aurora

A sad thing happened on Thursday. My cow, Aurora, died.  She was due to calve the 9th of April, but something went wrong. she suffered a severe torsion (twisting of the uterus) and there were three different tears in her uterus. Her calf had died and had gotten so bloated that it burst through her unhealthy uterus wall. The vet did a C-section to remove the calf and sew up her uterus. He said she was a pretty tough cow to live as  long as she did. The dead calf was essentially poisoning her. Part of it was protruding from her uterus and the fluid from the uterus had spilled into her body cavity. We did our very best to try and save her, but she died that night.

Aurora was a sweetie, very polite and friendly, and so well behaved.   We even won showmanship at the county fair last year. She was my favorite heifer to show, she knew exactly how to hold her head up and responded to the littlest cues I gave her. I enjoyed showing her at county and State Fair last year and was hoping to show her again this year. She was also special because I owned her and she was my first bred and owned animal that I showed. I miss her, but losing cows is part of farming, just as losing loved ones is part of life. There is a time for everything.

I am looking forward to the birth of her siblings in April. Maybe one of them will look just like her!