When's calving starting 2023

Sh1tty day here. Had a heifer die here earlier. I jacked the calf and she put out the bed. Not that hard of a pull. Calf average to small size. First time ever here having a prolapse. Got bed sheet and put it under it. (Tip from here one time.) Vet came and put it in. !0 mins after he left, she died. I got 1/2 liter from her and tubed the calf. Got more beastings from a local dairy guy and tubed that too.

Thanks. Well calf was cold last night when I tubed it. Cold nose, shivering. Neighbour was waiting for cow to calf to get fresh stuff. I put calf under infrared lamp all night. He jumped up this morning when he saw me. Lovely and warm again. For anyone that doesn't have an infrared lamp, get one. Super job to put heat into them.

Not good Base, hang in there, things will get better

The Vet is open for an hour in the morning so I ask for an injection for her.

What the hell? Put this girl in for calving at the top of the cubicle shed, as tight for sheds. Bar was there to let some young weanling get in there to lie away from the cows. Got her out anyway and she just calved with 20 mins of getting her out.

Just as well we didn’t put the calving aid on DoneDeal

Lovely calf that hard to beat the curls!

bit of a mixed day today, dad rang me to see was I home from work yet I said aye I’m 5 mins away. A yearling heifer broke her back leg maybe bulling and he had to get the vet to put her down. Lovely muscly heifer from one I bought a couple of years ago. Very disappointed. I went down in the tractor to pull her out if the field for collection. An hour later this girl fired out this nice lively wee heifer calf. Tough break, we thought leaving th down the road at the weekend we’d have the same amount all summer

Thanks pal. Aye ach I never even asked that all was done by the time I got home. Don’t think that could happen if she wasnt fit to get into a trailer and it wasnt fair to let her suffer. Very hard thing to happen a young wee one like that. Aw as long as it’s outside the house.

Aw there likely would have been ways and means but its that much a gunk either way I just wanted her away.

Fine Charolais bull calf dead this morning. Week old. Cow licked the navel off him after calving, got bleeding stopped and sprayed iodine. Probably worst thing I could have done. Tried silver spray and Stockholm tar spray and she licked that too so separated them, letting him in twice a day for a suck. Vet was out and said there was nothing more could be done. Sickener. One of the best cows we have as well, probably for the road now

Bad luck with the naval Sean, a sickner, will you try another calf on her?

My Still born Probly died in last few hours, had handled her and feet were inside opening but head was elbow length in. Presumed she just needed and hour or two to push calf up higher, pulled with ropes after 2 hours but dead as dodo.

She has a great bag of milk, 2nd cross Limousin from a freisan. Ideal cow in every way but getting in a calf, bringing her in twice a day, and the risk of disease with bringing in a calf, I might cut my losses and let her off dry in a few weeks. I have heifers to replace her. I was planning on culling abit harder this year. Just didn’t want it to be 1 of the good cows. She had a lovely chocolat d’champs heifer calf last year, so she’ll continue on her line all going well