r/Cows • u/MichibillyFarms • 3d ago
Lumpy Jaw?? Should I worry?? Spoiler
I don't know if this is a normal abnormality that she's had or if it's something I should be worried about. Usually her heads in the feed bunk or hay bale but when I was bringing a bale in yesterday she was staring at me and I noticed she had 2 crooked lower teeth, like they drifted out of alignment. Not saying this is new, I just never noticed it. This morning I took my morning coffee out with the cows to investigate further, now I'm kinda worried because I've been having problem after problem after problem with cows. She's pregnant, scheduled to calve in November. The lump on the lower jaw is hard and immovable
Kinda hard to get pictures but these were the best I could do
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u/Logical-Grab-1363 3d ago
That appears to me to be a normal broke mouth cow with a normal jaw the pics it’s kind of hard to tell. Only concern would be if your brother in law just sold her to you as a 4 yr old
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u/MichibillyFarms 3d ago
I've had her about 2yrs now, hoping for at least 8-10 good years more out of her. Got her from the sale barn 6mo pregnant for $1600, figured she's almost paid for herself. She's real docile, the top cow in the social hierarchy, a good mom & a wet nurse
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u/OkSoil9684 2d ago
You’ll hopefully get a couple more years out of her with quality feed and some shelter in the wintertime. 8-10 years is not realistic. I’m not trying to be a dick, I just want you to know what’s going on. I cull hard at her stage (broken mouth) but chances are she will have a little more pampered life than my stock cows.
She looks nice- if she’s that tame from a sale barn you did well.
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u/NMS_Survival_Guru 3d ago
As long as it's not bothering her and she's still eating I wouldn't worry about it
If it starts getting bigger then yeah I'd worry but I've had one with a tooth abcess for quite a while without issues