Paulette Added To Nursery Field

Paulette is showing all the signs of impending delivery. Her belly is big, her back is beginning to sway with her tail head tipping up, her back end is getting floppy and she is starting to limp. Paulette’s limp is what we watch for each year, as the baby weight shifts and gets heavier, Paulette tends to have foot issues.

The last three years, which is also three babies worth, she has limped before calving. We have checked her feet and there have been no problems with her toenails, couldn’t find any sores or cracking, and we couldn’t find any sprains or infections. The pressure of the calf and her body changing seems to be the issue. After the baby is born and her hips shift back to non-pregnancy alignment, Paulette has always gotten back to normal strides without any limp at all.

In this case, Paulette’s age is not working for her, each year it is a little tougher for her as the limp becomes more pronounced. Her affliction has not hampered her from having some of our best calves each year, but the time is nearing when she will not be able to continue being a breeding member of the herd.

For now, we have moved her into the nursery field with Opal, #7 and their calves while we await the new arrival.  We had just fed the evening meal in the four round outdoor fields and the main herd came around the feeders to eat including Paulette. Mike walked around the feeder she was at an I walked around the other side, Paulette is a good eater and she was not too happy to be coaxed away from her meal, but we were able to get her headed toward the gate that led into the nursery field. In the nursery field Paulette will have easier walking, will not be competing with the more able-bodied main herd, have closer water sources and when the weather turns nasty, she can go into the barn to lounge around in soft wood chips. Until she decides to deliver we are all on baby watch.

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