The most unusual event on your farm/Ranch ?
- Thread starter HAY MAKER
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The oddest thing I think that has happened here is during calving last year a cow was having trouble so before it was all over three men had been up in her and had decided they thought she was trying to have twins and needed a c-section. So we loaded her up and went to town. The vet decided it was an inside out calf and the two sets of feet were that of a folded in half inside out calf. He couldn't get it cut apart had to do a c-section and then took pictures as he said he'd never seen one that large. Took three of us to get it out. The cow died was a real money losing day.
Badlands
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Was working at a place where a 1st calf heifer calved.
Out comes the calf, out comes the uterus, up goes the cow, down stays the uterus.
Couple hours later, had to look through the cows to find her.
No external blood, but she was a little sucked up in the gut.
Rather odd feeling: Calf in the barn, uterus in the lot, cow out with the herd 1/4 mile away.
Thought about letting her go, just to see if she would live, but figured she might bleed out inside or get infected, so we ate her. Figured she wouldn't calve next year anyway, so might as well make as much good as we could from the situation.
Tough part was the owners decided to do their 3X/per year inspection the next day. Had her hanging from the cross-arm of the feedmill. Try explaining that to the office folks!
Badlands
Out comes the calf, out comes the uterus, up goes the cow, down stays the uterus.
Couple hours later, had to look through the cows to find her.
No external blood, but she was a little sucked up in the gut.
Rather odd feeling: Calf in the barn, uterus in the lot, cow out with the herd 1/4 mile away.
Thought about letting her go, just to see if she would live, but figured she might bleed out inside or get infected, so we ate her. Figured she wouldn't calve next year anyway, so might as well make as much good as we could from the situation.
Tough part was the owners decided to do their 3X/per year inspection the next day. Had her hanging from the cross-arm of the feedmill. Try explaining that to the office folks!
Badlands
greg
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Don't know-BUT yu did say white color,blue eyed.Maybe gene problem called Albino's?HAY MAKER said:
Northern Rancher
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This never happened at our place but one little herd had a bull break his tool-then 21 days later his replacement broke his-21 days later another one-seems they had a heifer in the bunch that wasn't made the way she should be.
Mike
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When we were in the dairy business years ago, one cold morning, a cow backed into an upright fuel oil heater we had had in the barn for years.
When the heater turned over the burning fuel, the diesel ran down the drain gutter while still on fire. The cows were rearing back in the stantions so hard the lever wouldn't work to let them out.
Burned the back-end of 20 cows to a crisp. Not a good start to a day at 3:00 in the morning.
When the heater turned over the burning fuel, the diesel ran down the drain gutter while still on fire. The cows were rearing back in the stantions so hard the lever wouldn't work to let them out.
Burned the back-end of 20 cows to a crisp. Not a good start to a day at 3:00 in the morning.
Maple Leaf Angus
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Northern Rancher said:
No bull!!!
:wink:the_jersey_lilly_2000
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I was so sure someone would mention a story that involved a hockey mask, and creepy crawlin around in a stack of round bales.................... 
HorseShoer
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One fine winters day as i was returning from ridin thru the pairs in the medow, I noticed the neighbors holstien milk cow had wanderd over to my place for a visit :? Since I was a horse back I thot id hase her back home, after a few minutes it became apparent..... milk cows dont haze 
So I shakes out a loop and drop it over her head.... no sooner than the rope pulled tight,,,,, the ole sow tips over on her side :shock: 4 legs strait out and the dyin quivers~!!!!! 
( honestly i did not abuse this cow at all) sure enuff,,she was deader than dead :???:
The strange thing that happend you might ask??
The neighbors milk cow came to my place to die! I called the neighbor and informed him of the unfortunate event. He came over and he helped me drag her up to the bone pile in the brush with the use of the 4020.
I told him the story ,he agreed it was accident.
Well...... the next day... the cow showed up at his place ALIVE~! all of one side was peeled clean of hide and hair from the trip to the brush.. but she wernt werse for the wear......
