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<blockquote data-quote="JMTHORNLEY" data-source="post: 8131826" data-attributes="member: 53424"><p>Jon, don't take things to hard. I lost my first calf in a long time last year and it devastated me. Story goes... went down the shed early morning and there was my best heifer stood balling over her dead calf. I felt terrible because on inspection it was a beautiful well put together heifer that would have made a smashing thing. On further inspection it looked to have been trodden on which in turn makes you feel even worse because you should have spotted it earlier and made sure she was penned up from the rest to avoid such things. When I calmed the cow down enough to get it out things just didn't look right so I called the vet, no explanation for it it was a still born and that then kicked off the calving year from absolute hell, I had to assist easily a 1/4 of the heard to calve and they were great calves but hell it made me sick, just like your year it would seem. </p><p></p><p>Fast forward to this year, same bull, same management, same fodder same system and up to now I'm having a great year of it and really enjoying things. Won't forget last year in a hurry but each year is different and sometimes we need to have some reset time and get away from the problems. Finish calving and have a few days to yourself, my few days are on farm away from my other work I do and looking at everything. </p><p></p><p>It's not always your fault</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMTHORNLEY, post: 8131826, member: 53424"] Jon, don't take things to hard. I lost my first calf in a long time last year and it devastated me. Story goes... went down the shed early morning and there was my best heifer stood balling over her dead calf. I felt terrible because on inspection it was a beautiful well put together heifer that would have made a smashing thing. On further inspection it looked to have been trodden on which in turn makes you feel even worse because you should have spotted it earlier and made sure she was penned up from the rest to avoid such things. When I calmed the cow down enough to get it out things just didn't look right so I called the vet, no explanation for it it was a still born and that then kicked off the calving year from absolute hell, I had to assist easily a 1/4 of the heard to calve and they were great calves but hell it made me sick, just like your year it would seem. Fast forward to this year, same bull, same management, same fodder same system and up to now I'm having a great year of it and really enjoying things. Won't forget last year in a hurry but each year is different and sometimes we need to have some reset time and get away from the problems. Finish calving and have a few days to yourself, my few days are on farm away from my other work I do and looking at everything. It's not always your fault [/QUOTE]
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