Whew! We are about halfway through the spring calving season and I am blue! Early calvings resulted in what we feel is a higher than normal mortality rate. One was a stillbirth of unknown cause, two were related to hypothermia, another was due to a post birth trauma with the cow. --That one was really sad.
Our "bad mom" yak (Amyak), who we didn't have a definate due date for calved this past Saturday (4-18-09) and Bobby brought the baby to the house. She was at least semi dried off and standing when he found them at 7am. Much better than last year's episode where Blacknose had to intervene and lick the birth sack off little June's face! Amyay (aka, Psyco-yak) wasn't letting her nurse though later when we did an experimental reunion she did lick her. She never did let her nurse so we are bottle feeding this one--no name, as I have given up naming the heifer's due to the high mortality rate!
Several more due in the next week's time and the weather is warmer so we should be "over the hump" as far as the hypothermia aspect.
Stay tuned!
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