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  1. JJColvin

    Cattle warts

    The placebo effect like putting snuff spit on a wasp sting🤣 Love it, I'm guilty of a bunch of these. But if I ever see a wart I’ve gotta try that wire. Just strip the ground out of a piece of romex. My grandma snuffed a bunch of my wasp stings.
  2. JJColvin

    Ferappease

    Remember one thing about advice, it’s worth exactly what you pay for it. If you’re taking advice without conducting due diligence you will eventually be disappointed.
  3. JJColvin

    2 year old cow had her first calf

    I’ve got cows and I’ve got goats and I’ve had animals die but I’ve never had a sick one die that I didn’t make a physical and financial effort to save.
  4. JJColvin

    Hand pump sprayer

    Hey Hey Colvin Brother I’ve been using the Ryobi 18v sprayers for two years. No pumping, push the switch and spray. The battery will last for a year without charging. I just changed out the diaphragm pumps in all three that I have after two years of service, $26 each for the pump. I have a...
  5. JJColvin

    Feed with bugs

    Not sure about all bugs but when weevils eat grain and the cow eats the weevils she’s not getting the same protein. Weevils expend the protein through body heat. Next time you see weevils in feed stick your hand in it and feel the warmth. The weevils don’t harm cattle but if you’re feeding out...
  6. JJColvin

    Another fly control thread

    I came to believe a few years ago that IGR is just another name for steroids for flies.
  7. JJColvin

    Parasitic control using DE

    The way DE works is that it is such a fine granular particle primarily used in flour and corn mills. It’s mixed in the feed or whatever and the DE will coat the bodies of insects (weevils) so that when they move against each other it generates a heat that kills them. Try mixing it in with a big...
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