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  • @Jaynemma1 Yes I am vegan if thats what you mean, no I dont run around naked as I do not have mental health problems, yes I am careful when I by clothing I avoid clothes that are produced by slave labour, humans are animals too right? Sorry that you feel that we have to be perfect but in my world I do what I can to reduce cruelty and not participate in products obtained through cruelty, yes I sleep well at night, a healthy mind and body, how about you?

  • Happy ending ;-)

  • So sad for these cows, they are no different to a piece of machinery nowadays hence milk fever, such a sad life humans make them endure. Not a good life just less abusive than factory farming, still don't make it right, the reason I choose to enjoy a selection of non dairy milk and play no part of this.

  • @charliemia64 Oh you hero! Seriously dude, go and find some REAL purpose in life.

  • @charliemia64 sure so you grow your own plants with 100% plant organic fertilizer? not the stuff you find at the mall with 79% bone powder right ?and you don't eat meat either or fish?, no leather for you-you don't even use glue?i suppose you run around naked too .lets not be stupid about the food chain its what keeps you alive in alot of ways

  • that was a big calf and was born alive, In my opinion you should have pinched/pulled his nose as soon as possible even before he is fully out as this stimulates the breathing reflex or pour some cold water into his ear for the same reason, sounds mad but it works. If you think there is still fluid in his lungs quickily pick him up and hang him over a gate or something similar with his head and front legs in an almost vertical position, then vigourisly massage his chest, this works too.

  • Damn thats a big calf!! what percentage do you have to pull each year?

  • where is this place?

  • I like how the calf wouldn't come out, then as it was being drawn out, had its tongue sticking out like, "I'm not going to make this birth easy for anyone!" -I'd give it a name that meant 'stubborn' or 'rebel'. :) I'm glad to see that both are doing well.

  • we had a black angus that used to come in the house..she had coffee with cream and sugar..and donuts with my dad CREAM LOL her name was molly..i use the term "was" she made one good steak

  • Kind of ironic that you have to give a cow Calcium!!

  • I think it's very interesting how below it was mentioned how the farmer doesn't miss Holstein cows....I am wondering if this is a breed incapable of producing a calf on their own when other breeds would be able able.... and wouldn't Oxytocin also be effective in bovidae as it is in humans, or a slight variation thereof? There isn't anything on this earth that would ever convince me to deliver without an heavy Oxytocin drip, no pain meds are necessary but the hormone drip is!

  • @Marcuslusus02

    Oxytocin is used, very commonly actually. 5ccs is a typical prescription via a vet. Holsteins are capable of producing and holding their own. I own, breed, raise, and show Holsteins.

  • u think its torture, just wait a few days when the calf is rotting inside her. that is torture, cuz then u have to cut and pull a dead calf out of her. i dont miss holstein cows at all.

  • Damn PETA bastards don't realize that the farmer knows what he's doing and what's best for his cows. Leave them alone and go pick on some poor, uneducated fools wearing fur.

  • i love how he just went up to it and sat something on it while it was lying on the floor needing help, lol

    least it was ok in the end but, poor cow, cute lil calf but :)

  • @horsegirleve2

    That happens all the time. It's more for making it easier to find objects back. Doesn't cause any harm to the cow, and it often allows us farmers to be quicker about helping them.

  • whats milk fever

  • @galaxie63punk Condition caused by low level of calcium. Normally 1 bottle of calcium is all that is required to get the cow back to normal

  • @holsteincowboy 1 bottle IV and 1/2 bottle SQ is the normal protocal followed by a fresh drench the next day

  • @holsteincowboy 1 bottle IV and 1/2 SQ is followed by a fresh cow drench the next day is the Vet protocal and why did you give it to her in the milk vein?

  • @cowfarmerman I find the milk vein is a easier and quicker way to get calcium into her blood stream than the neck vein

  • @holsteincowboy it is much easier to hit and much faster but you will have to watch out for the cow to go from hypocalcemia(low calcium) to hypercalcemia(high calcium), even the neck vein it happens but the milk vein is more likely. The symptoms of hypercalcemia are the cow will start to shake all over like she is very cold it is very painful in there bones and mucles it wont last for long, but still us farmers dont like to cause our animals pain:)

  • God, milk fever always gives me the chills, always hope for the best, and say a thanks for calcium.

