Abnormal presentation

[happycows]

Helped a friend for 2 weeks doing night lambing on 550 Suffolk mules last month. Loads of legs back and backwards from beginning to end.
We started calving heifers last week and those stupid buggers are no better.
Out of first 10, 2 breaches and 3 one leg back.
Any theories?

 

[Princess Pooper]

No - but had our vet here today and they said they've had the busiest season ever for assisted lambings. He's not sure if there are more incorrect presentations, or that because they are worth more, the farmers are calling the vet because they can cover the cost if they save the lambs.

 

[Fergieman]

Theres problems with the beef cows calving up here as well. I have never had so many phone calls from suckler men wanting a calf to set on.

 

[Beef farmer]

My theory..... you went night lambing for 2 weeks! Jeez I need some robots

 

[Jdunn55]

I would guess it's due to big lambs and calves, noticed all our lambs were much bigger this year and same for calves, my theory being less room to move around into the right position, why they're bigger I dont know

 

[Cowmansam]

If I get a badly presented calf or twisted it’s usually a big one

 

[Jdunn55]

If I get a badly presented calf or twisted it’s usually a big one

Or twins

 

[Cowmansam]

Been lucky with twins don’t think I’ve had to calve a set yet

 

[Cowmansam]

For some reason all my twins are tiny blue heifers the last 3 years not had a single set of mixed or dairy ones most annoying

 

[Jdunn55]

For some reason all my twins are tiny blue heifers the last 3 years not had a single set of mixed or dairy ones most annoying

That's not a bad thing!

 

[matthew]

When we moved the dairy herd 250 miles, the first 20 something calves were breech. We got them all alive except one, but it was a hairy time. Vet said their 'time clock' had been interrupted. He'd seen the same when hounds went through a flock of sheep. A lot of malpresentations.

 

[Rossymons]

No - but had our vet here today and they said they've had the busiest season ever for assisted lambings. He's not sure if there are more incorrect presentations, or that because they are worth more, the farmers are calling the vet because they can cover the cost if they save the lambs.

Speaking with a vet at one of my farms they said lambing and calving this season had been the busiest for a long long time.

 

[Cowmansam]

That's not a bad thing!

It’s best for the cow but be nice if was a pair of dairy girls midget beef animals aren’t very useful

 

[Suffolksucklers]

Last year we had six breach out of the first ten but got them all. Went on to only lose one calf at calving right through to weaning out of 110 making it our best year. Just put it down to being one of those things

 

[Jdunn55]

It’s best for the cow but be nice if was a pair of dairy girls midget beef animals aren’t very useful

Dairy girls are rare, and for every set you do get statistically you'll have 3 sets that arent any good!

 

[Fendt516profi]

My theory..... you went night lambing for 2 weeks! Jeez I need some robots

You don't need robots @paul&mandy will come milk your cows if you lamb his sheep

 

[Farmer Keith]

In cows is it not something to do with moving them/changing groups around 3 weeks pre calving as the calf turns around then? I may be making that up but I’m sure someone once told me that, only seen two breeches in 400 ewes here, probably the least I’ve ever seen... 1 assisted calving out of 40 cows. Not using extreme sire breeds in either species though.