Advice please - Cow due to calve I hope

[Mark Bowles]

You dont say if the field companion is a steer or a female, did the companion do any jumping on her?
Mark

[Duncan MacIntyre]

If the udder is there, with obvious development of udder tissue and teats, then she is likely to be in calf. Sometimes a very very fat heifer can look as if she is developing an udder when not in calf but there is just fat there and the teats are not developed.

Some will not show much pressure of milk till calving is almost begun.

As Mark says, exactly what jumping activity is going on is important. When a cow or heifer is in season she will stand whilst other mount her. It is not the one on top which is of significance, it is the one standing underneath.

Duncan

[ann]

Hi If you vet PD your heifer he/she should have been able to give you an idea how far of calving she is. Its not at all unusual for pregnant cows as they near their time to start acting as though they are in bulling, I think they like to get us confused and maybe they are going through slight confusion themselves as their hormone alter, I have also notice bitches will do the same thing as they get near to giving birth.
Good luck with your calving when it happens

[Inger]

Its the increase in hormones I think. I've seen it happen before as well.