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So LA300 has treatment qualities for lump jaw? That's good to know. I will definitely do that. Thank you!

We have one cow in 2nd trimester and one cow in third trimester that appear to have lump jaw. I haven't been able to feel the lumps to see if they are soft or hard. I want to do it all in one chute load. If it's soft, I am prepared to lance, drain and treat. BUT - being pregnant - will...

We have never experienced lymphoma in our small herd and quite frankly didn't realize it was a possibility. We had a cow that recently had a calf and started losing weight. We thought she was drained from the baby nursing so heavily so we up'd her grain but she still wasn't gaining. She...

So do you think she'll go ahead and expel whatever is left inside? I'm still concerned about that. It's 96 here today and all week. I sure don't want her getting an infection. :(

I was able to pull out quite a bit of it last night (it was pretty ripe!) but I don't know that I got all of it - but quite a bit. I got to a thin spot and with the weight, it tore off. So I didn't want to start pulling blindly. Should she expel anything else that might be in there or will...

Thank you! We're going to pick up some boluses from our vet and then cleaning things the best we can and let nature take its course (with a close eye on her to make sure nature keeps her healthy!)

We have a first-time heifer with a nice healthy calf but it's been 3 days and she has not dropped her placenta. It's starting to get an odor (of course it's 90 degrees outside) I'm reading that you shouldn't clean it out? It will take care of itself - just get what you can and clean the...

Wow - thanks for all the responses! Love the cartoon btw. Haha. We live in SE Kansas. We rented the tranq gun from our vet last weekend and didn't see hide nor hair of the wench all weekend until we took our plane up and found her waaay north in a field that we couldnt get her loaded if we...

Hahaha - that thought HAS crossed our minds. :) Her name has been Missy - but I've been calling her T-bone.

Fly baits work but be sure you don't have it anywhere around other animals. When I was young, my dog took one lap of some yellow fly bait my dad had in the hog barn and the dog convulsed and was dead in 30 seconds.

We had a bout of calf warts last year. Our vet said that sunlight is the best thing to make them disappear. Sure enough - the following year - they didnt have them. Some of the new babies have gotten them - apparently the older ones have an immunity to them? But we haven't had any stay with...

No, Hook - she is out in 100 acres of opened timber and knows when we are trying to take her towards fence or panels - we've tried all of that. She'll play along for a little while and then bolt into the brush where we can't get near her. We made a pen in the timber to feed her in - she won't...

She won't take anything out of our hand and if we put feed down, if we get within 20 feet of her - she's outta there and doesn't care about the feed. She is in some lush green timber right now so she is FAT. Unfortunately, there is a chance she'll drop in the timber and I don't know if we'll...

We have a rougue 900 heifer in our 100 acre timber with no way of convincing her to get back in with the other cattle. She has gotten wild enough to herd like a hog. We can get about 20 feet from her and she bolts into the brush like a deer. So....with all options exhausted - we're...

We just had a first time heifer go down after a failed birth. We gave her a couple of anti-inflammatory shots and a shot of LA 200. We let her get her strength a little for 2 days feeding her quality hay and grain and then used used a hip lift and hoist to get her to her feet. We did that...

Thank you for your responses. You've put my mind at ease. We just had two major snowstorms here in SE Kansas and temps dropping really low - so hopefully that takes care of it for us. On to the next issue with our beloved cattle. :)

Has anyone had cattle get blue tongue disease? We have had reported cases found in deer just a few miles from our house. So I was concerned on how susceptible cattle are and if so - what can be done for preventive maintenance. Anyone had experience with this?

Possible stupid questions here - I am reading that you want to put some wooden posts throughout the fence for support. Our span is about 1/4 mile on side and 1/2 mile on another corner and the rest is good permanent fence. Do we need wooden posts in that small of a span? About how far apart...

Thanks for the great suggestions. No, our cattle have never been around electric fences. I appreciate all the good feedback and advice.

We live in SE Kansas - we are cutting and baling right now and notice a significant decrease in the hay quantity and quality. We have been starved for significant rainfall for over almost 2 months. I would guesstimate that we're down about 40% on our hay production as well.