Post by MaggieGal on Apr 23, 2016 19:09:30 GMT -5
*** Second Update***
**Update**
Yesterday MaggieGuy and I was talking about how excited we were for today. We had planned to get together with some friends of ours and go for a motorcycle ride. We've had some stressful things going on the last month or so, most of which have been out of our control. A relax day was much looked forward to.
This morning I wake fairly early and decide to let him sleep in. I go about the morning feeding with my Aussie, Annie. We feed the heifers and then go in the pasture to check the spring calving cows. We had one left to have her baby, 3/4 Red Angus and 1/4 Char.
Yep, you guessed it, she was in labor. I watched her for a bit, her udder was large, she was springing up but not as much as I thought she should, there wasn't any sign if the calf. No hooves, nose, tail...nothing. I put her in the lot so she would be easy to put in the head chute if needed. I figured I must have caught her early but decided to run the pasture anyways just in case. Nothing.
I go home tell MaggieGuy my news and we postpone the ride. We done a few things, ate lunch and by that time about 4 hours had passed. I went back over to check her. Still nothing. No progress, same symptoms, pains coming about 3 mins apart. We put her in the head chute and I sleeved her.
I felt a bump, no hooves or anything else, just a bump. I didn't know what it was, thought maybe an internal organ?, but didn't feel like a calf.
I called our vet and he came out. He felt the same thing, but also found a head and hooves. He described that he believed
we was dealing with a severely deformed calf that would be unable to be born vaginally. He also believed the calf to be dead.
We decided to do a c-section and loaded her up to take her to his office where he was better equipped.
The uterus was very heavy, which made it difficult for him to make the uterine incision, he made one and then attached to the legs and head. The calf was too big for that incision so he made it a bit larger. The calf finally came out. A good sized calf, but not too big for a cow to have. Some odd shaping in his neck but normal otherwise.
The tech suddenly said, it's twins. They then pulled a smaller calf out that was very misshapen. The smaller calfs hip had been the round mass we had felt. It had stopped up the birth canal.
Basically the twins were tangled up and couldn't be born.
Penny is sutured up and in a small pen behind the house. With the uterine incision being as large as it was, there was still tearing as they pulled the larger calf. Doc doesn't think she will breed again if we are able to pull her through the next few days.
If y'all would please say a prayer for our brave Penny. She stood through the entire ordeal and didn't give us a bit of trouble at all.
Penny is the red one out in front.
**Update**
Yesterday MaggieGuy and I was talking about how excited we were for today. We had planned to get together with some friends of ours and go for a motorcycle ride. We've had some stressful things going on the last month or so, most of which have been out of our control. A relax day was much looked forward to.
This morning I wake fairly early and decide to let him sleep in. I go about the morning feeding with my Aussie, Annie. We feed the heifers and then go in the pasture to check the spring calving cows. We had one left to have her baby, 3/4 Red Angus and 1/4 Char.
Yep, you guessed it, she was in labor. I watched her for a bit, her udder was large, she was springing up but not as much as I thought she should, there wasn't any sign if the calf. No hooves, nose, tail...nothing. I put her in the lot so she would be easy to put in the head chute if needed. I figured I must have caught her early but decided to run the pasture anyways just in case. Nothing.
I go home tell MaggieGuy my news and we postpone the ride. We done a few things, ate lunch and by that time about 4 hours had passed. I went back over to check her. Still nothing. No progress, same symptoms, pains coming about 3 mins apart. We put her in the head chute and I sleeved her.
I felt a bump, no hooves or anything else, just a bump. I didn't know what it was, thought maybe an internal organ?, but didn't feel like a calf.
I called our vet and he came out. He felt the same thing, but also found a head and hooves. He described that he believed
we was dealing with a severely deformed calf that would be unable to be born vaginally. He also believed the calf to be dead.
We decided to do a c-section and loaded her up to take her to his office where he was better equipped.
The uterus was very heavy, which made it difficult for him to make the uterine incision, he made one and then attached to the legs and head. The calf was too big for that incision so he made it a bit larger. The calf finally came out. A good sized calf, but not too big for a cow to have. Some odd shaping in his neck but normal otherwise.
The tech suddenly said, it's twins. They then pulled a smaller calf out that was very misshapen. The smaller calfs hip had been the round mass we had felt. It had stopped up the birth canal.
Basically the twins were tangled up and couldn't be born.
Penny is sutured up and in a small pen behind the house. With the uterine incision being as large as it was, there was still tearing as they pulled the larger calf. Doc doesn't think she will breed again if we are able to pull her through the next few days.
If y'all would please say a prayer for our brave Penny. She stood through the entire ordeal and didn't give us a bit of trouble at all.
Penny is the red one out in front.