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    Snowmageddon 2011 begins

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... w-ice.html
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    Iodine defiency?

    SS She had a very difficult life before I got her and I have completely changed her environment. She is also the last living individual of that bloodline so I feel bound to carry her genetics at least into the next generation to see if it is environment or genetics. If I cull her then that is...
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    Iodine defiency?

    That has also been my experience. I already ordered the Zinpro and we mixed in organic iodine with another area formulated mineral yesterday. We'll see what happens. We will also incorporate the Zinpro when it arrives.
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    Iodine defiency?

    Didn't realize there was a vaccine for footrot. We have supplemented organic iodine when needed for 40 years but the combination of footrot and lumpy jaw in the same lone animal led me to suspect iodine deficiency. I have only had the female for 7 months and I don't know what her mineral...
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    Iodine defiency?

    This is the only individual with these problems on these pastures. She has been on different pastures on different ranches 40 miles apart and came down with these conditions on each one. That's what makes me suspect something within just her. We have organic iodide on hand to mix in if these...
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    Iodine defiency?

    Have a donor heifer that was continually having something go wrong with her. First phuemonia next founder(?) next footrot, and finally lump jaw. For the lump we gave her a bottle of Sodiumiodide IV. Cleared everything up and she is better than she has been for 6 mos. Could she have had a cronic...
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    Last American Rancher TV Show

    1. Yes they keep their bulls as long as thery are sound but not usually more than 6 years. 2. Never been on any of those three but dozens and dozens like them. 3. Heifer replacement is usually around 15% of the cowherd size depending on terrain. 4. After years and years with these cows the...
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    Last American Cowboy TV Show Questions

    In answer to some of the questions here about the practices of large ranches. They almost all bull breed. The rule of thumb for cow-bull ratios is 20 cows per bull. I have seen it as low as 12 but almost never higher than 25. That variation is determined by size and ruggedness of the breeding...
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    Identifying Woody Tongue - for newbies

    Hit her IV with a bottle 250cc of Sodium Iodide. Works every time.
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    Idaman

    Big Davey Big Davey came by his name very naturally as he was 6'4” although very slender. Dave came to Empire for a riding job but luckily for us he had many other great talents. He had cowboy-ed at Douglas Lake, guided in the coastal mountains, cooked for hunting camps, welded, but mostly...
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    Eyes. What is the deal?

    You have it right. However after many years I am less convinced now than years ago that there is any direct correlation between pigmentation and cancer suscepibility or pinkeye. Pinkeye is almost 100% flies for us. Knock the flies off and end the pinkeye. When we have a big breakout of pinkeye...
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    Idaman

    We never actually put up 100,000 on the Greenleaf alone. That number included the Greenleaf, the Hillside home ranch, the Hayden, and the Black place. As I remember that year the snow did come late. It has always seemed to me that wherever you are the early snows are dry and just blow around...
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    Idaman

    Loved the picture of you. Must be your conscience bothering you. I too hope for snow for those peaks. That is always the worry. When I started out on Greenleaf Creek next to Jack G. in 1964 it was like that, no snow. That place put up 4,000 bales that year and 24,000 the next. Congratulations...
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    Your defintion of moderate frame ?

    In the end it all boils down to if you stick to the middle of the road you're less likely to end up in the ditch. On a road built on a very steep hillside when it gets slick you had better hang to the higher bank from the beginning. If you don't and slide the other way you'll never make it back...
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    Black Herefords

    Probably. Does that make them more or less attractive?
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    Idaman

    What did I do to deserve this? However, that is Pammy my first dog along with Sport our cowdog. Hope all is very well with you and your fine cattle. Talked to Jack G. a day or two ago and he said no snow there but lots of wind. Just how many of these pictures do you still have? My wife just...
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    Black Herefords

    In my mind it is. Since we can't run three herds in the summer so we go back black but feel that may only be masking the problem.
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    Black Herefords

    To me they are as said before a Hereford/Angus cross bred back to a Hereford. We have had lots of them but absolutely won't keep a one for replacement. They simply raise the worst of dink calves when compared to the F1 black baldies, the straight blacks that the F1s came from, or the straight...
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    hereford bull and heifer

    Great pair. Very thick and well balanced.
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    Brisket Disease

    I would seriously doubt the existence of brisket in Canada. Where we operated in BC it was in one of the most mountainous areas but the tops of the highest peaks were barely over 6,000 feet. There are simply no pastures high enough to bring on the condition and the valleys that might have been...
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