Don't Have A Cow, Man!
I went to the Florida State Fair here in Tampa yesterday and saw something for the first time live in my life yesterday - an animal being born. I had only animals giving birth on TV shows before. I was actually quite lucky to see it. I had just wondered into a farm animal exhibit when a dairy cow's water broke.
The mother cow struggled to push the calf out into the world... but it was having some trouble. She got the calf's legs from about the knee down to exit - but that's all that would come out. The farmers got together and gave the cow some help. They put a chain around the calf's legs after about a half-minute of pulling, yanked it out. Welcome to the world baby bull!
The big surprise, at least for us people in the tent, was the mother hadn't finished giving birth. The farmer realized when he saw the baby wasn't full-size, he was likely a twin - especially since he came out feet first. Sure enough, with some more tugging from the farmers, out came a younger brother. I guess I timed my fair visit just right as the farmer later said that only about 1 in 20 to 30 births will a cow deliver twins.
The mother cow struggled to push the calf out into the world... but it was having some trouble. She got the calf's legs from about the knee down to exit - but that's all that would come out. The farmers got together and gave the cow some help. They put a chain around the calf's legs after about a half-minute of pulling, yanked it out. Welcome to the world baby bull!
The big surprise, at least for us people in the tent, was the mother hadn't finished giving birth. The farmer realized when he saw the baby wasn't full-size, he was likely a twin - especially since he came out feet first. Sure enough, with some more tugging from the farmers, out came a younger brother. I guess I timed my fair visit just right as the farmer later said that only about 1 in 20 to 30 births will a cow deliver twins.
posted by Jono @ 12:40 PM
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