Morning from he**

[Tuffoldhen]

I wondered whereth you were Katy, so sorry about the calf, hope the heifer makes it in good shape. We were on heifer duty for the farmer with this heifer he has in the field til she calved without any problems. I worried about this little one down here today we are having a nasty winter storm. I finally saw him along side his momma getting some warm milk!

You feeling better yourself?

 

[Katy]

At least it's nice day here today. It could have been at midnight and snowing...been there and done it that way too!

I don't feel like I'm running a fever anymore so hopefully whatever bug I've got is on the way out. Still coughing, but hopefully it won't get any worse.

 

[monarc23]

awh!

i Hope you feel better soon, im glad to read the cow is back up

 

[Cara]

I'm so sorry, that is a terrible morning. We lost a newborn calf too, to coyotes.

 

[Buster]

Sorry you are sick Katy.

I thought heifers only calved in blizzards.

That's the worst kind of presentation- a tail and no legs. Glad the heifer made it even if the calf didn't.

 

[Katy]

Thanks all...I'm feeling much better this morning so I'm heading off to babysit here in awhile.

You are right Buster....that's when they usually do decide to have it!! And that is definately the worst way for them to present. If we can see feet we can get them out, but no feet isn't something that's easy to do without tearing the heifer up inside.

The heifer is doing well this morning. We got her up and walked her around again last night right before dark and she was much less wobbly. He said she's laying there chewing her cud in a different spot than last night when he checked her this morning, so she's gotten up and moved without our prodding her.

Cara....Sorry about your calf. We've had way more coyotes around closer to the buildings this year.

 

[rooster0209]

We raise cattle and that is the worst cenario a person can have. So sorry that you had to go thru that and lost the calf. At least you saved the heifer.

We buy "heifer bulls" from my step dad. He AI's and breed Black Angus cattle, the bulls are genetically "engineered" (lack of a better word) to throw smaller calves. Sure makles calving easier on heifers. The calves grow like weeds too and selling time there isnt any weight/size difference.

Buster, it sure seems like heifers wait for a blizzard. We pushed back our calving date to march/april because it sucks calving in freezing weather.

 

[rooster0209]

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a mule is great protection against coyotes

 

[Laskaland]

Awww Katy! I am so sorry about the calf!! I hope the cow makes it!! And, I hope you are feeling much better today!

 

[Buster]

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We calve in February or March because we'd rather thaw out popsicles than have them drown in the mud. Besides, we raise registered Limousins and sell breeding stock so in order to sell them as yearlings for other people's calving seasons, we have to get them on the ground earlier. You are right though- they always seem to wait for a poor weather day. Maybe it has to do with the barometric pressure dropping. That's one theory I heard anyway.....