Boy,do I know about years like that! Seems like once things start going wrong,it's all down hill from there. I think it was three years ago that I had all that trouble and more. The weather was more like early March right on through late May that year. I think I lost 8,maybe 9 calves. I don't even know how many I ended up bottle feeding. I had one that we tubed for two months or more and it still died. Never would make the slightest attempt to suck. Not even a finger. Last year was totally the opposite. I only lost one calf all year. Didn't have to pull any. Couldn't have lost a calf if I'd have hit it in the head with a hammer. I had one that was like you said,neck was all twisted around to one side. You couldn't even see its shoulder it was bent so bad. It had one knee that was like rubber to add to the mess,and out of a heifer to boot. By some miracle,she stuck with it and it sucked the bottle until it figured out how to turn just right to get ahold of her. It straightened out so you couldn't pick it out in the feedlot. I know which one it is,but only because I know the number of its tag.
I know it doesn't help right now to talk about how different things can be from one year to another. Ones like you're having can make a person feel like one big walking raw nerve.
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