[unclebilly]

Today we tried something we’ve never done before…

We had a cow get stuck in muck and spent all of her energy trying to get up. She also injured a rear leg, maybe was stepped on by another cow… I tried to save her, lifting her up with hip lifters to no avail. I put a strap under her chest and the hip lifters but she just couldn’t stand for very long.

I was fortunate to find a mobile butcher that could come out this afternoon. I casually mentioned that it’s too bad we couldn’t somehow save her unborn calf…

He said he had never done a Texas C-Section before but would be willing to try. I had also never done this but had been curious about it.

We euthanized the cow and then very quickly made the c-section cut and pulled out a very much alive calf. Then saved the carcass and it’s off to the cooler. This carcass will be all turned into sausage.

This is a sorta feel good story where we made lemonade from the lemons we were dealt.