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I have a beef cow (charlais/angus cross). We bought her last summer and the previous owner let us know she had a dead baby last year during an ice storm. She is 2-3 years old, but really still looked like a heifer udder-wise (just nubs). In fact, I have question whether she had a dead baby or a miscarriage. She really did not look like a cow. Vet said she was 4 months pregnant in August. So...she should be ready to calve sometime this month. Up until the last couple of weeks she had no udder development that we noticed. We kept looking -- nothing. We almost gave up looking thinking there was something really wrong with her.
Just as we had nearly given up, she started developing an udder -- yay! Now, it's not huge....certainly not like a milk cow, but it's definitely an udder. She has also become swollen and floppy in the back. She has become floppy in the last week or so...
Now, I know I should be looking for a full udder and strutting teats....but she is a beef cow, not dairy. It's just so weird. Her back end looks like she is ready and personality wise, she seems ready -- but while she has developed a small udder, her teats are not full.
Can anyone help me figure out this beef momma?
and the following pic was taken about 1 day after the first pic.... see even more change....
http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/...085_180295802327702_6410785805182148985_o.jpg
I have a beef cow (charlais/angus cross). We bought her last summer and the previous owner let us know she had a dead baby last year during an ice storm. She is 2-3 years old, but really still looked like a heifer udder-wise (just nubs). In fact, I have question whether she had a dead baby or a miscarriage. She really did not look like a cow. Vet said she was 4 months pregnant in August. So...she should be ready to calve sometime this month. Up until the last couple of weeks she had no udder development that we noticed. We kept looking -- nothing. We almost gave up looking thinking there was something really wrong with her.
Just as we had nearly given up, she started developing an udder -- yay! Now, it's not huge....certainly not like a milk cow, but it's definitely an udder. She has also become swollen and floppy in the back. She has become floppy in the last week or so...
Now, I know I should be looking for a full udder and strutting teats....but she is a beef cow, not dairy. It's just so weird. Her back end looks like she is ready and personality wise, she seems ready -- but while she has developed a small udder, her teats are not full.
Can anyone help me figure out this beef momma?

and the following pic was taken about 1 day after the first pic.... see even more change....

http://i972.photobucket.com/albums/...085_180295802327702_6410785805182148985_o.jpg