  • soo slow

  • Why must one be so rough with a baby being born.Plus that poor cow.Yeah she may be in a lush green pasture.If you people knew she was going into labor, why not move her into a barn?Seen enough torture in 1 day on theses gentle animals, that dont hurt anybody, for some people to be down right cruel towards these animals.I some times wish if I was in control, can do the same back to the cruel people who love to torture animals....

  • @1M005E1 I can only imagine all the cowboys and ranchers chuckling at the city slicker. This is not a house pet. It's natural habitat is the outdoors. Torture would be to let the cow try to give birth on her own. BTW doesn't strike you as odd that there would be a specific piece of equipment designed to perform just this task if it had never been done before? Stick to your hamburger and let the professionals do their job.

  • @1M005E1

    That's not rough, and if a cow's in need of help like she was, you can't waste time moving her into a barn. You help her right there, right now, and as fast as humanly possible. As far as torture, having that calf inside her the way it was for much longer would've been torture for her. Leave her like that long enough, and both of them could die. Best thing for her is exactly what happened, and I'll thank you not to tell us how to do a job you likely don't have experience with.

  • The time you would waste petting her could kill her. She needs Calcium as soon as possible. But not as fast as he is giving it.

  • That is a little too fast to give calcium if you were giving CMPK then that would be fine

  • omg!  She is so swollen! WTH??

  • Oh poor cow, she looked SO exhausted! I hate seeing anybody or animal in childbirth stress, it's very stressful to watch.

  • omfg that calf is huge !!!

  • The poor thing! Couldn't you even pet her and sooth her alittle? These poor animals have to give birth all the time! Not much of a life.

  • @jetsetjenny02 Actually it's a very nice life They lie out in the sun in a lush pasture all day (No stress unlike us humans) They only calve once a year

  • @holsteincowboy Maybe nice for them durring the spring and fall. Summer and Winters can be pretty harsh on them. They survive the heat and bitter colds, but I don't know that I'd call it nice living. Better than the factory farm animals have it I suppose. Poor factory chickens have it the worst I think.

  • @TheGwynnSmith Well i don't agree with you.The heat,the cold,the rain ,the sun,the snow are natural.We have to protect as posible the animals but they are steel ANIMALS!We must not do them ''dolls'' to play with,they are made to survive out there. Don't behave to animals like children,but do the best for them,and in that case,the doctor never asks the patient if he pains,but try to save him from death.

  • @jetsetjenny02

    Do you think petting or soothing her will get her out of the semi coma she's currently in?

  • cool

  • how cool it was born on my birthday that looked like a very healthy bull congrats

  • Holy shit that was a monster calf thank god for calf pullers

  • whats in that bottle he gave her?

  • Calcium Sometimes i inject it into a vein for a quicker cure . Normally they are up on their feet within a few mins after giving them calcium

  • @holsteincowboy that's cool, thanks for answering

  • @themaxster100 its calcuim boroglutinate u knob jockey

  • @parkeyboi2k6 23 percent calcuim glutinate to be right

  • OUCH !!!!!!!

  • moooooooooo

  • awh was born day after my bday, we had a very big bull calf born one year, cause a big problem in mum so had to hand rear baby, this calf here is beautiful, the cow was huge a holstein i believe?

  • Krowy doić.

  • poor cow, is she okay now? is the calf okay aswell?

  • Looks like a very painful birth. Beautiful baby :)

    Isn't it more painful when it is very cold than very warm when giving birth?

  • SH*T thats a nice calf. I remember my first time pulling a calf out wat a gros job

  • grattla

  • nice video, good job!!!

  • very cute calf

  • good to see that your calf is alive we have lot about 10 this year

  • Was it a bull?

  • It was a bull. How is the corn harvest going in MB ?

  • Funny you ask the Claas burnt to the ground,had 150 acers left to do. Finaly got a new one then the ground was really wet we all got stuck what should of been a day of silage turned in to a week. but its all done now.Finaly. I do have a video of it but i cant get it up on here. damn computers

  • VERY GOOD WORK

  • is this you ?

  • yes

  • ah yout still limber we're good!

  • Some advice from a fellow young farmer, its very dangerous to put needles in the milk vein especially when things are very dirty it can get infected and kill the cow, i use a halter and the tie its head to its back leg tends to stop the cow struggling and makes access to the neck vein easy, also i give the cow oxytocin to help relax the cervix and some finadyne for pain relief as a big calf probably really hurts, oxytocin will also help the cleansing process

    p.s we use lic bulls

  • Thanks Did you read what a NZ dairyman said about lic bulls on my channel comments lol I have used lic bulls also

  • was it a bull calf again?

