Could Daisy be Pregnant?

[Deberosa]

I have been watching for some signs that Daisy is in heat. Seems all that is happening is she is getting fatter! She had T-Bone in May actually had twins. So she could possibly be 5 months along.

When does a cow start to "show"? She supposedly was not pregnant, but the former owner does have a bull on the site and maybe she didn't separate him out soon enough... Not that I'm complaining though - a June baby would be fine! (Dexters take 11 months).

[AlchemyAcres]

How long was she exposed to the bull?
Sight isn't a reliable way to tell if she's pregnant.
Have a vet check her or you can try to 'bump' the calf.
The uterus is on the right side, at around 6-7 months you should be able to fairly easily 'bump' the calf in her lower right abdomen. Make a fist and prod very gently.

Where did you get the 11 month figure? Dexters usually calf a bit shy of the standard cattle gestation....about 272 days.


~Martin
:)

[Deberosa]

Hmmm. Can't find the calendar that I saw on a Dexter site now... But doing another google I see it's listed as shorter not longer than a regular cow!

So I could have seen a bump on her side! I'll take a closer look today to see if I can see anything more. Seems their bellies do move around alot anyhow but this is more than I've seen in the past.

I have no idea how long she would have been with a bull. I know Marita had the bull on site the entire time Daisy was there, supposedly fenced off from Daisy. ;-)

I'll check her and then my just call Marita to see if there is possibly a chance she may be pregnant. That would be good news!

[AlchemyAcres]

Bump is just the name of the technique...basically you make a fist and gently push a few times on the lower right abdomen to feel for the calf.

You got her when, around the 1st of October, right? If she's open and cycling properly she should have shown 4-5 heats by now. Unfortunately some cows just don't show heats well and it's even more of a challenge detecting heats when you only have one because there isn't the benefit of other cattle jumping on her, which can make heat detection a heck of a lot easier.

~Martin :)

[Deberosa]

Bump is just the name of the technique...basically you make a fist and gently push a few times *on the lower right abdomen to feel for the calf.

You got her when, around the 1st of October, right? If she's open and cycling properly she should have shown 4-5 heats by now. Unfortunately some cows just don't show heats well and it's even more of a challenge detecting heats when you only have one because there isn't the benefit of other cattle jumping on her, which can make heat detection a heck of a lot easier.

~Martin :)

OK, I did "bump" her - and there is a ridge like - down low and toward the back. *She's really pretty tolerant of me petting her so that's good! It also seemed to move around quite a bit - maybe my imagination though.

She could be 4 plus months pregnant based on when I bought her so I think I am going to call the former owner tonight and see if there is a possibility. *Maybe that ole bull snuk out of his fence at some point. ;-) *Woudn't be bad - she has a great bull, except he's also Daisy's sire. *However he is also the sire of T-Bone and T-Bone turned out just fine too.

I have seen no sign of heat. *She does have her 8.5 month old calf with her - would she mount her? No mooing, no discharge and I 've been watching fairly closely.

[GREEN_ALIEN]

Like Martian said, 6 to 7 months to bump her and I am guessing that any bumping this early is just being friendly with the cow. (unless you are real good at it)

Stick her in a chute and cram your arm up her woohoo, if you don't know how get yer vet to do it and teach you what to feel for.

Sooner or later if you got cattle, you got an arm in ones woohoo.

Ted

[Deberosa]

Just got off the phone with the former owner and there is indeed a chance that Daisy is pregnant. *Her husband is a fisherman, gone most of the time and when he comes home he has in the past sort of "goofed up" where everybody belongs. *She is going to check when he was in town last summer. ;-) *Most likely he thought it was safe because she had her young twins. *She does not remember seeing her in heat since the calves were born...

So if that's the case - best guess would be 30-60 days after one of her other cows which is due the end of Feb. *Perfect timing!!! *So I will keep you all informed as this develops. ;-)

Now, I just re read that first paragraph and it sure sounds STRANGE! HEHEHE I'll let you all figure it out though. ;-)

[AlchemyAcres]

Like Martian said...

GREEN_ALIEN referring to me as Martian? What in heck is up with that? LOL ;)

Yeah, it's certainly possible the calf would try to jump on her if she were in heat, or vice versa!

~Martin :)

[GREEN_ALIEN]

LOL MARTIN
I looked at it and looked at asking myself WTF and then I saw it lol. Oh well we all wanna be little green men.

Sorry... :-[

Ted