[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Been there a few times as a kid. We had Holstein and Ayrshire dairy cows, though, so somewhat more experienced being around humans. If dad couldn't pull the calf with a rope over its feet, we called the vet. Our vet used a jack that pushed against the cow's hips, which was pretty brutal. The calf rarely survived if we had to make the call.

We have one of those jacks and had it at the ready. We’ve used it once this year already.

We have never lost a calf with the jack. The key is to use it to pull tension and then lever it down to pull the calf out. Not just jack the calf out with it.

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