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Hello A question.. We have butchered plenty in the past, but ran onto something that we have not encountered before.. The steer was shot and he dropped so fast he did not know what hit him, He was bled immediately, and opened up. We found something we had not seen before, there were tiny tiny...

Howdy! Haven't been posting for quite a while, life can keep one busy... Anyways, I have had either mange or winter itch a few times over the years, but it used to be pretty simple to deal with. Dump some ivomectin / ( Bovi-solution ) on them or pour burnt motor oil on ( during the summer...

I have milked all sorts of critters and cows. but has anyone out there used a "mini" belted Galloway as a milk cow? I have seen some pictures of their udders and it looks like they could produce quite a bit by looking at the size of the udder.. Just wondering...

Short of a bullet, anyone ever dealt with a self sucker? I weaned off a calf from a Dexter, and the booger started sucking herself. I put a crown weaner in her nose and she still manages to get around it. I can put the larger one in, and hope it hurts enough she quits or try the butterfly...

Howdy! I am having weaning problems this year.. I have had this issue before, but not quite this bad.. I have “thinking” cattle.. You put a plastic weaner ring in the calfs nose, and in very short order they have figured out how to go in from the sides and flip it up and then they are sucking...

Howdy! Because it is late in the season to do AI ,( due to various reasons things are late,) I need to sync my 3 cows cycles quickly. Many years ago I used "sponges" on goats to bring them into season, but have forgotten how to do even that, :oops: and not sure if one can use "sponges" on...

I have became sooo sick to my stomach of political correctness from people who do not live in the real world... This company is banning meat at their functions, I guess you can bring your own.. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/wewor ... -1.4748327 Will it effect meat sales?? eventually a lot of...

I tried to edit this story for size but couldn’t seem to shrink it down.. maybe some ideas of a better approach to over due calves or maybe someone out there might be helped.. We encountered something yesterday that I have not ever encountered before… We had been waiting on “pins and needles”...

Howdy I have a dexter heifer that should be calving any day now. She was given a needle to make her cycle and put in with a young inexperienced bull calf. She was left for what would be 2 cycles in cased the bull couldn't figure it out the first time around, so we are not exactly sure when she...

Howdy! On Saturday my Piedmontese cow went into labor, and I checked that the feet were in the right position--hooves pointing down, so I knew it wasn't breech, so figured she has done this a couple times before so I walked off, and did some work around keeping an eye on her in the field.. I...

Need some advice.. Around here they want the 4-H steers pig fat, and it is difficult to put large amounts of grain in them without burning them out. Family members have been feeding 4-H steers over the years, but they just get gaining good and then they get the "water-diarrhea" ( grain over...

Alot of years ago we got our hands on some "bob tailed border collies". Actually the father was a "bob tailed border collie" and the mother was a Norwegian elk hound. Even though they were cross bred with basically a non herding breed, they were decent cattle dogs, although one was a bit bull...

Any one ever dealt with a hanging tree dog? what kind of temperament? easy to train? We have a real nice border collie X heeler, but she is starting to get a bit older, and for some reason she has never had any use for the boys, so we could never get any pups out of her. Am sort of thinking...

I would like to hear from people who have raised galloway cattle. We have raised a number of different breeds and crosses in small numbers- Angus, Simmental, hereford, etc. At this time we have a very nice piedmontese heifer, who is doing quite well. However, I have thought about raising a few...

I have limited housing for the few critters we have, and often our weather is harsh enough that shelter of some sort is in order. I have a cow / calf that I have seperated for weaning, and everything is fine, but due to the lack of housing I need to put them back together for shelter as the...

I have always understood that of a cow bleeds after heat/breeding That she is still open. A vet told me that is not always the Case, she can bleed and still be bred. What is the general Thoughts out there on this issue??

Howdy, I have encountered this a number of times, and am again dealing with this issue But have no explain action, maybe someone out there has an idea. It seems that often a young heifer will breed and calve no problems, But the second time around often doesn't want to "settle" after that First...

We have a fullblood Piedmontese young cow (extremely rare breed in these parts) who produced a very nice heifer calf this spring with no problems settling or breeding, or dropping her calf.The heifer and her calf were then used as a 4-H project. When it came time to re-breed ( we don't have a...

Have a yearling heifer who has a horn that is trying to grow back. ( we weren't the ones to de-horn her). I took a hoof rasp and rasp it down quite a bit till there was only a small amount above the skull, but now it is trying to re-grow again. Would re-firing the horn bud stop the growth, and...

Howdy! We have a couple Peidmontese and was wondering if anyone out there had ever dealt with Romagnola cattle, and if so what the differences are between the Pieds and Romagnola??