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Calving is starting to ramp up. Is it spring calving or winter calving at this time of year? Mrs. Silver snapped a couple pics today, so for better or for worse here they are.
When we have need to pull a calf we always do it with the mother standing up. She is squeezed sideways, and pushed ahead with a bar under her hind end and a sling under the front to ensure that she stays up where we can work on her. I know many folks don't think much of this method but over many decades it has worked every single time.
Hooking up and organizing things:
Out she comes. One wrap on the feet for this one as it was obviously not going to be difficult:
Now for her sister :roll:
One wrap on one foot, pulled with one hand.:
1st time momma licking her lips in anticipation:
And now the twins are split apart, so I have one bummer twin and a freeloading calf with a herniated umbilical chord that is defying all odds and is demanding to be fed twice a day :?