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📹 What actually happened to Cross Timbers Bison?
In the vast expanse of America’s landscapes, bison hold a significant place, both culturally and ecologically. These majestic …
📹 Bison Cow Having a Red Dog All CAUGHT on Camera!
The story of Belle Starr is nothing short of a special one. Last year, for th first time I watched as this bison cow was saddened and …
I started perusal Cross Timbers Bison 2020 with a retired Rancher 84 yrs old that I was caregiver for… we started our day perusal everyday you posted… it connected him to his days on the farm and the love he had for his animals …you gave him a quality of life that otherwise was over and that he missed immensely…so much in his life that he was unable to do physically but his mind still yearned for…Mr. Leon Koehn of Circle K Ranch passed Sept 2023 perusal until the end daily… he said to me often “this young man knows what he doing” thank you for sharing your Bison ranching life experiences and know that this is a gift in ways that are larger than you may even know.
I’m a human Labor & Delivery nurse. 26 years L&D, Mother/Baby… countless (probably 1000’s) of deliveries… it is NEVER lost on me the sheer wonder and miracle of it all… and here I am silently cheering her and that precious baby on!! I’m crying!! What an incredibly lucky moment and an incredibly lucky family! Thank you Dusty for sharing this with us!! YAY BELLE STAR!!!
Watching from rural South Africa, this is the most awsome footage of a Bison giving birth. I feel it was a rare privilege to have been able to see it. Thank you Dusty for sharing it with us. I believe God gifted you and rewarded you for your care, persistence and fulsome commitment you have towards your animals. This was one in a lifetime moments. Thank you.
I’m a 79 year old guy who learned the sacredness of life as a kid on a dairy farm in Ohio. This article brings tears to my eyes as I remember birthing several calves being my job to catch them so they didn’t fall on the floor as their mother was standing up through the entire birth. Thank you for Dusty for sharing this miracle of life.
Congratulations to Belle Starr on a beautiful calf/red dog! ❤🦬❤️ Dusty, I am so very happy that you finally got to watch a live birth on your bison ranch!!! I have followed Cross Timbers Bison and you from the beginning. Congratulations Dusty, Marisa and Brooks! What an amazing and beautiful thing to watch. Thank you for sharing with us! ❤🦬❤️🦬❤️
What a wonderful outcome for Belle Star after last year’s loss. I will admit my heart was in my throat the whole time and I like so many others shed a tear or two. Congratulations Dusty, Marissa and Brookes on the newest addition to the family. What a beautiful Red Dog, well done Belle Star and Big Joe you make beautiful babies.
My hubby was cracking up because I was in tears when Belle Star’s baby finally got to it’s feet ❤ Last year, shortly before Belle Star lost her baby, one of our donkeys lost her little colt. It was so emotional, not just the initial loss, but then perusal Willo mourne that loss. Then perusal Belle Star go thru the same thing… It just made the birth of this little one that much more special ❤ Congrats Dusty and fam! God bless from Texas 🙏❤
We were sitting here saying to Belle Star to push as if we were there. Amazing seeing bison laying down during delivery. Dusty you seemed like a proud papa. I’m sure you are relieved as we were to see the red dog moving & trying to stand. Thank you for that rewarding article & appreciating the gift of life. 🙏🙏🙏🦬
Dusty, how exciting it was to see Belle Star deliver her calve! I was rooting her on and saying you can do it. You can do it! And when the little legs started moving and finally was delivered. I was jumping up and down! Another first at age 68 perusal a American bison give birth! Looking forward to perusal this red dog, grow up with the herd! By the way, those little nudges… That’s God giving you that nudge to see this amazing moment and His way of saying well done my son for taking care of the animals I have put on this earth. ❤️😊👏❤️
I’ve seen lots of babies be born but this was pretty special Thank you Dusty for showing us Bell Star’s bit birthing moment. I truly enjoy seeing all the things you & Marissa & Brooks do on your bison ranch. I never knew a thing about any of that til I found your YT site. I’m a 76 yr. old widow who is from Mich but I live in N.Carolina & have for many years. I watch DJ & Danile too & enjoy them as well. Thank you again for sharing your adventures with me. 🙂
Thanks for sharing. Growing up on a farm, I seen cow calves and baby piglets being born, but this was an experience to see. Glad Brooke could share the experience. I don’t think farm/ranch kids should not be able to experience the birth of animals. I am very happy for Belle Starr, give her an extra cube!!!!!
