So I have been reading these threads and see valid points on both sides. I have worked at the County wastewater plant for the last 35 years. I am the responsible official in charge of the Land Application of residuals ( Spreading human waste on fields). The treatment process we use meets all EPA...
Thanks for all the replies. I took the splint off this morning and was dismayed to find it hadn't healed any at all. The leg was rotten around the break and the smell was horrible. I don't know if I did something wrong or it was just bad luck. I know I had probably overdosed it with antibiotics...
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The skin was broke when I found her but not bad. I treated the leg and bound it up. I will take the spliint off tomorrow and hope for the best,
Thanks
Had a cow i guess stepped on her calf and broke its rear hind leg below the hock. Couldnt find a vet that was open after hrs, so i splinted it myself. Calf looks great but today at the three week mark I could smell the leg and i can see some red or inflamed tissue above the wrapping. I have kept...
So there are bulls out there that never growl and blow snot? This one has been pretty good even in high stress situations like when we were sorting cows and calves last year. I rotational graze with a trailer some and he hasn't been hard to load or agressive. I try to never let one get by with...
How do you know when its time to get rid of a bull? Mine bowed his neck and growled today with his tounge hanging out. When I threw a rock at him he barely moved off and stared at me like "I owed him money" Hes coming on three years old and has been pretty calm so far. Last year when I put him...
Will the lower corn prices affect the prices on feeder calves? Shouldn't demand for feeders go up as it is cheaper to feed them out or is price strictly based on consumer demand for beef?
Newbie here and there is something I don't understand. Why is the price higher for calves that weigh less at the market. If a finished for slaughter steer weighs 1000 lbs, would a steer weighing 550 lbs not be cheaper to feed out than one that weighed 300? Seems a heavier calf would take less...
After having two episodes with bloat that seem to be attributed to apples, I was wondering if people leave apple trees in their pasture. Is choking or bloat from apples infrequent or something I should worry about?
I pulled up the market report for that day.They didnt show a single bull calf in the 780 lb weight range but it did show one 970 lb bull that brought the exact same amount /lb as my check was for. I emailed the owner and his assistant last week but no answer yet.
I bought him from a sale barn so and he looked like he weighed 770 lbs. I watched him grow enough to know he was a lot heavier when i took him to the barn than he was when i bought him. Im usually 50-100 lbs low in a guess. It could have been an honest mistake when the checks were filled out but...
Bought a bull calf in may of last year. He weighed 770 lbs, Fed him a year and decided he wasnt growing like i thought he should. Figured he might weigh 900 lbs and I am usually low on guessing. Dropped him off at the sale barn and went to work on Mon the day of the sale. Got my check later in...