Recent content by Tom D

Sorry to bump this but I just wanted to post an update. I work my "day job" Friday - Sunday and I am gone from 5am to 7pm so no time for computer, calf or much more of anything other than sleep. Luckily dad took care of her while I was gone. From what dad says, she is a lot stronger and can...

Well, thanks for telling me so I know at least. It was about 24 hours after birth when we got her mamma's milk in her. I did get her to feed off her mother today. It only took 10 minutes to get her in the chute using a cube or two as bait vs. over an hour of trying to force her in like...

I am pretty sure the legs are straight. I did notice the hip looks a little off to me, but I don't have much experiance in this. It just seemed one side stuck out just a bit more than the other. The neighboring rancher thought the problem might be a little nerve damage in the leg. Dee- My...

The first night, we were glad to get anything in the poor thing. The cow we got the milk from had in the past 3 days (I think) had had a calf. Today was the first time it's mama nursed the calf. It had been about 24 hours after it was born. We were going to use the other cow that had a calf to...

Howdy guys and gals... I've got a calf that is now 1 day old and can't walk. Thankfully the momma cow had it in the corral (of all places). She will try to stand. Her front legs are fine, the problem is the back legs. At first I thought they were paralyzed, but she can move them. If you help...

I use a border collie named Cody. He is a pet first and a cow dog second. He has no formal training and so he can't do a lot of fine work. However he has the instinct. You can sic him on the cows or a particular cow. He will round them up into a group and send them in the direction opposite of...

No rain here in Titus county Texas. No rain for this year yet. 20 miles away in Morris county, they got an inch.... :(

Our cows will moo when we bring them food, but they aren't overly bad at it. They know I am going to feed them when I honk and they'll moo. When I don't honk, they still come to see me when I go into the pasture, but they are quiet. I think they are afraid I am holding back on them. The "cubes"...

I have tried out pouring cubes from a moving truck and it works pretty good. It seems I can pour a line a lot longer and that lets them all get a few "treats." I noticed if the line was too short, they would be fighting each other and the strongest would get it all. I also have started to get...

These are my grandpa's cows. He has passed on, but I am taking care of them. He liked his cows with horns. We've cut the tips off but they still are scarey when they get excited. One of them doesn't have horns and the others pick on her, so I feed her a few cubes seperate. She has gotten where...

I feed cubes and the cows have gotten out of hand. Whenever I go into the pasture, they come running full blast. That is alright if I have something to give them, but a real pain when I am out to repair something. I can be working on a fence and get nudged around as they look for where I am...

Ughh.... this brings up bad memories. We recently changed out bulls. The last one was very tame and stayed in the pasture. Never tried to get out. The new one.... He was ok for a few weeks, and then he started to get out. He got into a neighboring ranchers herd several times. About the only good...

The main question is..... So? Be glad you have some nice green grass. I bet your cows are happy about it too. Ours was green until a couple of days ago when we had a freeze. Green might be an understatement. This year has been horrible in the rain department. If it wasn't for the measley 2" of...

Do you live close to any chicken houses? A lot of time they sell chicken manure. We have a few chicken houses nearby and they will come and spread it on your field too. I forget how much it costs, but it is something you can look into. Consider it an investment.

I live in northeastern Texas. The temps in the winter sometimes travel into the single digits (not very cold). Either way, the cows stay out in it. Just make sure they have all the food they need. We have a some heavily wooded areas that the cows will take to in the cold for protection from the...