What a crappy morning. I slept from 9:30 last night to 5 am. this morning. That is unusual for me. No law & order, no sportscenter, just sleep. Made it to the barn to do chores and sure enough things went sideways. Had a doe that we were watching. She didn’t get marked when she bred, so I wasn’t exactly sure when she was due. I just knew what bucks she had been with and when. She was 13 months old when bred, so she wasn’t small.<\/p>\n
Well, she decided to go this morning. She needed help. I grabbed a horn to catch her and then halter her. Guess what? The horn came off in my hand. Smooth off!! I got her haltered and tied to the fence. I felt for the baby and the feet were right there. Easy enough. I pulled. Nothing. I pulled harder. Nothing. I got my calf pulling chains. Put them on the feet and pulled. Nothing. I tried pushing the baby back up the canal and rearranging. That worked. I put the doe on her back to change the angle of the pull. I got it out to the front knees. I pulled harder. Nothing. Did a C section. The kid was a single and already dead. Small pelvic opening. She wasn’t ever going to have a kid.<\/p>\n
Lets end this with saying that I didn’t save a kid…or a doe. Somehow I didn’t lose my temper. I was planning on being at the store by 7 this morning, but that isn’t going to happen. Hope your day starts better than mine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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