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Auto correct sucks. Stafix not Stacie. Miles instead of mild.

With electric fence energizers you get what you pay for. Gallagher, Speedrite and Stacie are all great options. Stay away from the cheap models that advertise x amount of mild of fence they energize. The secret to a successful system is how it’s grounded….period. And if you can afford it use...

On the occasion that this has rarely happened I have managed to find a replacement calf.….preferably only a day or two old. Next I cut off a strip of skin from the back of the dead calf about 12” wide and 20” long. From about 2” in from one end I cut a slit lengthways long enough to get over the...

Lucky....I was pretty surprised myself when the vet diagnosed a 'wrenched joint' and told his 2ic to administer the Excede and Sustain III boluses. But....he's the only game in town. We have a great set of working pens here but no chute or head gate for me to restrain a cow sufficiently enough...

Well Lucky......I really appreciate the time, effort and....dare I say money?....getting yourself through college and veterinary school. Not to mention the years of practical experience that make you a 'guru' on this forum. As for me...no....I'm not college educated. I spent 38yrs dairy farming...

About 2 weeks ago I took one of my young Angus cows to the vet that was showing extreme symptoms of lameness in her right back leg. No hoof swelling. After examination I was told that she appeared to have wrenched her stifle joint (not dislocated) and would be sore for an undetermined time. She...

A lactating beef cow should be offered at least 3% of her body weight to produce and maintain herself. So......these 1200lb cows should be getting at least 36lbDM/hd/day. While the analysis shows the hay is ok it takes a lot for a cow to eat 36lbDM in ANY kind of hay if there's nothing to...

The scuttlebutt from the 5am coffee drinkers (the good 'ol boys) is that the winter here in NE Texas will be longer and a tad wetter than normal. I have the highest respect for these folks...they've been there/done that longer than I have. I don't think I've ever seen so much hay made in Van...

Thanks branguscowgirl. Yes.....I must admit I was not wanting to splint this calf. We used to get the occasional knuckled over dairy cow that had a pinched nerve from calving and tried splints on those but with very mild success. If we found her straight after calving I'd vein her with...

Two weeks ago one of our cows calved a beautiful heifer calf. At birth we noticed it had contracted tendons in its front legs and could stand but was pretty 'knuckled over'. I've seen this in dairy calves....we used to call this 'club footed' and the problem righted itself after a few days...