It never ceases to amaze me just how well animals follow their instincts and almost always, it turns out so well. The calf is healthy, and the mother is well, and she does her best to make sure that the calf is cleaned, and the mother eats the afterbirth and does her best to mask the birth of the calf from Predators. All of the bovine species are such a tough and hearty family of creatures. And the American Bison is one that if perhaps the most impressive of them all.
Eons of evolutionary and instinctive behavior coming together. In the past when the herd began to move mother and baby needed to follow along immediately. Failure to do so put both at risk from the predators who were always in close contact with the herd ready to exploit any weakness. Not so much now but those instincts never go away. What an amazing event to view!
It seemed like the calf was shoulder locked. When you see an animal with hooves present with both feet at the same level you know there can be a problem. Ideal presentation is with one let a little further forward than the other, thereby making the transition through the birth canal easier. The same thing can happen in the rear, called hip locked. In cattle and horses you can sometimes step in and help, I’m not sure you could with a bison!
I’m surprised that the herd abandoned her as she was giving birth. I would think other females would stay as support for her. I would have rushed in to help her which is what I did for my dog and her first pup. I scared her half to death. She didn’t understand what was happening and thought she was doing something wrong. Poor baby. I finally got her settled down and stayed at her side as she delivered the other seven pups. After that, she would call to me for help if a pup was stuck behinds her, etc. She was a terrific mom! But I always regretted scaring her with that first pup!
Just watched Bell Star have her baby. It is so exciting to see. I lived on a dairy farm for about twenty years and this is more exciting. Your articles are one of the first I check out every day. You do a GREAT JOB!! Oh, by the way, the bison snack sticks are delicious! Will be ordering more. thank you for what you are doing!
Calves, horses and bison, whose normal birthing position is nose and hooves first, are that way on purpose as no matter how tight things may be around the head and neck, they dont have to breath as they are still getting blood, and so oxygen through the placenta and unbilical cord until long after the head and neck are through the birth canal and if everything goes well the baby is not separated from moms blood supply until the unbilical cord break loose when mom stands up. As I pointed out last year when Belle Star lost her calf it appeared that what may have happened is that the calf came out with a nose first but feet facing back from how the calf was appearing to be laying when you pulled up. This was what would be called a malposition where Belle could not push the calf out fast enough and the umbilical cord separated early or the placenta started coming loose and sadly the calf suffocated. This happens with cattle and horses also but as they are often handled a great deal, if one can catch the fact that you do not see hooves coming along side the nose, sometimes you can save a calf or foal by pulling the legs forward. I doubted then, and dont believe now that that could be easily done with a bison. What you witnessed with Belle Starr’s birth of her Red Dog, is a classic and perfect birth presentation and a very successful and normal delivery. What a wonderful opportunity to have had a drone available and animals familiar with drones to be able to document that footage. And what an excellent momma Belle Starr is, getting right to drying her baby off and urging the baby up on its feet.
Why do youtubers still have issues with “low battery” or “full memory card” in 2024? You can quite cheaply buy spare batteries, different size powerbanks, and 512GB-1TB microsd cards that can record a full day of high quality 4K footage. Even small youtubers can afford a setup that can record 4K articles with sound for a week straight. So why do i still keep hearing these “omg no battery/space left” excuses???
:person-turqouise-waving:…………….G’day, I know an eighty-two year old man with wet eyes and a bursting heart for Bellstar and her new red-dog. Thank you Dusty, you have bonded well with your Bison, you read the signs and signals to record this wonderful birth. I will be looking forward to following their progress. Cheers, Malcolm.
I do believe in my heart that the gut feeling you had was God who placed you here at the right time and the right place. He moves mysterious ways to get us there. Bell Star you’re beautiful mother finally. What an amazing experience for me never saw a bison 🦬 in Labor. That is an adorable baby. BLESS you both and those who care and love you too. Thanks a lot for sharing loved the article very much. From PUERTO RICO 🥰🦬❤️🇵🇷🙏
I am at 5 minutes and 54 four seconds and I was already holding a huge lump in my throat (your superior narration didn’t help any) and it’s about to… Oh forget it! I’m a mess. If all of God’s four legged creation, my dog notwithstanding and a good horse if you’re working them), it’s the American bison, our buffies, hands down. My late husband used to be in partnership with a friend raising them and even sold some to Ted Turner. I miss going down to the basin in southwest Kansas where they raised them and seeing the calves. They are SUCH magnificent animals and VERY dangerous. Our pens were made with utility poles! They can be so docile one second and in the next, rip into you and your horse! Oh yeah, they worked them with horses. No ATVs for those boys! You really brought this home and I thank you for sharing your incredible article with us. The lump is still there. Back to the article! P.S. What a little scrapper! You’re pretty incredible too, Dusty! All the best to you and yours. It’s a wonderful adventure, as you well know!
Congratulations on your beautiful precious birth of your Red Dog being born on article . That 2as amazing and exciting to see and watch. So glad and happy that everything went well and both mom and baby are healthy and well. Thank you for capturing it on article and sharing the beautiful birth of this beautiful precious little bison baby calf ( Red Dog). Hopefully you can capture more in the future. Sending love and prayers. 💗🙏🏻🕊⚘❤🇺🇸💯👍🎈🥰
Any other woman perusal found herself involuntarily contracting her abdominal muscles with Bell Star’s every push? It’s weird, it took me a while to realise I was pushing along with her…❤it’s primal instincts kicking in.. Addendum: What a beautiful thing to behold ; I’m so glad Bell Star got through a successful birth and now has her baby to care for. Thank you for sharing this beautiful moment with us and please make sure Bell Star gets some of her favourite treats .❤😊
WOW this article alone is remarkable! Nature is so magical! I feel very blessed and grateful to have watched this. Thankyou so much for sharing this! Hats off to you, i can see how much you care and love these animals and your hard work pays off! Very humbling experience. i hope mama and calf are healthy and doing well. Sending love from England UK 🇬🇧
Something to be aware, Dusty, as I heard you explain your thoughts why she might have lost her baby last year…she could have had a “red bag” birth. Meaning, the placenta comes out backwards, literally a big round bag hanging out, leaving the baby inside which suffocates. You have about 10min to pull that baby out, break the bag, so it doesn’t drown. I saw that exact thing happen last March, when some uncaring owners put their pregnant mare at a small self-boarding farm where I keep Mustang mare…with no vet nearby. And they RARELY ever came to check on the mare. I saw that mare on the ground, yelled for the farm owner, then saw the mare get up with a huge round bag twisted around hanging out her backside. She finally laid down, had the foal, but it was way too late. An experience I’ll never forget. It was so sad. These people had the money too, living in their McMansion in a gated lake community. They should have boarded her at a barn who knew how to birth foals, especially a maiden mare.😢 If you Google “red bag births” you should find pics and articles about it.
Thank you for showing this👍 My German Shepherd just gave birth to 7 puppies a week ago today ❤ I too wanted to help her, when she got to tired to push out the last 2 pups. I really pushed when she did😅 A quick trip to the vet and a shot of oxytocin helped her to push them out🙏There is something absolutly humbling about perusal our animals give birth. And something amazing perusal them grow their own little personality😊 good luck with the calf
Here I am sitting in a chair saying keep pushing keep pushing sweetheart in my mind. What a beautiful moment to see her have a successful delivery Yay. What an exciting experience to see. Wow she did such a great job pushing her calf out!! Aww what a beautiful baby bison, and she’s going to be a great Mom!! Congratulations to all of you for sharing such a wonderful experience of seeing her calf being born. This is my first time actually seeing a baby bison being born. I’m so happy for her and you all. I’ve seen bison up close in a enclosure at a park and they’re absolutely amazing. Welcome to the world little one!!
I am so glad you shared this! Thank you so much! On how a baby “suffocates” during labor. Even if the head is out the baby is still getting oxygen via the umbilical cord. The only way they can “suffocate” at this point is if they cord is stuck between 2 hard parts. So, pubic bone of Mom and shoulder of baby for example. The cord gets pinched off. A baby born to the head isn’t generally breathing yet. The cord won’t get cut off by the soft tissue of the vagina. Again, amazing article!