Family dairy cow issue
Hello. Our family dairy cow, Avery, (Dexter breed) recently had her calf in the woods. This would have made her third calf. We have walked the woods (nearly 100 acres) every day for over a week: we can not find the calf. Typically, she would have brought the calf to the barn by now (the cows come to the barn every evening for water and feed). I'm assuming the calf died or the coyotes got it. That being said, I am trying to determine if the calf is possibly still alive by the look of Avery's udder. While her udder was engorged over a week ago, it looks like the typical new mama udder full...but not too full. The udder and nipples are staying clean of debris/mud. The udder is full but the teats are staying empty. Would this indicate their is still a calf in the woods?