Recent content by Dropmore Dave

Always been healthy, checked her this morning and she doing fine. Laying with the other calfs chewing her cud. Just as perky as the others.

Thanks Dun, may consider that next week. Just came back from checking cattle and she right out there eating with the rest of them. However you can hear her breath from a long ways off. Not hard to find in a group of calfs. Nice heifer too, perhaps one of my best....Dave

Here is the situation..6 months old heifer calf that wheezes at times so loud you would think she is snoring. However, she appears healthy in every other way. Eating well, drinking, sucking, cud chewing, running are all normal. No temp, did give her a shot of long acting antibodics a week ago...

I'am fairly confident that she is pregnant and therefore hopfully she is not in heat. The size of her would suggest that she is pregnant and will be one of my first to calf. However, till she calfs we'll never know for sure without having her preg checked.

Due to start calving in early april and just noticed a cow with a small amount of blood on her tail. No obvious signs of abortion and otherwise she appears health. She is eating and mingling with the others. Have not had her preg checked but by the size of her she does appear to be pregnant but...

You bet I'am from Dropmore MB. Still not sure which way I'll go as calfing for me starts in April. Most likely will stay with banding as new borns but was just thinking of trying something new.

Normally we band at one to two days old, however lately have been thinking of changing to banding at around 5 months of age. My rational for this change is that there would be better growth, and of course we could use the squeeze and not have to put up with the cow breathing down your neck...