Morning cattle checks...

Sage has reported for duty on the farm!

She fed this morning, and checked the cows!

#37 who i’ve been watching since Saturday after finding her in pre labor only to find out she was pushing but nothing there after checking, she was not dilated but had discharge and what looked to be some afterbirth but no sign of calf either, she wasn’t bagged up so we knew if anything she wasn’t close! But we were concerned she could prolapse with as hard as she was pushing! We put her close to chute in case she was to prolapse so we could get her in quick!

Today I found her with retained fetal membranes hanging out and decided to put her in chute and check her again, it was beginning to smell! She did try on her own to push it out but she was having trouble, so I helped!

Normally we let them pass afterbirth on their own, but I decided to help so she wouldn’t continue to push and prolapse , and especially with the smell I didn’t want an infection.

We did give her a jab of antibiotics to help fight for infection!

Again we believe she aborted, although we didn’t find anything we believe it was early stages!

Hopefully this was just a little bump in the road and we can’t wait to see her calf next year!

She is turned out with the new set of heifers, in the closest field so we can keep and eye on her.

(swipe to see photo of what I pulled out and what I found today, below, it is “graphic” i guess to some people but it’s part of farm life) wish i could insert the smell too😂 This is not the worst thing i’ve seen nor done this is very minor! )

side note: no the membranes didn’t have dirt i just dropped them on floor when i got them out!
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