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Genghis Cant · 25-03-2014 10:40AM

bogman_bass wrote: »

Had our first C-section in my lifetime last night. Mistaken Identity at bulling and a very muscley 2nd calver got us to that point.
Calf was doing well when he came out at 2am but was shook enough at 8 this morning.
Cow hasnt taken to the calf yet:mad:

It's an ordeal on man and beast. We had one 13 year's ago and then 2 within a month last year! The cow will get to hate all the needles you've to give her.
It's not easy for the cow to make a bond with the calf in the circumstances and its something that we found too. The last one we had, the calf was put straight up to the cows head in the calving gate the min he hit the ground, and we'd no problems.
Your cow will likely be fine when she settles. If you can get over the first 48hrs you're half way there!

Mad4simmental · 25-03-2014 10:48AM

bogman_bass wrote: »

Had our first C-section in my lifetime last night. Mistaken Identity at bulling and a very muscley 2nd calver got us to that point.
Calf was doing well when he came out at 2am but was shook enough at 8 this morning.
Cow hasnt taken to the calf yet

Was it a huge calf or small exit?
We ust to do allot of C-section when we had pb blues, cows can be a bit dopey after it. Plenty of water and sum electrolits she will cum right. Best of luck with her.

Kovu · 25-03-2014 10:55AM

bogman_bass wrote: »

Had our first C-section in my lifetime last night. Mistaken Identity at bulling and a very muscley 2nd calver got us to that point.
Calf was doing well when he came out at 2am but was shook enough at 8 this morning.
Cow hasnt taken to the calf yet:mad:

A dog or cat close to the pen may being out her protective side towards the calf.

bogman_bass · 25-03-2014 11:12AM

Mad4simmental wrote: »

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Was it a huge calf or small exit?
We ust to do allot of C-section when we had pb blues, cows can be a bit dopey after it. Plenty of water and sum electrolits she will cum right. Best of luck with her.

Bit of both. A calf that would need a bit of a pull in normal circimstances but not gigantic. The problem was two big slabs of meat either side of the exit.
Cow seems fine in herself but just hasnt realised that it's her calf or more likely doesnt realise that she has had a calf at all. She'll sniff at him and is no way agressive to him but just isnt interested

Mad4simmental · 25-03-2014 11:41AM

She'll sniff at him and is no way agressive to him but just isnt interested

Like previes poster said a dog near by can bring that out in her. Often threw a hen into the pen and they would go for it. Hen scrambled out of pen and just seems to flick a switch in them.

lakill Farm · 25-03-2014 01:27PM

2 heifers to go in the next week or two. There just 2 year old so they need to be blooded am i right. There going to the mart. They were TB tested in August but were not needed to be blooded then so the vet said

dzer2 · 25-03-2014 01:30PM

lakill Farm wrote: »

2 heifers to go in the next week or two. There just 2 year old so they need to be blooded am i right. There going to the mart. They were TB tested in August but were not needed to be blooded then so the vet said

Yes they need to be blood tested and you only have 30 days after that

Reggie. · 25-03-2014 01:30PM

lakill Farm wrote: »

2 heifers to go in the next week or two. There just 2 year old so they need to be blooded am i right. There going to the mart. They were TB tested in August but were not needed to be blooded then so the vet said

yeah two year olds need to be blooded

Kovu · 25-03-2014 01:45PM

dzer2 wrote: »

Yes they need to be blood tested and you only have 30 days after that

60 days.

naughto · 25-03-2014 02:18PM

am looking after my father in laws sheep for the new two weeks there going to dubai.have not a clue when it comes to sheep,i wouldent mind if they where in a shed all i would have to do is feed them,no there half way up a mountain and like to run

Conmaicne Mara · 25-03-2014 02:24PM

naughto wrote: »

am looking after my father in laws sheep for the new two weeks there going to dubai.have not a clue when it comes to sheep,i wouldent mind if they where in a shed all i would have to do is feed them,no there half way up a mountain and like to run

Lol.