I know what yer thinkin... no way
but its true
So I shakes out a loop and drop it over her head.... no sooner than the rope pulled tight,,,,, the ole sow tips over on her side :shock: 4 legs strait out and the dyin quivers~!!!!! ( honestly i did not abuse this cow at all) sure enuff,,she was deader than dead :???: The strange thing that happend you might ask??
The neighbors milk cow came to my place to die! I called the neighbor and informed him of the unfortunate event. He came over and he helped me drag her up to the bone pile in the brush with the use of the 4020.
I told him the story ,he agreed it was accident.
Well...... the next day... the cow showed up at his place ALIVE~! all of one side was peeled clean of hide and hair from the trip to the brush.. but she wernt werse for the wear......
I know what yer thinkin... no way
but its true
the_jersey_lilly_2000
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So now we know where the phrase "skeered half to death" came from............
Faster horses
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I bet your neighbor thought he was seein' things when she showed up!!
Our neighbor had a bull bloat and he tubed him, but thought he was too late. The bull went down and the neighbor thought he was dead. He had to go to the dentists right away, so he left the bull lay right where he fell. When he got home the bull was up grazing. And not bloated.
Strange things sure do happen.
This has been an interesting thread.
I hope folks keep adding to it and it doesn't die.
Our neighbor had a bull bloat and he tubed him, but thought he was too late. The bull went down and the neighbor thought he was dead. He had to go to the dentists right away, so he left the bull lay right where he fell. When he got home the bull was up grazing. And not bloated.
Strange things sure do happen.
This has been an interesting thread.
I hope folks keep adding to it and it doesn't die.
the_jersey_lilly_2000
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if it does die...it might show up at the neighbors tomorrow hehe
greg
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Sure it wasn't a faintin goat? :wink:HorseShoer said:One fine winters day as i was returning from ridin thru the pairs in the medow, I noticed the neighbors holstien milk cow had wanderd over to my place for a visit :? Since I was a horse back I thot id hase her back home, after a few minutes it became apparent..... milk cows dont haze
The strange thing that happend you might ask??
The neighbors milk cow came to my place to die! I called the neighbor and informed him of the unfortunate event. He came over and he helped me drag her up to the bone pile in the brush with the use of the 4020.
I told him the story ,he agreed it was accident.
Well...... the next day... the cow showed up at his place ALIVE~! all of one side was peeled clean of hide and hair from the trip to the brush.. but she wernt werse for the wear......
I know what yer thinkin... no way
but its true
Cowpuncher
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Neighbor lady had an old gelbvieh bull - maybe 11 years old - which we had sold her a few years earlier. He go into a scuffle with a young charlois bull from across the fence and suffered damage to one of his back legs.
My counsel was to burger him out, but he was a real pet and she couldn't do it. He laid around most of the time for a couple of months and could barely stand up. Several local vets came around with various cures, none of which did any good.
One day the neighbor called in a panic. Seems old Chuck had moved over to the shed and was down in the mud. It was just a muddy corral, but she couldn't stand to see him lay in the mud. She wanted to get him to dry ground.
Finally, we put a log chain around his neck and hooked the other end to her four wheel drive pickup. Actually he slid real easy down hill, but when we unhooked him, his eyes rolled back and he took his last pee.. Sure enough, we had killed him. I was a bit surprised since he pulled real easy and there were no jerks.
After about five minutes to standing around lamenting, Chuck raised his head and looked at us as if nothing had happened. I couldn't believe it, but the neighbor lady was certainly grateful. She got a tarp and covered him since it was still raining and he still couldn't get up.
She carried feed and water to old Chuck for a couple of weeks and finally asked me to help him get up. Chuck made a valiant effort and with our help, got his feet beneath him and stood up. He wobbled one way, then the other and finally collapsed into a pile. I was disgusted and told her to Chuck a favor and put him down.
A day or so later, she had old Chuck put down and got another neighbor with a back hoe to bury him.
