Is this a mucus plug?

CB901 · Aug 5, 2021

I have watched a few videos and aside from maybe helping pull the legs by hand I am not confident in assisting. We have a vet 8 miles from us and I would rather call to help. Hopefully I will have enough time to get him here. This mama is my first bottle baby and I am afraid of hurting her being I have no idea how to help in that way. I appreciate being told it could be a big calf. I go check in them every other hour now and pen them up with an Arlo go camera on them all night. Hopefully I won’t miss any hints of help she needs. I appreciate your help.

Ridgetop · Aug 6, 2021

Good luck!

CB901 · Aug 6, 2021

She is still pregnant, has a mucus string about 1 foot long now but that wasn’t there a couple hours ago. She seems to skip a step like she has pressure on the back legs. Is this normal? Posting current photos. Still eating, drinking and acting normal aside from the missed step every now and then. I have no idea what pins are supposed to look like. What I think I have been feeling for still seem the same as they have always been, thought they were less one day but now are just as tight.

CB901 · Aug 6, 2021

Does full blow springing with a dinner plate size opening happen with heifers? Or is it smaller?

CB901 · Aug 6, 2021

Ridgetop said:
Good luck!

Thank you

Ridgetop · Aug 6, 2021

If she is having trouble walking she is probably going into labor - pressure on nerves. Hopefully calving by now.

CB901 · Aug 6, 2021

Ridgetop said:
If she is having trouble walking she is probably going into labor - pressure on nerves. Hopefully calving by now.

Not yet but her back end looks different than earlier, the center looked stuck together but now it has some space between it. I guess like the opening is wider? It isn’t every step just now and then, one time she stumbled. She was aggressively cleaning our other heifer. Never seen that before. Hopeful for a calf soon. Thank you for your info.