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    Lucky_P reacted to Warren Allison's post in the thread Navel dip with Like Like.
    I never dip, but I use a spray bottle for the iodine. Or used I should say. My last mare to foal was in 2006 or 7. Hooves and naval. I...
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread cow peas.
    I&C is a long-season cowpea... 100 days or so to pod maturity. Can graze at 45-50 days, though. There are other varieties that'll...
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread cow peas.
    Those Iron & Clay cowpeas are small enough that I'm sure you could broadcast them and disc in, but I'm sure drilling will probably give...
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread Cow with badly swollen legs ?.
    I'd want to rule out Mycoplasma wenyonii/Mycoplasma haemobos infection.
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread Wrong but consistant.
    Any more, I just say 'bred' or 'open'. From about 45 days to 3-4 months I feel reasonably comfortable giving an estimated time... but...
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread cow peas.
    Huh. Thought I'd responded several days ago, but it's not here. I can't speak to grazing, but I&C is my favorite for eating... small...
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    That will work for most that are just being ornery/obstinate - but if they are truly physically unable to get up - fracture, nerve...
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread GMO Cheese.
    Nothing at all scary about that to me.
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread cow peas.
    IDK about grazing, but I&C are my favorite for eating. They're tiny, and shatter out if you let the pods get too dry before picking...
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread Navel dip.
    Studies done 30 years ago with colostrum-deprived foals showed that more 'joint-ill' cases resulted from bacteria entering through the...
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread Tetanus.
    My guess would be yes. Colostral antibodies against the Clostridial bacterins will interfere with response to vaccination out to around...
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread Uterine Prolapse pics.
    Yeah, well, we had to have C-sections for all four, so it's probably best that we went, or I'd have been a widower, like in days of old.
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread Covexin 8:Calvary 9.
    What TCRanch said... if your animals have been previously inoculated with Covexin-8, Cavalry (not Calvary... that's where Christ was...
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread Uterine Prolapse pics.
    My wife(she's a vet, too) and I had been out to pull a calf when she was 9 months pregnant. Got home, and she was showering off...
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    Lucky_P replied to the thread Uterine Prolapse pics.
    I always kept at least 10 lbs of white, granulated sugar on the practice truck for use on those uterine prolapses.
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