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How can you heal a yearling heifer's broken leg also can it be healed at all?
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∙ 12y ago
That all depends on where the break is and what leg the break is on. If it's on the lower part of the leg especially on the hind leg, or on the front leg, all you need to do is have to set it and cast it like you would with a dog (soft cloth around the skin, foam on top, splint on the outside, then plaster or duct-tape, replacing the bandage every 3 weeks or so) and confine her so she doesn't have far to go to food and water. If the break is on the hind leg and higher up, like in the femur, or even above the hock then you're better off planning on butchering her, keeping her separate from the herd so she doesn't get harassed so much by the other heifers or cow-herd. She can move around fine on three legs despite popular belief, but not as far as traveling a mile or more every day between food and water.
Above all that was said above, please check with your large animal veterinarian for information on what you can do to set the leg or if you should get the vet out to do it for you and decide the fate of your heifer.
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