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    New herd... what steps to take to reach desired herd?

    Thanks for the reply... I've actually owned these new cows since June, so selling them now with the market lower isn't really what I have in mind. I really don't have anything against herefords and when we expand I have thought of adding in some and running with the same bull... but I digress...
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    New herd... what steps to take to reach desired herd?

    Thanks cow pollinater... I already feel more organized after getting it all out on paper. I am actually growing quite fond of the Olie sons :D Really didn't plan on using simmi at first, but if their calves turn out nice and I save heifers, that should give me a more consistent group to work...
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    New herd... what steps to take to reach desired herd?

    Hi - I read here often, post little. I have been stewing over this for 4 months and can't really decide what to do, so here goes. I will try to make this as brief as possible without leaving out any details. We have been living on my in-laws place for the last 8 years - have about 100 hd of...
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    Pregnant Heifer Umbilical Hernia?

    I was hoping someone would answer the OP's actual question, because I have a Guernsey heifer do the same thing 2 days ago - and because she is going to be milked she is gentle enough to let me feel it - it is definatly a hole with 'lump' through it where her belly button should be. Does this...
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    New heifer - udder problems...

    *Update* We have massaged it and tried to strip it and we have gotten a few squirts each time yesterday, but today it was blood tinged and less again - so it doesn't seem blind to me. I went ahead and put a little more Spectramast LC in that teat - pigs are still getting any extra milk. Got...
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    New heifer - udder problems...

    I have stopped all treatment other than massage and letting calf nurse, so now it's just wait and see. How much chance is there that her heifers would be the same?
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    New heifer - udder problems...

    Forgot to add... she had expelled the afterbirth before we ever put here in, and we do plan to leave the calf with her during the day and lock him up at night for morning milk - Just didn't work that way right off.
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    New heifer - udder problems...

    Sorry - I didn't really think all of those details were relevant... He was a big calf and the tendons on his back legs were a little contracted. He chilled very quickly because he hadn't yet nursed by 11:00 - even with help he wasn't strong enough. So we put her in the stanchion, got some...
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    New heifer - udder problems...

    Yes it does! Now I wish I had waited to treat her - it sounds like I caused myself more work and now I have the withdrawal time. I can see how the needle would have worked if it was mastitis. Thanks again.
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    New heifer - udder problems...

    Thanks for the reply. This took so long to post that I did get a few responses on another board and I think you are right that the quarter is blind, but I was going try it the next few milkings to be sure. I know the calf didn't suck - he is on my front porch ;-)
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    New heifer - udder problems...

    Hi, We brought our 3 heifers home Monday afternoon, and knew that the Guernsey/Angus was ready to pop any minute. She delivered a 95 lb bull calf at 6:00 this morning. We got the stanchion set how we needed it and got her in for her first milking. Front left quarter had very little Back left...
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