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[endless_kaoru]

My dad had me out to help with a rough calving today -- the heifer had cast herself (that is, rolled over in such a way as she couldn't get up and was compressing her lungs) and the calf had one front leg cocked funny, so she was having a hard time delivering it. So we rolled her over, tied some ropes onto the calf's legs, and pulled it out.

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[bonegrind]

I find myself scraping my debit card on me sometimes when my skin is moist to scrape off oil, dirt, etc.

Poor calf. With farm animals you're bond to expect causalities right? It always amazes me how many goats/cows are still born or die soon after birth. (i dont own any but i often buy bones and skulls from farms)

[passthebutter]

I think when you breed any animals you have to expect casualties. My parents have bred in the past and you get stillbirths etc even with dogs and cats. :(

[bonegrind]

Aw yeah. I suppose if you have a lot of animals you would expect even more causalities too.

Also you should totally take a picture of the heartcalf. Sounds precious.

[endless_kaoru]

I tried to take a pic, but all I had was my cell phone, and the mama cow is renowned for being quite protective. Plus, Mr. T, our bull, was pretty fussy about us messing with his heifer, so I didn't want to push him and mess around with another one

[haine_otomiya86]

I love how your bull is named Mr. T. Awesome!

[endless_kaoru]

Actually, I have no idea what his name is, or even if he has one. He's just our rent-a-bull for this season. But he's a black angus with a mohawk and an attitude. This means that he must be called Mr. T. (That, and our last three bulls were called "Ferdinand" and I got bored of that name, so I declared him the first name that came to mind before anyone had a chance to call him Ferdinand.)