Hi I'm Mike and this is Our Wyoming Life
Coming up on Our Wyoming Life.
Triumph and tragedy as calving season gets into full swing and a dying cow requires
an emergency c section Then we discover a mystery calf, no mom and no amber alert
And later we check in with our premature calf Gunther and his mom 80
Spring has sprung on the ranch and calving season starts today.
Today is officially the first day of calving, nine months ago we put the bulls in with the
cows, the bulls did their thing and now all these single moms will are waiting to have
their calves.
So begins my job of checking the cows.
Every couple of hours during the day and every four hours during the night I will scouring
every inch of our 400 acre home pasture looking for new calves, cows that close to calving,
and cows and calves that might be in trouble.
First we feed, we will continue to feed the cows hay for another few weeks until the grass
comes in a bit better, and it helps us out during calving because it tends to draw the
cows in.
Cows that have calved or are close to calving will tend to stay away, which is a signal
to us that we need to go and check them.
Then it's off in the Gator, the Gator is a great tool for checking cows, I can have
all my equipment with me, move quickly and quietly and best of all be out of the weather.
I have a path I usually follow when checking, it allows me to check every nook and cranny
that cows love to hid in.
Rolling hills make it impossible to even sit on a hill top and see all of the 400 acre
home pasture, so we have to search.
At night it can even be harder, because our search light can only reach out so far.
The first thing we are always looking for is cows that are off by themselves, cows like
privacy I guess when they are calving so the will usually travel quite a ways away from
the herd.
Usually, there is always the exception.
As we find calves that have just been born, we tag them and make sure they can get up
and walk.
Then we make sure they suck from their mom as that first milk, called colostrum is very
important to a little calves' development.
It contains proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and proteins along with
antibodies that fight disease-causing agents such as bacteria and viruses, and without
it, there is little chance a calf would live past a few days old.
As we continue to check cows we also look for the out of the ordinary.
This cow is suffering from bloat; bloat is simply a buildup of gasses in the cow rumen
or the first chamber of the stomach.
Bloat is caused by gasses released from plants breaking down, and some plants create foam
that doesn't allow the cow to belch off the gas as they normally would.
The resulting pressure pushes against the heart and lungs and can kill a cow in as little
as 15 minutes from symptom onset.
This cow is gone, but since I don't know how long ago she passed, it's worth trying
and emergency c section to save her calf.
This close to calving, there is a chance that her calf may be viable and if there is a chance,
I'll take it.
Because of the bloat first I must relieve the pressure in her abdomen then cut along
her left side until I can reach in and find the calf.
Removing it from the amniotic sack and freeing it from its mother.
Unable to ascertain any signs of life, I then load the calf in the gator and head back to
the barn, where I have tools to hopefully be able to save this calf's life.
Erin joins me for this emergency, we clear the calf's airway and attempt to deliver
breaths but to no avail, this calf is dead and probably didn't have much of a chance.
The same pressure in its mom that stopped her heart and lungs from working probably
pressed against the calf also, cutting of his supply from his umbilical cord.
It's sad, but a definite lesson that anything can happen at any time.
Cows lose their calves, all the time.
It's nothing to go out and check cows and finds a mom searching all over
the place, running up and down fence lines and sometimes it's my job to reunite them.
It's not hard but it can be frustrating at times, but what's even more frustrating
is when a mom doesn't want her calf.
Occasionally you will find a calf lying all by its self, usually I consider myself lucky.
No mom cow here to yell at you as you check out her brand new baby, you can get the tag
on and go on with your day.
The calf looks healthy, and she runs away to find her mom.
But when I come out again a few hours later and find that calf again, with no mom and
all alone.
I start to get worried.
She's seems to be heading toward this cow but somethings not right, now this cow is
a first time mom, it could be that she's just doesn't know what to do.
So I decide to give them just a little bit more time and see what happens.
After an hour or so, we head back out and find the calf lying by herself again.
No adult supervision.
Who lets their calf just go off on their own when they are only a few hours old?
This calf is a little lethargic so it's worth the time to bring them in to the barn,
get the calf some food and then bring in mom and put them in a corral with each other and
some forced bonding.
She's kind of cuddly.
I hope she doesn't poop in the gator.
As we arrive back at the barn, first we check the calves temperature, which is fine, maybe
a little high but nothing to worry about as a cows temperature will usually run between
100 and 101.
Because we don't know if this calf got any colostrum, I'm going to give her an injection
of a lot of the antibodies she would receive from the colostrum, and then we will mix up
a colostrum supplement for her and feed her with an esophageal tube, delivering the nutrients
directly into her belly.
We will now put her in a stall and go get her mom.
As I bring her in, I'm noticing that it doesn't look like she's had a calf from
this end, so first thing we will do is put her in the head chute and check and see if
she has had a baby.
By palpating or feeling from inside her rectum I can feel a calf inside her still, she has
not had a calf and our mystery calf is even more of a mystery now.
Here is my best guess on where she came from: Earlier today, within about 100 meters of
where I found our mystery calf another cow gave birth.
I tagged the calf and sent them on their way.
Not thinking about it.
There is a chance she might have had twins and didn't realize it.
She stayed with the calf that came out last and that's the calf I found with her, the
first calf born was left laying where it fell.
No matter how it happened, we now have a bum calf, or an orphan.
We will feed her with a bottle 4 times per day and take care of her every need.
Keep in mind this is how Bambi got started.
Almost three weeks ago, Gunther was born.
He was premature and only weighed 40 pounds as compared to a normal calf that weighs between
75 and 100 pounds.
His body temperature was falling when I brought him in from the cold and he could have died
but we got him in the calf warmer.
Got some medicine in him and within a few days he gained almost 6 pounds.
Gunther is still living with his mom 80 in the corral behind the barn and they both seem
happy as can be.
He loves when company comes to see him and he runs, jumps and couldn't be more excited.
I haven't weighed him again but I would say he has gained another 10 pounds or so
already.
He's healthy and happy and he's here and that makes us all happy.
I hope you've enjoyed spending time with me and the calves today.
Life around here can be tough, sometimes you need a thick skin and other times you just
need a stiff drink.
No one told me that it would be easy but then again no one told me that I would have my
hand up a cow's ass either.
The good and the bad and the downright disgusting.
It's all here.
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