Calf knuckling forward on front Legs sine birth

His tendons were restricted in the cows womb and that is why his is knuckling over. From memory a selenium injection helps to rectify it but they normally come straight themselves. Ask your Vet and they can advise better.

As above

You could also try a bit of effectively physio on him , get him standing and massage the joints

Actually have a calf the same here, had herd test today and got the vet to look at him, he's about 3 weeks old and getting worse if anything. He's going to have a go at casting him next week.

I had this 3 years ago, broke my melt with splints, stretching out the tendons twice a day she was a smashing blue heifer

Kept her on a good 12-18" of bedding so she wouldn't get cuts/infections

Took her nearly 10 weeks before they came right but they did straighten eventually....its a penance😀

I had one this year but it was actually his back leg. vet put a cast for 3 weeks and he came perfect afterwards.

If only I had know this. Had a calf last year and all the vet gave was a shot. He is badly enough able to walk sometimes but able to gallop ok when suits him. Had to segregate him from the other weanlings though which is a nuisance as he was being bullied and I think got an extra hurt wi th a heifer bulling. It will be a challenge to get him away into something in the end. Both front legs, one worse than the other.

Be very careful splinting/bandaging an animal if you don't know what you are doing (and it sounds like you don't know) as it can cause more damage than good. If it needs a splint I recommend that you get your Vet to do it.

Seeing a few horses getting bandaged and actually doing it yourself are two completely different things. I've bandaged horses and ponies since I was nine years old but I would never allow someone who has only watched let near one without my supervision let alone splinting a calf's leg with restricted tendons. As I posted previously, ask your Vet to do it. It will probably cost 30 odd euro if you can bring the calf to the Vet's surgery in a livestock trailer - better odds for the calf if your Vet does it.

I don't think this is anything similar, but I'll ask it here anyway.... I have a calf born 11 day ago. He seemed perfectly fine. I put a castration ring on him at 6 days old. The last few days I've noticed his back legs kind of going from under him. Sort of falling to the left when walking, but not actually falling. He's generally alert and playful, showing no real signs of discomfort or illness. Could the ring have trapped a nerve or anything? Is there any illness to cause such symptoms?

Every few years I have to do this with a monster calf. I use thick but flexible pipe cut down the middle. I wrap that around the front legs. Then cut the bottom of socks and put them around the pipes. Duct tape tightly and lift the calf up on its feet. This will prevent knuckling and straighten out the tendons. It can take a while but it's always worked for me. I've moved away from the big Simmentals since.

Be careful of bloat. I had a calf like that and was a day away from housing him. He got bad bloat from a rainy spell and couldn't stand because of his front legs. Ended up chocking. Better to sell or house early come late Autumn regardless of condition.

How did you get on with your calf in the end? Did ye straighten up?

Last week, I had a week old calf knuckling over like above, Shocked when I found him as he was literally on his front knees and wobbling when trying to correct himself. He was only slightly affected before this. Sorry I didn't take a video or pic at the time. I rang a neighbour who had the same a while back and had rang me for advice then. I told him do physio.

Anyway I did what worked for him, namely stretching out the tendons on the legs. I did this for 4 days straight in the field while he was lying down and now he is perfect. Left hand pressure on front of knee and pull right hand under tip of hooves and moderate force and hold for maybe 10 secs. Repeat a few times. Surprised at how well it worked.