Post by cddexter on Apr 6, 2015 15:16:41 GMT -5
Hi Ellen
I think these figures are accurate, but after 30 + years, it's hard to remember.
I ran between 15 and 65 head over that time, registering in the neighbourhood of 115 in total. Most bulls ended up in the freezer.
wax plugs in teat too hard, I was a newbie, didn't know to check cow on second calving: 1 bull calf at 2 days
Lepto pomona, spread by deer: 3 calves born dead, confirmed by vet
pasture pneumonia (affected 6-8 mo-old calves in low-lying field with ground fog): 2 calves, confirmed by vet
blugeoned (neighbor took a baseball bat to a 5 mo-old calf that escaped through the fence into HIS property): 1 bull calf
grain bloat (7 mo old calf wiggled under rail of pen, pulled bag into pen, ate herself to death): 1 heifer
cast (lay down, couldn't get up, suffocated) one mature cow in rented pasture, one 8 mo-old bull calf
snared in equipment (5 mo-old calf somehow got caught in a spring tooth harrow--machinery stored in a row in field--strangled): 1 heifer
near miss: mature cow trapped between two trees possibly caught in an un-noticed loose wire left over from previous owner of farm (have to shake your head over this one), fell in her struggle to escape. I found her, got her extricated, put her on a sheet of plywood and used the tractor to drag her 1000 feet back to the barn, braced her with hay bales, hand fed and watered her, turning her manually every four hours. Vet said not a chance, but gave me all sorts of meds and vitamins anyway, so shots every four hours, too. She survived and calved on time. I wrote it up for the AU newsletter under Annie, Annie.
Cheers, carol d.
I think these figures are accurate, but after 30 + years, it's hard to remember.
I ran between 15 and 65 head over that time, registering in the neighbourhood of 115 in total. Most bulls ended up in the freezer.
wax plugs in teat too hard, I was a newbie, didn't know to check cow on second calving: 1 bull calf at 2 days
Lepto pomona, spread by deer: 3 calves born dead, confirmed by vet
pasture pneumonia (affected 6-8 mo-old calves in low-lying field with ground fog): 2 calves, confirmed by vet
blugeoned (neighbor took a baseball bat to a 5 mo-old calf that escaped through the fence into HIS property): 1 bull calf
grain bloat (7 mo old calf wiggled under rail of pen, pulled bag into pen, ate herself to death): 1 heifer
cast (lay down, couldn't get up, suffocated) one mature cow in rented pasture, one 8 mo-old bull calf
snared in equipment (5 mo-old calf somehow got caught in a spring tooth harrow--machinery stored in a row in field--strangled): 1 heifer
near miss: mature cow trapped between two trees possibly caught in an un-noticed loose wire left over from previous owner of farm (have to shake your head over this one), fell in her struggle to escape. I found her, got her extricated, put her on a sheet of plywood and used the tractor to drag her 1000 feet back to the barn, braced her with hay bales, hand fed and watered her, turning her manually every four hours. Vet said not a chance, but gave me all sorts of meds and vitamins anyway, so shots every four hours, too. She survived and calved on time. I wrote it up for the AU newsletter under Annie, Annie.
Cheers, carol d.