  • this is what happned to a cow of our...i have a pic of me and her on facebook

  • Shouldn't you put your calving girls in a better feild? They may have a better time of it then!lol Nice calving aid and a happy ending lol. Just HATE the feild!

  • Do you use LIC bulls ? I bred some cows to LIC bull Macfarlanes Dauntless which i due to calf this year.

    WOW 2000 cows ! Milking 190 holsteins here.

    I was thinking about crossing some with a jersey - Is this a good or bad idea ?

  • being that the cow was up right after calving, im pretty sure it didnt have milk fever, when they do have signs like cold ears and they are wobley then you know that the cow is coming down with milk fever.

  • It was milk fever - Trust me ! . It might look like she was up right after calving but it was actually about 30 mins later. I cut out a lot of footage during the editing of this video

  • Sometime after calcium into the blood, the cow will get up and run away before you even finish giving her the stuff, its like speed for them.

  • Speaking from no experience and hoping to become a smallholder in the future, i would have thought a winch would have been in order.

  • Two of the things I noticed.The calcium gets into the main blood stream quicker if you give it in the juglar vien instead of the milk vien,also if you give it too fast the cow can get a heart attack,so it's better to hold the bottle lower even though it takes longer.

  • Thanks for the great info

  • which vein makes no differance and its magnesium that gives them a heart attack not calcium

  • I have to disagree with that as we had a cow get a heart attack when the vet gave her calcium too fast,so that is fact.

  • you check the bottle wouldn't b the first time a vet has put the wrong stuff in

    put calcium into the vein many times without a problem

  • If calcium is put into the vein too fast the cow WILL DIE. One of our blokes killed a cow by doing that.

    Put magnesium into the vein then SHE WILL DIE! Look it up.

  • I hate to see animals die but they got to die sometime! I love that it is a holstein! Show then at the county fair I do!

  • amazing i'm looking for a job in the cows

    farm

  • LOL the calf is sticking its tongue out and wiggleing it :D

  • Oh that ia so beautiful and a happy ending. What a dedicated person to stand there in the freezing cold to help a cow so obviously in distress. A very special person indeed even if he is a vet getting paid. Owner must be very special as well. Loved this clip and added it to my favs. Congratulations! Is the calf a girl or boy?

  • i hope her head isn't facing downhill / B

  • milk fever, just had a cow today with that,

  • Hope the calcium worked :) Is she ok now ?

  • What is milk fever and what went wrong???

  • Milk fever is when a cow has a calcium or phosphorus deficiency.They get so that they can't get up or walk easily,and in the later stages lay on their side and eventually stiffen up and die if not treated.You can treat them with calacium glucosonate in the vein or a phosphorus shot in the tail depending on the type of milk fever.

  • oh, that's very sad

  • how is it sad?? it didnt die it was alive

  • At least u didnt have to maul her into the jcb bucket like we usually have to!

  • a happy ending! XD

  • did it die?

  • no,it was alive

  • What's that in the medicine bag? That's a BIG calf! Is the cow doing well, now?

  • Calcium. She stopped eating and milked dropped to almost nil for about 6 weeks after calving but she is doing great now and yeild is rising each day

  • Do not know age of the Father of the DAY-old calf. He is a AI bull

  • Calcium lack! Which age the father of the year-old calf?

  • I hope poor mama recovered OK, that was a tough day for her!

  • That was a big one....

    good video :)

  • Thanks............ Sadly the calf died shortly after birth:(

  • lol no lose of it was a bull

  • It already looked dead when it ws born was the labor process to long educate me I NEED TO KNOW WHAT WENT WRONG!

  • Calf was still living when born but died 5 mins later. What went wrong ? The mothers milk fever delayed calving plus it was a very large calf. I think these 2 factors caused the death of the calf. I hope i have educated you :)

    Do you live/work on a farm ?

  • Thank You! Are u expirience with hens and rooster as well? Im taking care of a rooster who got into it with another. His beak is crusty with blood. He can't eat or drink well. He went a long time without treatment it looks like. I gave him anti biotics and dusted him. He can't even close his mouth the poor chap.

  • Poor rooster :( Sounds like you are doing a great job. Keep up the good work

    Take care

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