Recent content by BMoss

I've been in what sounds like the same situation. New house, 300 ft well, high iron, and stink from ground sulphurs. After passing on all of the kind $2500 offers we had, we started our own program. We have four filters total, but bear with me. Using standard whole house filter canisters, from...

I've managed all kinds of Proffit/Loss statements, from two person small business, thru Corporate reciepts of over 16 billion. I'm an expert at finding waste, exploiting proffits. This year my wife and I started a cow/calf op. Until you have been there and done it, you can't begin to appreciate...

I'm looking for easy suggestions to get me started on a mineral program for my young heffers. I've searched thru posts, read lots of University studies, asked all the old timers I know, and realize to get this down, it's going to take me awhile. (Can be darned confusing---Too much of this---not...

Get yourself a few panels, and put them up in one of the corners of your pasture, making a small pen. Be sure to panel against the fence so it doesn't slip thru. Walk this calf down the fence line slow and easy,(with momma if you can) right into the corner, close it up. Let it settle down a...

We use an extra corral panel attatched in the corner of the holding pen. Once I have the calf in that corner, I close the panel and use it like a squeeze, using a quick link on a chain to hold it tight if by myself. It has been working great for meds and shots. If calf over #600, make sure...

My local Vet says no, for the lungworm idea. He is also the State Vet M.E. for large animals, so I tend to go with his opinion, but my nature is to question everything, until I'm convinced. Vet says only lungworm cases he's seeing this year are coming up from Louisiana area. Breathing rate on...

It's more of a dry cough, but every now and then during a cough, you can hear something dislodge, as we might cough up flem during a cold. Happens more often while eating feed, and I assume the dust agrivates the lungs more. Also hot dry weather not helping. These calves are ment for breeding...

A month ago, we brought two young heffers home from sale barn, approx 300# each. Next morning both started coughing, and had fever by afternoon. Two rounds antibiotic with Banamine later, all seems good, except can't seem to kick the occasional cough. They eat, drink and play like happy...