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    Think she will make milk?

    2nd photo makes her look like she needs a bit of weight - should gain some easily over four months if she's healthy. Need to be prepared to milk her whether you've got a spare calf to hand or not, might have a bit much milk for just her own calf. Probably mostly Jersey but who knows, I'm trying...
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    ill mannered bull

    He's a gone bull. Not that unusual in bulls run with dairy herds for them to try and control the cows, I had a yearling two years ago that took it to the extremes described in the first post, he was culled before the end of the mating period. Have video of it as well, just like a good herding...
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    Jersey Heifer Too Skinny?

    wormer type restricted on lactating cows is correct... if you look at the label it will tell you how many days meat/milk withhold, if the milk withhold is anything over zero you can use it on youngstock and dry cows that won't calve (or supply milk for human consumption) until that time has...
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    Looking for poultry sites

    Your answer was well worth reading. I'm new to chooks myself, started with four hens and a roo that I was told were about 4 - 5 years old. Keen to get into a couple more breeds and higher numbers but still don't have their chook palace built, they had a mobile tractor, then brought into a shed...
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    help with what breed this bull is?

    If your bull has horns he wasn't sired by a straight angus. First, I'm going to agree with all who said don't use this unknown bull over your heifers. Secondly, he may not have any beef in him at all. If he came from a dairy, Jerseyholstein cross will throw those markings, with horns. I've...
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    poly rope fence gate help

    there's one I found that I'd posted on-line, only shows the latch end of the gate though.
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    poly rope fence gate help

    not on this computer, it's three years since I left that farm. Basically looking at three evenly spaced strands of polytape in the gateway. Hooked to insulators on the "hinge-end" gate post. Other ends hooked to a fibreglass rod with a plastic spring handle in the middle. Handle attaches to...
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    poly rope fence gate help

    poly-rope gate isn't going to stop dogs - anything electrified close enough to the ground to keep dogs out is going to short out constantly. I've seen the taragate in use, and I only know one farm that uses them. They're easy to open and do seem to work well. The farm I spent 7 years...
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    Solar Panel Electric Fence Question

    If your ground line onto the T-post fence is sound then you're grounded... you can check that by running a wire directly between fence and ground connection see if it makes a difference. I had to replace the silly plastic-coated wires my little portable unit came with for chain, steel clips and...
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    Autum crop bradcast just to surface

    Don't know about your area... over this side of the ditch it's really getting too cold to expect good germination and growth of anything planted now. Oats and IRG would be about the best bet for late planting/early grazing. Broadcasting works. Sure, there's fancier ways to do it, but if you...
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    Leaving the bull with the herd

    what does the lute cost you? I got the vet to do one of my calves last month after she went through three fences to find a bull, first time I've ever had to do that. Bill for $NZ40, 30 for the drug 10 for the vet sticking it in her, he was already on the farm to do vaccinations. Makes me...
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    Front teats not full?

    Quarters look full. If she's not too sore you can have a feel around the entire front quarter (check for hard lumps, or an area that is harder or hotter than the rest of the udder). If you do find a lump, massage down towards the teat. Either way, try and draw the milk into the teat from the...
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    Swollen joints on young calf

    joint ill needs treated fast and aggressively as said... and that is usually what it is, particularly if more than one leg is involved. There may not be anything obvious going on at the navel. Both the cases I've seen in my herd I initially thought had injured (broken) their leg. They hadn't...
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    Front teats not full?

    So the quarters are full but the teats are not? It does sound like they're blind which likely means blocked... scar tissue. Now anyone who's anyone will tell you if heifer calves suck on each other that can happen, but it's pretty rare if it does & I've never heard of *2* quarters on one...
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    Old round bales

    offer them to gardeners
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