Best way to lift a downer cow?

[mawleymoos]

don't have Holsteins simples. though we do have a hip lift just in case one goes down in the yard. we keep it well oiled as they go rusty if not used. Not having a go at the OP or anyone on here but am I alone in finding it arse backwards that the majority of the industry breeds bigger and bigger cows and then invents ways of keeping them healthy ?

lazy

I agree that the more productive animals are! The more TLC they need, and more looking after! However this was a 50 ltr mid lactation young cow, that went through a cubicle! She was sitting comfortable, but had some swelling, mid way down her back! Thus not wanting to abuse her! One of the big pluses of having a big framed animal is that we have no calving issues! I cannot remember when we last had a downer cow from a bad calving! Accidents will always happen when you have livestock! I am mainly asking if the easycow lift is better and easier than the net! One or two other ideas have been aired! All ideas are worth exploring!

 

[jerseycowsman]

don't have Holsteins simples. though we do have a hip lift just in case one goes down in the yard. we keep it well oiled as they go rusty if not used. Not having a go at the OP or anyone on here but am I alone in finding it arse backwards that the majority of the industry breeds bigger and bigger cows and then invents ways of keeping them healthy ?

lazy

Exactly!
It's like when you see adverts for cows for sale, they say something like from a 10000litre herd! So what, I could get my jerseys to do 10000l if shovelled enough food into them, but then I would need a vet, a mixer wagon, another tractor, another employee and I wouldn't have any spare stock to sell every year

 

[jimmer]

 

[whynot2]

easy cow lift a waste of time, never used it successfully yet. hip hoist only.

 

[Yale]

Lets just hope PETA don't get a copy of this.Those cruel dairy farmers.

 

[Blue.]

How's it doing?

 

[jimmer]

How's it doing?

knacker man took her this morning
after three days of lifting her and giving her drugs she wasnt improving and had a bit of grinding in one of her hip joints

 

[Blue.]

knacker man took her this morning
after three days of lifting her and giving her drugs she wasnt improving and had a bit of grinding in one of her hip joints

Bugger!

Knacker man took my best cow yesterday.

 

[rc mx110]

Our vet once said if they don't get up after a day/2 they ain't gonna

 

[Cowcalf]

Our vet once said if they don't get up after a day/2 they ain't gonna

had one down 27 days got her going and still 100 % fit 18 months later but they can be a struggle
Used to be big baths you could put them in, anybody ever used one, ?

 

[multi power]

Bugger!

Knacker man took my best cow yesterday.

is that the one that done splits a while ago, i was meaning to ask about her

 

[multi power]

i dont suppose a hip clamp is a lot of fun for a cow, but the alternitave, knacker mans bullett is bound to be less fun

 

[rc mx110]

had one down 27 days got her going and 100 % fit 18 months later but they can be a struggle
Used to be big baths you could put them in, anybody ever used one, ?

I would of shot her a good 22 day b4

 

[multi power]

Our vet once said if they don't get up after a day/2 they ain't gonna

very seldom have i seen a cow get up if down more than 24 hours, once down a while they soom loose strength

 

[Blue.]

had one down 27 days got her going and still 100 % fit 18 months later but they can be a struggle
Used to be big baths you could put them in, anybody ever used one, ?

Used one a few years ago,cow did well.

is that the one that done splits a while ago, i was meaning to ask about her

Yes,my perfect cow.

























I will soon get another.

 

[multi power]

Used one a few years ago,cow did well.



Yes,my perfect cow.

























I will soon get another.

did you get a calf out of her?

 

[Blue.]

did you get a calf out of her?

Don't ask.

My newest favourite is an angus bull,I'm off Holsteins.

 

[KK6610]

Our vet once said if they don't get up after a day/2 they ain't gonna

Had a lim x heifer get back to her feet this week having been down for 14 days

 

[caveman]

Looks like all you have done with that strap is lift the cow. If you let her down enough to encourage her to take weight on her legs and she does, I would imagine the whole lot goes slack and falls off, unlike the hip lift, which will catch her if she sags and allow her to get the weight back on her legs again. Perhaps I am wrong?

 

[Will 1594]

none of you use grain bucket ,put good layer straw in roll cow in ,move her to bedded area and roll out