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    Question and opinions wanted

    Yes, I have replaced 30-40 in the last 2 years. All except 1 has had Brahman influence ie charbray, santas and droughtmasters. Exception was a very fat angus cow. Vaginal/cervical prolapse has 60% chance of recurring and is highly heritable. We recommend clients to get rid of the cow once the...
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    Farm Dog ?

    How big is your property and how many head do you have to move???? Do you need it for property protection as well? I have an australian kelpie. Work 70 cow and calves on 300 acres and I work all of them and do all the yard work by myself with her. She was given to me as a rescue without ever...
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    E Texans--Wood chip bedding for calves?

    Spent last week removing woodchips from two different calves on two different dairies. First one had a chip down its windpipe at the trachea. The other had a handfull of chips down its oesophagus all formed into a single mass. Both cases the calves most likely started grazing on the chips...
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    castration tools

    I find cutting with a scalpel is quicker than stuffing around with rubber band/burdizzo. Been out to way to many properties to fix up bulls that have had burdizzos not performed properly or rubber bands that not tight enough.
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