New Year, like this...

New Year at Lamperts

5:45 am-1/1/09-Checked the calf, it pulled it's feet away, so it is going to
be just fine. Let the birthing continue as normal.
6:00 am-Coffee, hot. Ready to begin milking. Milking went fine.
8:00 am-Checked the cow, calf did not pull it's feet away. Something
seems wrong. Must pull the calf.
8:05 am-Tied string around the feet to pull calf. Something seems wrong.
Advanced calf, no gag reflex. SOS!
8:07 am-Used the comealong to jack the calf. Calf was born dead at 8:07.
8:08 am-Tried to force a breath but the calf was fully dead.
9:00 am-Cow cleaned easily. Took dead calf outside in the sunlight, and
saw that the problem was the umbilical cord wrapped around a
forfoot. Therefore, dead calf. Really a beauty-all white heifer
calf with a little black on the legs.

I really don't believe in luck. However this was not a happy way to start the new year.