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northwest tennessee | I had a heifer do that once and at about 12 to 24 hours she would stop but at that point a calf would be dead if not helped. She continued to do it every year and I would get her up and tie her and let the calf nurse and at the same time frame would be good. She then went about 2 or 3 years and didnt do it then she did it again and I got her up and she was nuts, ended up tromping the calf and breaking its leg and then I went nuts on her. I took the calf to my vet friend and we put a cast on it and I raised it. She never settled down that time and acted mental and was sold still acting nuts. Knowing what I know now about her I would not keep the heifer. This one would knock it down hard and kick it but if it would bawl that low bawl she would run to it like she thought the world of it and lick it and then it would try to nurse and all over again. I never lost a calf out of her but I had to work for them. I think I have gotten wiser now. | |
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first calf heifer ?
