Re: Cattle woes
- From: Tim Lamb <tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:20:54 +0000
In message <amh67-C9BE6A.09430028022006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Hickley <amh67@xxxxxxxxx> writes
Cherry the dexter produced two dead calves yesterday morning, small but
reasonably perfectly formed but with huge amounts of mucus in their
lungs. Vet's opinion - it happens, move on, which is clearly right, but
two dead calves represents 100 per cent mortality for us, and it doesn't
really feel like we've learnt a lot from the experience.
Livestock! We once had a premature calf that spent the first month being carried between the kitchen range and the lawn. I forget which bits weren't fully formed but it certainly could not stand. Came right in the end.
Still, new calf acquired yesterday morning: foster mother and baby
seemingly doing very well. Turned out adequately in the end, but more
expensive and not what we were expecting. Still, that's small-holding
for you. :-|
Look forward.
regards
--
Tim Lamb
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