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My brother in law saw his cows eat some wild cherry leaves. He asked me what to do?

how much is rolled hay in your area? would like to know type of hay, size of rolls, and price, thanks!

did the floods reach you?

cow birthed calf on tuesday in about 10inch of snow. then on wed and thurs we had ice storm. cow has raised it so far. friday, saturday, and sunday were all better weather. sunday was actually sunny and the calf was doin good at 9am, but the calf was laying lifeless sunday at 3pm. vet gave...

Hey! thanks everybody. What is a bloat block? I know hi mag is supposed to be good, is that what a bloat block is?

theres a rumor here in Ky that the clover in pastures are so strong that cows are getting sick. A friend of mine had a cow to die and we are stumped on what happened to it. The clover is unreal since weve had so much rain. If this is true what should we do?

Every cow Ive ever had with foot rot went to the water to stand, so therefore first impression was foot rot. I proceeded to give her Chlor 50 crumbles (its for footrot) but I didnt know thats about all its for. Anyhow, she ate it with feed out of a cup in my hand and then I realized her teat...

I didnt realize Chlor50 had a withdrawl period, but then again I never use it. It just happened to be in front of me. Im not gonna ship her anyway for a long while. Ive now learned that its for Foot Rot..........lol

Crazy County? I resemble that remark!

Thats good advice. If no temp, then what? If we have a high temp, then what? She has routinely made trips to stand in water just deep enough to cover her udders today.

what would you do? One is huge about the size of a baseball. It looks alittle red and I thought it might be infected. Its too big for the calf to suck and so is the other one. The calf is getting one front and one rear and is doing okay.

I have a cow that has 2 big teats, one is unbeleivable!! I know i need to ship her but I'd like to let her raise this calf. Its 2weeks old and looks great but the cow seems to be laying around more than the others. I didnt know exactly what to give her and my supply on hand was scarce. I...

Doesnt sound like advanced stage to me. A quarter size is not very advanced. You should talk to a vet who has treated this before. I had a lumpy jaw who was very advanced. It was size of a softball!!! My vet treated it with a medicine that had an iodine base that had to be administered IV...

Anybody ready to quit yet? This is gettin absurd. Go and look at market report, then KY, then any of the auctions. These are late 1980's prices. Wish I had another lot built and alot of extra hay.

central ky. My pasture's biggest task is keeping the sage off it. I lime like crazy.