gcreekrch
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8 mature bulls escaped last May for a few hours and we are seeing the consequences now. :roll:
First cow started calving at 5 PM yesterday. We put her in the barn and left her alone until 8. Nothing, other than she was mad about being locked up. We did have another cow with her for company.
At 10 there was still nothing happening so put her in the headgate and checked her rectally at first. Didn't feel right. Went in vaginally, neither waterbag was broke but I was concerned about no progress so broke them both and found a calf that was completely upside down and forward.
Couldn't reach the hind legs and don't like turning a calf because the umbilical can be broken so Debbie and I took it out the side. Mom and baby bull are fine this morning.
Would others have left the cow longer, tried harder to have righted the calf or done what we did and performed a C-Section?
Neighbors brought a C-Section up with a dead calf in her earlier yesterday, that one wasn't nice but the cow is still alive today.
Gonna be a long day........
First cow started calving at 5 PM yesterday. We put her in the barn and left her alone until 8. Nothing, other than she was mad about being locked up. We did have another cow with her for company.
At 10 there was still nothing happening so put her in the headgate and checked her rectally at first. Didn't feel right. Went in vaginally, neither waterbag was broke but I was concerned about no progress so broke them both and found a calf that was completely upside down and forward.
Couldn't reach the hind legs and don't like turning a calf because the umbilical can be broken so Debbie and I took it out the side. Mom and baby bull are fine this morning.
Would others have left the cow longer, tried harder to have righted the calf or done what we did and performed a C-Section?
Neighbors brought a C-Section up with a dead calf in her earlier yesterday, that one wasn't nice but the cow is still alive today.
Gonna be a long day........