Recent content by Idaman

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... w-ice.html

SS She had a very difficult life before I got her and I have completely changed her environment. She is also the last living individual of that bloodline so I feel bound to carry her genetics at least into the next generation to see if it is environment or genetics. If I cull her then that is...

That has also been my experience. I already ordered the Zinpro and we mixed in organic iodine with another area formulated mineral yesterday. We'll see what happens. We will also incorporate the Zinpro when it arrives.

Didn't realize there was a vaccine for footrot. We have supplemented organic iodine when needed for 40 years but the combination of footrot and lumpy jaw in the same lone animal led me to suspect iodine deficiency. I have only had the female for 7 months and I don't know what her mineral...

This is the only individual with these problems on these pastures. She has been on different pastures on different ranches 40 miles apart and came down with these conditions on each one. That's what makes me suspect something within just her. We have organic iodide on hand to mix in if these...

Have a donor heifer that was continually having something go wrong with her. First phuemonia next founder(?) next footrot, and finally lump jaw. For the lump we gave her a bottle of Sodiumiodide IV. Cleared everything up and she is better than she has been for 6 mos. Could she have had a cronic...

1. Yes they keep their bulls as long as thery are sound but not usually more than 6 years. 2. Never been on any of those three but dozens and dozens like them. 3. Heifer replacement is usually around 15% of the cowherd size depending on terrain. 4. After years and years with these cows the...

In answer to some of the questions here about the practices of large ranches. They almost all bull breed. The rule of thumb for cow-bull ratios is 20 cows per bull. I have seen it as low as 12 but almost never higher than 25. That variation is determined by size and ruggedness of the breeding...

Hit her IV with a bottle 250cc of Sodium Iodide. Works every time.

Big Davey Big Davey came by his name very naturally as he was 6'4” although very slender. Dave came to Empire for a riding job but luckily for us he had many other great talents. He had cowboy-ed at Douglas Lake, guided in the coastal mountains, cooked for hunting camps, welded, but mostly...

You have it right. However after many years I am less convinced now than years ago that there is any direct correlation between pigmentation and cancer suscepibility or pinkeye. Pinkeye is almost 100% flies for us. Knock the flies off and end the pinkeye. When we have a big breakout of pinkeye...

We never actually put up 100,000 on the Greenleaf alone. That number included the Greenleaf, the Hillside home ranch, the Hayden, and the Black place. As I remember that year the snow did come late. It has always seemed to me that wherever you are the early snows are dry and just blow around...

Loved the picture of you. Must be your conscience bothering you. I too hope for snow for those peaks. That is always the worry. When I started out on Greenleaf Creek next to Jack G. in 1964 it was like that, no snow. That place put up 4,000 bales that year and 24,000 the next. Congratulations...

In the end it all boils down to if you stick to the middle of the road you're less likely to end up in the ditch. On a road built on a very steep hillside when it gets slick you had better hang to the higher bank from the beginning. If you don't and slide the other way you'll never make it back...

Probably. Does that make them more or less attractive?