Conmaicne Mara · 25-03-2014 02:33PM

Dads big cheviot ram thought he'd have a go at me over the gate earlier as I was attempting to give him ration. Didn't work out so well for him as he missed his footing, two front legs came out through gate and smacked his mouth off one of the bars on the gate.

He's on the hay & hard fupping luck diet now :cool:

Henwin · 25-03-2014 02:39PM

is it 18 or 24 months heifers need to be blood tested. we have a few to sell

Reggie. · 25-03-2014 02:43PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Dads big cheviot ram thought he'd have a go at me over the gate earlier as I was attempting to give him ration. Didn't work out so well for him as he missed his footing, two front legs came out through gate and smacked his mouth off one of the bars on the gate.

He's on the hay & hard fupping luck diet now :cool:

Very harsh there Con

Reggie. · 25-03-2014 02:43PM

Henwin wrote: »

is it 18 or 24 months heifers need to be blood tested. we have a few to sell

from 24 months up

C0N0R · 25-03-2014 07:29PM

Reggie. wrote: »

Very harsh there Con

It's tough love In the west!

Conmaicne Mara · 25-03-2014 07:59PM

C0N0R wrote: »

It's tough love In the west!

He'll soon cool his jets with a lower energy input. I do like to keep rams in good nick through the year, wards off illness and easier have them in proper order for Autumn.

biddy2013 · 25-03-2014 08:04PM

lad is doing fencing for me, he parked his car on an old laneway came back to it at 5pm, window broken , there was nothing to take in the car, but some fooker had little to be doing

Greengrass1 · 25-03-2014 08:37PM

Any one watching lambing live on bbc1.
Very good..
Two rams baiting the site out if each other at the minute

Conmaicne Mara · 25-03-2014 08:41PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Any one watching lambing live on bbc1.
Very good..
Two rams baiting the site out if each other at the minute

Yeah.

That's normal carry on. Remember Dad buying a monster of a blackface one year. We were letting him and another smaller older ram out in different places but had to use the same track. The small lad ran well ahead then turned. Knew what was coming, off he took full pelt flattened head and whacked into the new ram, went arse over head over the big lad and that was it, fight settled, no more challenging lol.

Greengrass1 · 25-03-2014 08:44PM

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Yeah.

That's normal carry on. Remember Dad buying a monster of a blackface one year. We were letting him and another smaller older ram out in different places but had to use the same track. The small lad ran well ahead then turned. Knew what was coming, off he took full pelt flattened head and whacked into the new ram, went arse over head over the big lad and that was it, fight settled, no more challenging lol.

Nice to learn about other farming practice's.
Lot of very good sheep farmers around this country

Conmaicne Mara · 25-03-2014 08:46PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Nice to learn about other farming practice's.
Lot of very good sheep farmers around this country

Yeah always good to get out and see how others are doing it, can learn from different sectors too.

blue5000 · 25-03-2014 09:13PM

food prices, the shocking truth on ch 4 now. Bio fuel getting a mention.

Greengrass1 · 25-03-2014 09:13PM

Another good programme about farming on tonight.
Future food prices on channel 4

Greengrass1 · 25-03-2014 09:22PM

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AFgmrr6yu3E

Some legend

Sull576 · 25-03-2014 09:24PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Any one watching lambing live on bbc1.
Very good..
Two rams baiting the site out if each other at the minute

4000 sheeps, few hundred cattle and 500 acres of tillage...
What an operator

GrandSoftDay · 25-03-2014 09:44PM

Greengrass1 wrote: »

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AFgmrr6yu3E

Some legend

He made easy work of it!!

Muckit · 25-03-2014 09:46PM

Channel 4 jimmy Doherty very good programme about world food prices

Greengrass1 · 25-03-2014 09:48PM

GrandSoftDay wrote: »

He made easy work of it!!

Very few lads have the balls to do that nowadays

flat out !! · 26-03-2014 01:36AM

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