #1 you keep your shotgun handy fer that curr that tore up your calf & #2 you get that calf back on her mama she will do much better...............good luck
 

Ranchy

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Sorry about the heifer.

If it had happened here, chances would be it was a wolf. Lots of folks have been loosing lots of calves (and even a colt I saw a pic of a while back) that are confirmed wolf kills. They do go for the back ends first......

I could post some really disturbing pics, and you could compare, if ya wanted me to.

Hope ya can catch whatever it is, so this will be the last one to get chewed on!
 

kolanuraven

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My guess it's somebody's dog that needs to be shot!!!

About 2 yrs ago I had a cow get torn up in her hindquarters. Back legs, practically ripped her tail out to the tail head...it was a mess. By the time I got thru working on her I looked like I had been in a Axe Murder movie!!

It was a local dog that was let to run loose and uncontrolled.

Well.....they say don't feed chocolate to a dog it will kill'em...you can add lead to that list also!!!
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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She's lookin alot better, mama cow has not shown up at the corrals, she's hangin around back at the backside where we nabbed the calf from. Guess that's ok.... least she's lookin for it. Sprayed it this mornin with Underwoods, and again this evenin. Swelling is almost all gone, and no maggots in sight. Covered the trailer just in case there's rain tonight. Another day or so and I think she'll be ready to put back with mama.
but still wish mama would come on up.
 

Jinglebob

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the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
She's lookin alot better, mama cow has not shown up at the corrals, she's hangin around back at the backside where we nabbed the calf from. Guess that's ok.... least she's lookin for it. Sprayed it this mornin with Underwoods, and again this evenin. Swelling is almost all gone, and no maggots in sight. Covered the trailer just in case there's rain tonight. Another day or so and I think she'll be ready to put back with mama.
but still wish mama would come on up.

Aren't you worried about the cows bag getting awful tight from not getting sucked? Or has it only been a day since you brought her in?
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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Brought her in yesterday evenin. I'd really prefer the cow come on up to the lot. But if the calf looks like she's progressin as well as she has so far, tomorrow gonna load her in the back of the truck and take her to her mama in the evenin.
 

rustynail

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i have taken four corral panels and made a small corral in the middle of the field close to mama cow, tie the calf in it (it will start to bawling and get mama on the look), mama cow goes in the small corral and shut the gate. :D yeah i know it sounds easy, but have done it several times.

feed them stray dogs some lead thats what i do. building several sub-divisions around me and them city people think cause their in the country their dogs can run loose. :mad: they are a dead dog if i see them.

hope that calf gets better and mama take her back. :wink:
 

HAY MAKER

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Jinglebob said:
the_jersey_lilly_2000 said:
She's lookin alot better, mama cow has not shown up at the corrals, she's hangin around back at the backside where we nabbed the calf from. Guess that's ok.... least she's lookin for it. Sprayed it this mornin with Underwoods, and again this evenin. Swelling is almost all gone, and no maggots in sight. Covered the trailer just in case there's rain tonight. Another day or so and I think she'll be ready to put back with mama.
but still wish mama would come on up.

Aren't you worried about the cows bag getting awful tight from not getting sucked? Or has it only been a day since you brought her in?


Lilly I think Jinglebob has a good point,I dont know how long a cow can go without being milked before she starts drying up,or if your luck runs like mine she gets mastitis,I know milking a ole beef cow aint much fun,swattin you in tha face with her ole tail,that usually has fresh manure and urine :mad: ...................good luck
 

Denny

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I would just treat the calf then turn it loose with the cow.Sounds like the cow is'nt very protective 1st the calf gets chewed up 2nd she don't miss her calf .The neighbors cat was walking across my heifer pasture last night I have never seen a cat run so fast those heifers act just like their mothers.We have bears,wolves and coyotes in 12 years I have lost one calf to a wolf it was from a first calf heifer.

I think alot of cattle have had the mothering ability bred out of them,Its not my job to babysit calves around here if the cow does'nt do it chances are it will die.Then the cow can hit the road no more problem.I don't want real mean cows but I surely don't want some old farmer cows either.

A mean protective cow won't get culled here for being what she is one step below a wild animal.
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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In previous years this cow is one that while taggin her calf will normally be there to eat yer lunch. When we nabbed the calf it was layin by it'self and mama had gone off to graze. You know how they leave em with a baby sitter? LOL That first beller and the few that were around came runnin to see if it was there's but when it wasn't they went on about their business. She's 1/4 long horn 1/4 hereford and 1/2 brangus.
We've left calves in the corrals when weanin for a month or more before turnin them back out and they've gone right back to suckin ...... this one's not that old and may not have the drive to go find mama like them weaners do. But I think if we take the calf out to her, she'll take it right back. Have had to dr calves before like this and aint had a mama that wouldn't take her calf back. But with our luck, there's a first for everthang LOL Think I read that it takes somewhere between 40 and 60 days for a cow to dry up.
 

katrina

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Lilly, We had a hired hand who had two blue heelers. And they would nip your horse's hocks sometimes. I had a goat that we all loved and my folks told me to tie him up so he wouldn't get in their garden. So I did and the blue heelers killed my goat. They hamstrung him. Dad shot the dogs and from then on no more hired hands with dogs......
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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Well just got back from dr'n the lil calf, washed the area real well, then put the antiseptic stuff on it, and a shot of LA 200, it's lookin real good. Tied her by three feet, and put her in the back of the truck. Drove across the creek all the way to the backside of the place where we caught her Monday....there mama was. Went ahead and put a tag in her ear, more to make her beller than anything, and here come mama to investigate......had her head over in the bed of the truck tryin to get to the calf. Got her untied and on the ground and it wasn't but a blink of an eye before she went to suckin and mama went to lickin her all over. Whewwwww......hope she makes it.

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