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We tried that cast thing. Heifer calf broke her leg. Had the vet out. He treated her and said to leave the cast on for a month. Said to smell it often and if it started to stink to have him back out. Never smelled a thing so we waited the month. What a mess when we took it off. It had...

Ain't that the truth. Already have a job on the books to put terraces in a pasture they're going to rip up this spring to row crop. Lots of CRP ground isn't going back in either. Corn prices have lots thinking that's the way to go.

Don't think it will affect our cow herd as we don't feed that much grain and are thinking of switching to syrup for that. Has already taken a big hit on our hogs though. Been a tough time around here as we decided to start thinning out our hogs because of the price of corn. If it keeps going...

We provide shelter (nothing fancy) because there isn't ANY natural shelter to be had.

This thread is interesting to me. We just got our first set of twins ever a couple weeks ago. Don't know how it happened. She has nevered twinned before. Haven't changed how we feed either. The only thing different is the bull. Got the cutest set of charlais heifers though. Penned them...

Don't knock those home recipes. When it's 10:00 at night, the stores are closed, and you realize you are out of something, those home remedies can be the difference between a live critter in the morning and a dead one.

From the Nebraska Department of Agriculture: Non Prohibited or Exempted Materials [means you CAN feed these things to cattle] These products, regardless of what species they originated from, are exempt or considered non prohibited: - Blood and Blood Products - Milk Products [milk and milk...

They say what goes up, must come down. I sure hope so. Don't know if we can hold on long enough to find out. Just sent 70 head of sows, 100#ers, and 60#ers down the road today because of $4 corn. Will be sending another load out in a week or two. Can't stand the loss. Don't know where our...

Definately find out if it was givin Bo-Se. That stuff does wonders. You could also try working his knuckled feet after feeding. It takes a few days but it seems to help.

Know how you feel. Hard drive died on mine about a month ago. Went and got a new computer with Windows Vista. Several phone calls and MANY hours later I'm finally up and running some what. Still can't get one printer to work. Think I'd rather spend all day working irate cattle in a snow...

You've got that right!

You might get better results using corn syrup. 55 gallons on an upended big round cornstalk bale. Runs $25/ton around here.

Have had the same happen here. The calf had a very strong sucking urge and would suck on the other calves once he couldn't get to his momma anymore. He would suck on ears,tails,and such. Caught him trying to suck on navels which is a very bad thing. Moved him in with some steers who were a...

Guilty of re-gifting. I never regift anything from the immediate family though. It's stuff from friends and you know they just grabbed the first thing they found without putting any thought into it. I only regift if I know it's something the other person would like though. I don't do...

Ain't it a grand thing! I know how you feel. Just took our 13 year old to get his 4th loan for 4-H. He has a homeraised and a purchased pen of 3 at the fair each year. He does the figuring and decision making himself with input from us. We give him the options and the pros and cons of each...