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Bella and Dolly Dolly- Due Oct 13th Rear view of Dolly Due Sometime in May

thanks for the info..its good to know, i would much rather have her calve in the pasture :D I have done alot of reading about heifers and calving and know they like their privacy.

We do have coyotes in the area, should I worry about them getting the calf or will momma be protective enough? I havent heard the coyotes in awhile and they seem to around more in the colder months, we do shoot them when we see them. I have to see the vet in a couple weeks so I will ask him...

Hello I have a couple of questions i was hoping you guys could help me out with. This will be our first time having calves born on our farm, I have had tons of goats born and horses but never a heifer or cow for that matter. Our heifer is a herford and we bred her to a belted galloway so we are...

i looked up and read about the bcs and i would say she is about a 6. So most people just feed their bred heifers a good quality hay? We feed big square bales here that varies in quality, depending on which cutting is fed. Some is a very stemy 1st cut and the other has been a little more grassy...

She weighs about 900 pounds and she is about 18 months old. Were we take our beef they charge .45 a pound and a $45 kill fee. I am more wondering how a heifer would taste, she has been on hay/pasture and a grain mixture.

The vet was out to do preg check on the girls and found her to be a free martin

Ok this is our first time having a pregnant heifer(also her 1st calf too) and was wondering what a good grain mixture would be? I didn't know if I should keep her on the feed that the feeder steers were on or if she is going to need something more. Vet confirmed that she is bred and about 2...

We just found out that one of our heifers is a free martin, we are planning on either selling her or should we finish her out and butcher her? Is their a differance in taste between a free martin and a steer? She is an angus/dairy crossbred. thanks

In the past I used the Cowculator program form ok state Way to complicated for me... lol I have no problem buying a few extra bales I just wanted a rough idea.. Thanks

Sorry northern il.. very close to wis border

Ok this is our first year having cattle. I have no idea how many round bales our cattle will go through this winter and I am trying to get an idea of how many I need to buy. We have plenty of forage for them to eat for now.First I should say we have 9 calves they range from 100 lbs to 500 lbs...

We have used the rope fence from farm and fleet since it has came out. In the past we have used the high tensile too and had nothing but problems with it. I prefer the rope over anything else, it is very easy to put up. I also like that is is visible too. We have had no problems not even one...

Update on our calf. The ca;f went off his feed Sunday, So I had the vet come out and he said that he has basically Laryangitis(I know I didnt spell that right). He said his laranyx is swollen, thus the difficulty in swallowing. He put him on la 200 for 6 doses. I have to dose him first 3 doses...

He used a hot iron, I have had many goats dis budded in the past and their horns were always visible and I figure calves and goat kids are probably dis budded the same. You burn them until you get a copper ring and then the cap of the horn falls off if the horn is big enough. But the older...