Countrylife60
Exploring the pasture
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I have a Dexter heifer that freshened yesterday, her 2nd calf. Unlike her first freshening, her 2 front teats are huge and dark pink this time. They look painful. Her calf is nursing on her smaller back teats. She seems to be discouraging the calf from even trying to nurse from her front teats...and you would think she would love for baby to relieve the discomfort. Is this a sign of edema in her front teats? Should I be concerned or will this correct itself as the new calf continues to nurse?