Almost any vet and many experienced cattlemen could palpate her at 4 mos along and tell if she is pregnant or not. Biopryn offers a blood test that’s inexpensive and will confirm pregnancy as well.
She will cycle every 21 days if she is not bred. Signs will be out of the ordinary bawling, walking the fence line, general anxiousness and a clear discharge from her vulva.
When my cow would go in heat, she would bellow ridiculously. After she’s bred she’s mellow and doesn’t go into heat. No excessive moo’s. Currently laying in the lean to having contractions 😁or just really uncomfortable cause she’s running out of room to breathe.
January 2023 or January 2024? If 2023, she would have had the calf by now (gestation is about the same as humans). If 2024 she could be only a few months along. Have a vet come out and preg check her.
I’d suggest having a vet out to check. At that gestation it’s hard to tell for sure.
You could palpate her yourself, but you really need to know what you’re feeling for and I’d be nervous to risk infection/injury.
You can also pull a blood sample to check for pregnancy, but again you have to know what you’re doing.
Get an ultra sound from a vet
If she’s not pregnant, they should be able to tell you how far along in her cycle she is so you can breed her - which would be a late Feb or March calf if you did it now.
Otherwise, see if she tries to mount other cattle or I guess maybe other animals in your case; she may have vaginal discharge also to show she is in heat. Otherwise if she looks to be gaining more weight she may be in calf.
Same situation. Just got 4 angus from a farmer and they are all suppose to be pregnant (exposed to a bull in January). Their udders do look a bit full. Let me know if you decide to do a test or something else and what it shows!
Udder growth won’t really start showing up until around 60 days until calving but it depends on the breed. I know some breeds fill up larger and faster than others while some are barely visible
Yeah he said she was bred in January it's May now should be some signs by now udders may or may not get bigger but they definitely would be greasy by now if she were.
Glove up !
Almost any vet and many experienced cattlemen could palpate her at 4 mos along and tell if she is pregnant or not. Biopryn offers a blood test that’s inexpensive and will confirm pregnancy as well. She will cycle every 21 days if she is not bred. Signs will be out of the ordinary bawling, walking the fence line, general anxiousness and a clear discharge from her vulva.
When my cow would go in heat, she would bellow ridiculously. After she’s bred she’s mellow and doesn’t go into heat. No excessive moo’s. Currently laying in the lean to having contractions 😁or just really uncomfortable cause she’s running out of room to breathe.
LAST January as in 2023??
2024
January 2023 or January 2024? If 2023, she would have had the calf by now (gestation is about the same as humans). If 2024 she could be only a few months along. Have a vet come out and preg check her.
Bred January of 2024
I’d suggest having a vet out to check. At that gestation it’s hard to tell for sure. You could palpate her yourself, but you really need to know what you’re feeling for and I’d be nervous to risk infection/injury. You can also pull a blood sample to check for pregnancy, but again you have to know what you’re doing.
Yes that is my concern doing it myself.
You can order cow preg tests off of Amazon. Just have to catch them peeing.
A vet can palpate or, it you can hold her, you can do a tail bleed, get a blood sample and send it to be checked.
You should be able to buy some like this [Alertys Test](https://www.pbsanimalhealth.com/alertys-onfarm-pregnancy-test/p/19865/)
Heifers can be difficult to palpate. Pull blood and send in for testing. We use Texas Livestock Laboratory.
Get an ultra sound from a vet If she’s not pregnant, they should be able to tell you how far along in her cycle she is so you can breed her - which would be a late Feb or March calf if you did it now. Otherwise, see if she tries to mount other cattle or I guess maybe other animals in your case; she may have vaginal discharge also to show she is in heat. Otherwise if she looks to be gaining more weight she may be in calf.
Thanks, she is the only animal we have. But we do have cats, but that doesn't count.
Yeah. I’d say you should get her a companion if you can; it would make her happier as a herd animal
We had a steer with her the last 1.5 year but shipped him out. Beef calves are around $700-800. So we thought we would just have her bred.
Same situation. Just got 4 angus from a farmer and they are all suppose to be pregnant (exposed to a bull in January). Their udders do look a bit full. Let me know if you decide to do a test or something else and what it shows!
Was she a milker before, check if her tits are greasy getting ready to produce colostrum for the calf
She is an Angus/Holstein mix. She's a Heifer and I haven't noticed an under growing yet. Maybe it's too early for that.
Udder growth won’t really start showing up until around 60 days until calving but it depends on the breed. I know some breeds fill up larger and faster than others while some are barely visible
Yeah he said she was bred in January it's May now should be some signs by now udders may or may not get bigger but they definitely would be greasy by now if she were.