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| rrlund
10-17-2012 10:04:38
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I had a 500 pound bull calf laying up along the fence yesterday morning. Once in a while he'd be up,then back down again. I rode the 4 wheeler up there after dinner,tried to walk him and he kind of staggered. They've been on creep feed since July,but after I filled it Sunday,it was completely empty already Monday morning. I think even though they'd been on it for 3 months,he got in there and over did it. I sold a thin cow last Thursday and I'm thinking now it might have been his mother,and he just stood in there eating for lack of anybody to wander off with.
He was still up there in the same place this morning,but before I had chores done,he came up and was acting OK,licking the TM block. Don't often see'em recover from acidosis,but looks like he did.
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| lemroy
10-17-2012 18:11:09
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to rrlund, 10-17-2012 10:04:38
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| I found a 500# dead calf at the edge of my pond. I think he may have had blackleg as I haven't vacinated yet. Roy
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| bobbyboywestcentIN
10-17-2012 18:26:52
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to lemroy, 10-17-2012 18:11:09
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| isn't blackleg the one where you can tell that's what they died from by pressing on the carcass and hear the popping sounds caused by trapped gases? or something like that?
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| lemroy
10-19-2012 19:04:56
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to bobbyboywestcentIN, 10-17-2012 18:26:52
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| I believe you are right. I took a carcass to the vet and he cut a piece of the hide and it had tiny bubbles under the skin. He said the calf died from blackleg. Roy
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| bobbyboywestcentIN
10-19-2012 19:40:26
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to lemroy, 10-19-2012 19:04:56
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| hard to top the aggravation and helpless feelings you get out of finding dead livestock. if i could, i would shoot blackleg right between the eyes, but i sure wouldn't trap him by the leg.
forgive me roy, sometimes i can't help myself. good luck with your herd.
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| bobbyboywestcentIN
10-19-2012 20:27:09
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to bobbyboywestcentIN, 10-19-2012 19:40:26
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| it just occured to me that you may not know what my silly shootin' comment is referring to. nothing to do with you. if this is true and if interested, check out coyote thread.
i won't use that behind the back, different thread trick again, sorry.
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| larry@stinescorners
10-17-2012 17:10:31
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to rrlund, 10-17-2012 10:04:38
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| this is maybe a dumb question,but if you did see a calf die,would you butcher it right away ,especially if it died from something like overeating ?
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| Texasmark1
10-18-2012 06:26:07
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to larry@stinescorners, 10-17-2012 17:10:31
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| | I asked an ag agent that question once and the reply was: "Why on earth would you want to eat a diseased animal". I guess when they die it has to be via a disease. Seemed to me like a tremendous waste buttttt. Mark
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| rrlund
10-17-2012 18:28:15
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to larry@stinescorners, 10-17-2012 17:10:31
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| Not one like that,no. Had a Holstein heifer got hit by a car one time,we ate her. Several older Holstein cows got ground in to burger when they died from things like heart attacks,prolapse uterus,things like that.
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| Kornfused
10-17-2012 18:37:59
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to rrlund, 10-17-2012 18:28:15
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| RRLund, you don't push the uterus back in place and lace it up with shoestring?
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| Traditional Farmer
10-17-2012 16:25:44
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to rrlund, 10-17-2012 10:04:38
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| How can you afford to feed grain now that sits so high?
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| onefarmer
10-17-2012 18:10:03
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to Traditional Farmer, 10-17-2012 16:25:44
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| It helps when you grow your own. Not everyone has to buy feed.
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| rrlund
10-17-2012 18:26:10
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to onefarmer, 10-17-2012 18:10:03
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| Yep,all homegrown. Wouldn't cost me anymore at $8 corn than it would if corn was $2 right now. The expense was in planting it.
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| Traditional Farmer
10-18-2012 02:24:14
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to rrlund, 10-17-2012 18:26:10
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| Its still costing you $8 as you could sell the corn rather than feed it,the calf is still eating $8 corn but you won't get near $8 for your corn crop when you sell the calf.
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| bobbyboywestcentIN
10-18-2012 12:27:03
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to Traditional Farmer, 10-18-2012 02:24:14
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| liquidate your herd everyone and wait for 2 dollar corn, traditionalfarmer has spoken.
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| onefarmer
10-19-2012 13:34:27
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to bobbyboywestcentIN, 10-18-2012 12:27:03
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| | "liquidate your herd everyone and wait for 2 dollar corn" That's a great idea! Everyone else sell out your herds and when livestock prices come up I'll make the killing.
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| onefarmer
10-17-2012 19:01:34
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to rrlund, 10-17-2012 18:26:10
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| He must have missed your pics of picking corn. Except for the tractor looked like my outfit.
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| Kornfused
10-17-2012 14:50:40
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Re: Close call for a calf in reply to rrlund, 10-17-2012 10:04:38
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| Glad to hear he made it ok - sure hate to lose any. I lost a nice momma a few years back who was two months away from delivering. Lost both her and the calf. Her stomach got twisted - did everything we could short of surgey. Felt that in the pocketbook and the table.
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