Recent content by ltroglin

Sounds like you should have left it alone. We were working our cows, vaccinations and all, one of our cows came thru the head chute fast and hard , next day had a lump come up on her the size of a basketball. We thought about lancing it not knowing if she had a splinter or something in it...

Make sure you turn her from side to side about every 2 hours, otherwise she could bloat

Feed them corn chops, they love them and it helps to shed their winter coats to a slick finish. Also, corn chops will put weight on them. Don't feed to much at once though. Start out a pound or so per 500 lbs body weight for the first couple of weeks

The Angus Association website has a online store that sells 2 different kinds of silk neckties.

spelled in error, half, should be have

Dun, I am sure you were not perfect when you were born, sometimes the feet are genetic, and half to be trimmed, spending a little time trimming a cow's hoof isn't any worse than checking a man for prostate cancer but we don't send you to the slaughter.

No, she is not pregnant. We think maybe she swallowed some kind of hardware. We are giving her antibiotics from the vet but I just don't know.

I need help, I have a cow that her left side vulva swelled then a day or two later her right side swelled. With both sides still swelled she started bleeding from her nose and mouth. Her back is arched, like she is straining, urine is clear. What could be wrong?

Had a South Devon cow do the same thing after vaccinations you either might have hit a lymph node while giving the shot or something anyway our cow's place of injection swelled up the size of a basketball. It took a few months but it eventually went down on its own. It never affected her...

We have a brangus cow and she has one on each hoof, they are corns and I have been told that it is usually genetic and that they would have to be cut out. It cost us around $50.00 a hoof. But if you don't get them cut out they seem to be very uncomfortable for your animal to walk on. Just...

I have heard that if you have a mule or donkey in with your cattle you will not have any problems with coyotes

I have a South Devon cow and on Friday 11/11 she developed a lump on the front of her (r) shoulder the size of a basketball and it looks just like that one in the picture. We do not know what to do. It doesn't seem to bother her, she acts normal. Please help?!?