Big Muddy, you bring up a very valid question. I sometimes wonder about things like that, too. Maybe the calf was a great looker, and someone in charge slipped it out, and only said it had died, when in all reality, it was just removed from the mother.................
My dad had a stud horse when I was a kid, he was daddy to my little Soxin mare......we had a neighbor :roll: at the time, who would bring his mare up every spring, and get her bred. The first two years, she threw a horse colt, both were lively and looked just like Mr. Bob. The next year, she had a filly, which the neighbor :roll: said was born dead, and he never paid for that breeding. Not too many years later, we saw a nice looking mare that bore a striking resemblance to Mr. Bob, just like all his babies did. We always wondered if that filly had been stillborn, or if the neighbor :roll: was just pulling a fast one. Ever since then, I've been a little more than slightly skeptical, if there's no evidence........
Hope ya can find out for sure on this one, TITUS TURNER. And I'd AI the cow probably the second heat........just to give her a chance to get healed up well from the "dead" calf. And, welcome to the board! :nod: