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I have a Jersey cow that I bottled raised. She has had 3 heifer calves (her most recent born about 10 days ago - a pure Jersey heifer). I really wanted a bull for my freezer, but she hasn't cooperated. I decided to try her as a nurse cow and I just purchased a Brangus heifer (twin to a bull...

I've just purchased a small homestead with 6 acres of pasture. I have one cow (she's a Jersey -- been bred back to a beef bull -- due in March) and her 1 year old Jersey heifer. The previous owner made ONE mention of having dealt with nightshade on the property in the past...he's run cattle...

I think that someone posted a recommended vaccination schedule here...of course, I didn't print it then...and now I can't find it. Does anyone remember who posted it? Or where I could find it?

Flies are terrible on my Jersey and her calf. I'm trying to keep the manure in the pasture raked and soiled hay in the barn spread thin and outside to dry. What works?

Calf born late last night. Will not stand up. Took a bottle of colostrum this morning (willingly). He has tremors constantly. Vet came out - diagnosis "bovine cerabellar disease". No treatment. 50/50 chance he'll make it. Any experience with this? Ideas? Treatments??? Beef calf (mixed...

Here's the background: Juliette is my only cow - a purebred Jersey that I bottle raised. She is 2 years old. She went to pasture with a Jersey bull this summer. Afterwards, I took her to the vet to be checked - she was short-bred. She's due at the end of March 2014. I try to get my hands...

Maybe I should be posting this on the beginners board...this is my only cow, a 19 month old Jersey heifer. I've had her since she was 2 weeks old. Earlier this summer, I scheduled to take her to board in a pasture with a Jersey bull. Just before she went, she had a thick, bloody discharge...

I have a 12 month old Jersey heifer - which I bottle raised since about 2 days old. She has been on grass and I supplement with a bale of nice hay from the feed store. (I had bought a roll of hay - which has turned out to be junk. She hates it. It has stickers in it that I have to pull out...

My eleven month old Jersey heifer got into a lot of acorns this week. I let her out of the pasture, since I have seeded with Rye grass and wanted her off of it as much as possible. She headed straight for the oak tree and chomped away. I didn't know. After seeing her eat SO many, I thought...

I am new to cattle. I have one eleven-month old Jersey heifer in a small pasture. It is so enjoyable to watch her from the house...grazing, chewing cud and resting. I've had her since she was only a few days old. But, I don't think I've ever seen her sleep.

The hooves on my 7 month old Jersey hiefer seem awfully long. (This is my first experience with calves, so I have nothing to compare.) They are longer than the hooves on my other calves. All four hooves are the same length. Some "nicks" broken out in places...looks healthy on the underside...

My 7 month old Jersey has a small "growth" near her udder. It has always been there...anything I should be concerned about??? http://pufferfishdesign.com//site/page/494/14/0/

I'm looking for any advice or tips on getting my calves into the trailer...This has been my first experience in raising Jersey calves. I don't have the ideal situation...but I am working to better it. I'm the one who missed a testicle on a calf (well, actually on 2 calves). I've had one...

I'd like to do this to confirm that my heifer either is or is not a free martin. Do I take the sample (swab or blood)??? Send it to ______??? Is there a DNA testing company that I can send it to? Or call the vet? I have tested DNA on my dogs -- it's usually a swab test kit that I send...

I know this is crazy, but...I am new to calf-raising -- bought my very first ones in January...5 pure Jerseys. I botched 2 castrations (by banding) and missed one testicle on 2 babies, so now I have an appointment with the butcher for these 2 calves (they are currently being fed-out). I don't...

My Jersey calves have been chewing the rims of their buckets....almost clear through/all the way off. They have mineral blocks available. Do they need something to "teethe" on??? These are/were bottle-fed babies - with individual hutches. They are in the pasture full-time now.

I'm new to this, so please forgive - if my terminology is incorrect: I have a 3 1/2 month old pure Jersey "steer" (actually a rig, I guess). I bottle fed this baby and castrated him (and 3 others) via the rubber band method at about 3 weeks old. Apparently, I missed one testicle in this...