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Had a cow that had similar sounding nose bleeds. One day she'd be fine, the next she might be bleeding. Checked in her nose several times and never found anything so I just let it go. She calved about 3 weeks ago and I don't think she has had a bloody nose since. Could have been somehting else...

We had a 1950 something Massey 165. It was a good tractor but the combination of a poorly made bale spear and mud made me want a 4wd and a loader. Sold it after 5 yrs with a 6 ft bush hog for $1000 more than I paid for the 2. Bought a 281 Massey 4wd with a quick attach loader that does...

Sorry cowgal, typo. Her first calf is from Oct '02, this is her second, different bull as she came bred. The delay for both was due to having a bull problem of our own and this is a new young bull so no accurate EPDs. With that said, all his other calves were small, 45 - 50 lbs, this one was...

Thanks everyone for your responses. Even the ones about getting rid of her and the calf. Here is some background that I did not include. This was her second calf. She delivered her first calf no problem last yr. Last week her first calf delivered her first by herself no problems. The bull has...

We have been watching a 2nd calf cow (heifer if you prefer) for a couple months waiting for her to calve. When the vet preg checked he said any day and that was 3 weeks ago, and let me tell you she was getting LARGE in the middle. Last Sunday morning when I went to check the heifers she was in...

Thanks for all the comments. This is exactly what I wanted, some actual exp on how they work best. I was leaning towards the slider/swing combo but the "nicer" (sales guy's opinion) tube trailers I was looking at only came with the double doors while the regular stock trailers had the combo. I...

I need some advice from those that have loaded a cow or two. I currently have a stock trailer that is a combo trailer. It has a solid back door the width of the trailer that swings open from left to right. It seems to contribute to cattle backing out or turning around at the last minute. I'm...

I hope one of you is right! I have one cow that has been due "any day now" for the last 3 weeks according to the vet. Not sure what she is waiting on but if she gets any bigger I'll have to widen a few gates.

I have a 3 yr old cow that for the last couple months or so will look fine, then all of a sudden sneeze really hard a couple times, then have a bloody nose and red eyes. This comes and goes, and the vet said he didn't see anything in her nose that would cause it and didn't have any other...

I have a cow, just had her 4th calf, that has a very large udder. In fact in size I bet he would give a dairy cow a run for her money. She was not this large last time. Am I correct in thinking that it will be a problem? It is so large that she has to swing her legs out to the side to get around...

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No personal exp with the new 600, but have read many posts on http://www.turbodieselregister.com/ and on http://www.dieseltruckresource.com both have forums that you can read. Be prepared to spend some time there is alot of info on these sites. It sounds like the new auto is a lot better than...

I figured I'd try smething a little different this yr. I had some hay left from last yr so I have been fedding some hay for about a month now, but still moving them through a few of the pastures, keeping about half stockpiled. I'm trying to use the pasture to supplement the hay and make each go...

Hey DRCattle, think the moderator could provide an area that you could post this worksheet so it would be available to anyone that wanted it? How about it moderator?

Too tame is the problem. We have a prod, but really hate to use it, mainly bought it for those that have to and will not load that one last time on the way to the sale. Thanks for the description on the tail twist. I was doing it wrong but saw my vet do it and it worked like a charm. I guess I...