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Birth of a Calf - excerpt from the documentary AMERICAN FARM

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Uploaded by on Mar 23, 2007

For those of us who didn't grow up on a farm (and today, that's 98% of us), here's an eye-opening look at how a calf is born on a small family farm. This is from the recently released documentary DVD, "American Farm." Find it at www.americanfarmmovie.com.

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  • Ok you are a vet. Do you not see what he is doing wrong? He has the ropes tied below the calf's fetlock a definite no no as he can seriously damage the calf's joints, especially when the calf is extra big and he needs to pull harder. I've been dairy farming all my life and pulled many calves.

  • haha

    Mr. Ames walks up to it, ties the twine on, and begins to tug as if it were something as common as pouring a cup of coffee.

    I admire this man throughout the entire film.

  • Wow, that was a pretty easy birth compared to what my cow usually has. But her sire's dam never calved well, so that affected her. Nice job!

  • That's a downer. Its a bull calf. The lad probably wishes it was a girl

  • I'm a vet and glad to see videos on the net of the wonderful event of cows giving birth. An excellent job!

  • definitley

  • thats true

  • But you could never get a colt out like that alive--and the mare could rupture as well. Plus mares cannot bear pain at all, they are exquisitely sensitive to pain. But cows, obviously stoic as all hell!!! It's a "Cow" Thing"

  • It's very common for cows to need help---hence the farmer going to get the "calf-puller" chains. Who knows how long the cow had been laboring with no progress? This cow has dystocia, Cows and calves are amazingly tough, as you could plainly see. Seems harsh, but that's how big calves are born very often. Cows will just lay there and wait for the calf-puller, lol! Ask any farm veterinarian.

  • that looks increasingly painful!

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