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Was just reading the boards and John sd posted this in another thread. I remembered an old post I did and its the answer I was looking for. Thanks john, I'll paste and copy for searchabilty.... A hard clumpy manure deposit indicates low protein. A hard clumpy manure deposit indicates low...

Is there a chart? It seems a good indicator for hay quality, patties vs horse apples(cow apples). I know there is a huge difference from pasture vs hay, but can you pinpoint hay quality from manure?

clay on top of clay on top of clay with some top soil. if you manage drainage you got something.

Well she is a full lowness nurser, he is hitting all tits and she just stands there. Now she's a good mom. Tho I put them out today with some heifers and mom got into a long drawn out fight with the oldest one and I had to get Jr up cause he thought it was a game and was getting right under...

I fed a bottle to him this morning and tonite. after I fed him he went and sucked on mom for the first time. sucked one tit dry and the way I know its the first time is all the blue came off her tit. she kicked at him but he was like a mosquitoe. I put a pic of him under the link to my farm...

Ok update last nite me and a neighbor got her up in the squeeze chute and I milked her out. Dumb me fed him a bottle when I got home so he wasn't going to suck her. She was hard at fist toget started but milked good. She was acting like she was tender or sore. Just now got finished with her in...

And trust me, when I read you guys and girls I am all eyes and ears! I couldnt afford the crap I've learned here.

yes they did.

Thanks all. Her tits are now blue with food coloring and tonight I fed him a 2 quart bottle that he drank in no time flat. Tomorrow morn I will feed him but when I get home she is going in my brand new squeeze chute and I'm going to borrow one of the amish neighbors kids to milk her dry. After I...

I had a 471 4x4 and wish I still had it. traded it in on a 4345 with cab. cant afford 2 tractors yet. 471 is a very simple old fashion tractor.

is nursing. little background on the mom. she is 3 year old heifer, she just wouldnt get pregnant. Now she did, and i had to pull the calf. she has 2 extra small tits but the main 4 are huge. after she gave birth and laying down I squeezed her tit to make sure no mastitus and it seemed ok, but...

Only my hot lines are insulated. All other lines stapled direct,bonded to charger and I run ground rods off them in the corners.

Thats the one I have (zabre 100mile) and it works great, trust me. I have high tensile 5 strand(3 hot) and a calf got through it. So I grabbed the wire, the jenny, staples and my son and step son to put an extra strand on. The jenny plants in the ground so I had my kid run up the fence line with...

This is semi good news. I talked to the vet, the one that everyone recommends as the areas best large animal vet, and he said we have a six week window to inject the lutylase. So, the calves are due for booster in five weeks and I originally called on him to schedule to dehorn one of the bull...

I am very happy with my 07 6.0. Its by far my best superduty to date out of 5. still have one 7.3 with 275k on it. This truck has the best brakes I have ever owned too, being that all my other trucks were drw, I had to have them turned every 10k. I have 83k now and havnt touched them. These...