Nine months later, a calf was born to Chuck's pasture mate. The old rascal had bred a cow with one hind leg - and it had killed him.
My counsel was to burger him out, but he was a real pet and she couldn't do it. He laid around most of the time for a couple of months and could barely stand up. Several local vets came around with various cures, none of which did any good.
One day the neighbor called in a panic. Seems old Chuck had moved over to the shed and was down in the mud. It was just a muddy corral, but she couldn't stand to see him lay in the mud. She wanted to get him to dry ground.
Finally, we put a log chain around his neck and hooked the other end to her four wheel drive pickup. Actually he slid real easy down hill, but when we unhooked him, his eyes rolled back and he took his last pee.. Sure enough, we had killed him. I was a bit surprised since he pulled real easy and there were no jerks.
After about five minutes to standing around lamenting, Chuck raised his head and looked at us as if nothing had happened. I couldn't believe it, but the neighbor lady was certainly grateful. She got a tarp and covered him since it was still raining and he still couldn't get up.
She carried feed and water to old Chuck for a couple of weeks and finally asked me to help him get up. Chuck made a valiant effort and with our help, got his feet beneath him and stood up. He wobbled one way, then the other and finally collapsed into a pile. I was disgusted and told her to Chuck a favor and put him down.
A day or so later, she had old Chuck put down and got another neighbor with a back hoe to bury him.
Nine months later, a calf was born to Chuck's pasture mate. The old rascal had bred a cow with one hind leg - and it had killed him.
Northern Rancher
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This happened at a neighboring vet clinic-a guy took a calf in for a c section the vet reached in told him it was dead-said it would be easier to cut a leg off and pull it. Took the embryotomy saw and cut a front leg off.She couldn't pull it so decided to do a c section after all-she did and pulled a live calf out the side minus a leg. The rancher was not impressed-she gave the calf a shot to put it down then they loaded it in his truck. On the way home it came too and he had to shoot it. To top it off he got a 400 buck vet bill. Needless to say he changed clinics.
Faster horses
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That is a horror story, NR. I hope that vet got reported.
Very disgusting...UGH.
Very disgusting...UGH.
ranchwife
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Northern Rancher said:
how pathetic.....if that vet had worked on a human he would have faced felony charges and LOST HIS LICENSE!!! :shock: :shock: :shock:
Maple Leaf Angus
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ranchwife said:
Not necessarliy. But I better not bring the abortion issue up.
DiamondSCattleCo
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Northern Rancher said:
I had a C-section this year, and when I took the animal in, the vet didn't want to do the C-section. He squeezed its hoof and when there was no reaction, said that the calf wasn't alive. I'd had it gag reflexing not even 10 minutes earlier, but the vet was bound and determined to put the calf down (just in case) and cut it out of the cow. I forced him to do a C-section and out popped a live bull calf. Weak, but still alive. Sounds like our vet and that one went to the same school. Horrible vet, thats why most of the country goes to Tisdale instead of Nipawin, but I was in a hurry.
Rod
Kato
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This one has nothing to do with cattle, but it's still a good one.
When my Dad was a kid he was given the job of going out to the chicken coop one day to kill a rooster for supper. He did it by 'sticking' it. Anyone here who's done poultry will know what I mean. Anyway, he took the dead rooster to the house, where Grandma proceeded to pluck him bare. She turned to get a knife to dress him, and lo and behold, up jumped the naked rooster, and started flapping around the kitchen! :shock:
Needless to say, Grandma finished the job herself.
When my Dad was a kid he was given the job of going out to the chicken coop one day to kill a rooster for supper. He did it by 'sticking' it. Anyone here who's done poultry will know what I mean. Anyway, he took the dead rooster to the house, where Grandma proceeded to pluck him bare. She turned to get a knife to dress him, and lo and behold, up jumped the naked rooster, and started flapping around the kitchen! :shock:
Needless to say, Grandma finished the job herself.
