Calf with crooked front legs

Iloverain

Hi
I have a calf here a few days old that can't seem to straighten his front legs. He was from a section so there was no hard pull that could have damaged them. Anyone here know if there's something I could do to help staighten them.

Lady Haywire

Multivit/Selenium & Vitamin E injection, be right as rain in a couple of days

Grueller

Great looking calf.
We have had those in the past. Calf was so bunched up for lack of space inside the cow he has come like that.
Never did anything with them here and they came right within 2 weeks.

patsy_mccabe

Grueller wrote: »

Great looking calf.
We have had those in the past. Calf was so bunched up for lack of space inside the cow he has come like that.
Never did anything with them here and they came right within 2 weeks.

I would have thought the same. Have one here and he was huge when born too.

The part time boy

Grueller wrote: »

Great looking calf.
We have had those in the past. Calf was so bunched up for lack of space inside the cow he has come like that.
Never did anything with them here and they came right within 2 weeks.

What he said. All he needs is time

Iloverain

Thanks for the replies. That's good to hear anyway. Yea he's a big calf alright. Will keep an eye on him over the next few days so hopefully he will improve.

Who2

Vitamin injection as said and I'd one a few years ago that I ended up putting two bits of land drainage pipe split in half and wrapped the leg in cotton wool then taped up the pipe with duct tape. Left it on him a week or so and he came good.

benneca1

Hell come right in a few weeks most of em do. just one of those things don't bother with vitamins or injections bit like holy water or poteen won't do any harm but won't do any good either.

patsy_mccabe

What does our resident Vet think?

50HX

as above time, time and time, just keep a good deep bed underneath him to give him something soft to walk/hobble around on - they'll straighten out alright

has a SI heifer this with the left leg turned inwards and it sorted itself

smashing calf btw

greysides

I don't mind the fetlock (lower) joints bent over as they seem to sort well enough. I don't like the carpal (knee) joints being affected as I've seen these not self-fix as easily. Overall, they seem to sort themselves out over time.

cacs

Iloverain wrote: »

Hi
I have a calf here a few days old that can't seem to straighten his front legs. He was from a section so there was no hard pull that could have damaged them. Anyone here know if there's something I could do to help staighten them.

That's normal enough i bet he was big and well over.
It happens as a result of a lack of space in womb as the calfs grows bigger and bigger. It perfectly normal and they will straighten over time as he buikds mucel abd strength. We had calfs in past worse than him and came perfect. We dud see it a lot pb charolais calfs