Recent content by Countrygal

I want to thank everyone for your help. :tiphat: I believe I am now on the right track and it always helps to have other's advice. Everyone on this forum is always so helpful and I love the "been there, did that" advice. :) I am starting them back on grain with alfalfa cubes. Can anyone tell...

We have 13 Angus cows, 8 calves and 1 bull. We fed them two medium size round bales of hay daily along with grain twice a day. Right now they are getting a small amount of grass. They seem to eat it quicker then it can grow ! We are feeding them 1 bale of hay and have stopped the grain. However...

My husband was feeding bread out to our cattle and he thinks one of our heifers may have eaten one of the bags. He saw her chewing and tried to get her mouth open but had no luck. I have read where cattle sometimes eat nails, bottle caps and other items but could find no mention of plastic...

Hello All, I have gotten such great help in the past, I am posting yet another question that I hope you will answer for this beginner. We have 9 Traveler heifers. They range in age from 2 yrs. 6mo to 17 months. Some of these heifers are pretty tall. We just purchased a Prime Rate Bull. He is...

Thanks to all for your helpful answers. I did speak with a vet and he suggested to me what shots I should give to all the cattle. I did not do a post on the calf but the heifer seems to be doing fine. I am leaning toward moldy hay as a possible reason for the abort. Even though the moldy...

I am a newby raising cattle and still have alot to learn.Yesterday I discovered that one of my 2yr old Angus heifers aborted her calf. What would cause her to do this ? Even though she seems to be fine, should I be concerned ? Is this common among young heifers? Will she have any problems...

Hello everyone, My brother and I are new to raising cattle. So far here in WV we are having a mild winter. We have had some frosts and some cold temps. Here is the question I hope you all can settle this for us. My brother says that as long as you can see green in the pastures , the cattle are...

Thanks everyone for your answers. You all have been a great help ! The main confusion was as Grannysoo stated..."not all round bales are created equal" as so goes the same for square bales. So I guess it is 1 part guessing and 3 parts common sense ! :)

I would like to know what is the yield of one #800 round bale compared to square bales ? For example does 1 #800 round bale equal 8 or more #50 to #60 square bales? I believe I know how much to feed my cattle (21 head of Angus) but am finding it hard to calulate round vs. square. Can anyone set...

Hello, I am sort of new to the cattle business. Several months back , I purchased some cattle. A couple of the cows already had their calves and they seemed healthy. This morning I found one of the heifer calves dead. There were no marks on it,to suggest it being attacked, it just had...