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Just wondering on a calf, how long before you stop using a standard (green round elastics) to castrate a cow? As long as you can get them in will they still work well?

I bought a trailer full of grain this week for fattening up a cow and was wanting to use small amounts of it to get deer in front of my trail cam, but the problem is the grain has pellets in it, I think they have to do with stopping from bloating a cow but I can't remember exactly what they told...

I have some areas in my pasture that really no matter how much I try I can't seem to water. These areas also have some (not a whole lot) of alkali and grow nothing but some salt grass. The only water these areas get is basically rain and melting snow (I live in Utah) just wondering what I could...

Kochia prostrata

Does anyone know of a site where I can buy either or both of these 2 seeds? Or a good place on the web to buy seed?

Would just like to know what a fair price to set a milking shorthorn/jersey cross heifer at that is 3 months old, weaned, and weighs around 230-275lbs?

I was wondering I have a month old dairy heifer that has had raw milk but the raw milk is inaccessible now, I have had bad experiences with milk replacers and was looking for a different approach than to switch to a replacer, so my question is, is pasterized milk okay to feed a month old dairy...

I have one cow I picked up that I am not sure on the breed, I'm not sure if they do or don't have Ayrshire but I have a calf I got form them I am unsure of the breed. If it has Ayrshire in it I imagine it is a cross between that and a holstein. It is mostly dark with a few white spots and a...

For all you dairy people out there, whats your opinion? http://cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=59419

I plan on turning her in with a black angus bull for a month or so, then bringing her up to a couple small pastures near my home and having her raise her calf plus one or two extra's. The swiss heifers they have at the dairy farm I get the calves from I really do like, they are a little...

For the past couple months I've been buying some dairy heifers from a farm I've been buying calves from for a few years. I have been getting these types: Jersey/Holstien Cross, Jersey, Brown Swiss, and Milking shorthorn Jersey cross. I have gotten probably around 10-15 from them and although I...

Just wondering the best ways to raise my dairy heifers. I am going to dehorn them for one but on top of that what are the best ways to raise them. I have 5 (2 jerseys, 1 milking shorthorn/jersey cross, and 2 holstein-Jersey crosses) I payed a little for them(meaning quite a bit) and am looking...

I'm going to dehorn m dairy heifers, and they are a pretty big investment so any information on dehorning would be helpful, I have raised a lot of cows but all black angus and no horns so I have never dehorned before, I've seen it done but not sure how to do it exactly. Questions: #1 How old...

I finally found what was making my calves sick, I lost 2 and have 1 that I have been treating the last 4 days with medication, he is going up hill fast and is very perky and active. What they ended up having was Coccidiosis, it would have been nice to know this before I lost 2 and only saved 1...

I'm beginning to think the same thing, I feel I've done all I can, I've seen these types of symptoms before (on 2 other calves) and after fighting hard with everything possibly I can think of with what might be wrong with them medicating them for about 3 weeks they just keep going down hill and...