Sometimes critters do the damnedest things. I noticed a replacement heifer calf was limping on Sunday. I drove up to her to see what the problem was. It is a little cold and dry for foot rot so I wasn't sure what it could be. When I got up to her I figured it out. She had somehow managed to get a big iron ring over her hoof and it was stuck there. We got her in to get it off right away before her leg started to swell up making it harder to remove.<br />n<br />n<center><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.com/sarpysam/uploads/ringcalf12242006.jpg' alt='' /></center><br />n<br />nThis is what the ring looked like on her foot when we went to remove it. It couldn't be a tighter fit if she tried. Where she found it and how she managed to step into it is beyond me.<br />n<br />n <a class="block_level" href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/2315-Bracelet.html#extended">Continue reading "Bracelet"</a>