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I have a Gallagher SmartFix fence tester. I have a lot about 200' x 200', one run on the top is not connected to the other sides but when I test it, the tester flashes crazily. It should show nothing, it shouldn't react at all on a dead wire. Today I thought I'd get to the bottom of the...

I hooked up the gooseneck a couple months ago, lights didn't work, jiggled the plug and the lights came on. 2 weeks later I couldn't get them to come on. I plugged another trailer into the truck, and the lights worked fine so I assume the truck side is good. I took the trailer back to the...

I was watering the herd tonight and counting the fall calves. I saw a cow nursing a calf and thought, "what's the yearling heifer doing?!" Then I realized it was one of the late March calves. Another cow came along and tried to ride the calf. I was briefly upset the cow was riding because...

4 weeks ago 2 crazy cows showed up in my pasture, taking out a couple polywire fences on their way. They were crazy. I fixed the fence and by the afternoon I wanted to move my cows to a paddock where it wouldn't be easy to get 2 crazies out. Long story short, they jumped/crushed a woven...

Between normal rainfall and cutting the herd back, I've got some fences that are overgrown. Several I need to clip and add a couple more wires to hold the goats. The worst fences have some brush growing up close to the fence, therefore the most need to fence for the goats. What are my best...

Husband had congestive heart failure & rheumatoid arthritis. He got progressively worse until all he could do was drive his utility vehicle and fill water tanks this summer. It tore him up that he had to get me to fold up a sickle bar mower he used in June. He parked it, and I didn't have the...

How many still breed on natural heats? I've got 7 heifers in group of 9 that are out of our herd sire so I plan on AIing them. Being healthy heifers, they're all showing strong heat cycles and usually 2 or 3 will be in heat on the same day. My biggest concern is when I get home from work and...

Moved cows to a new paddock on Sunday, found a new calf & then found her mother, all was good. Calf was small, but healthy & active. Mom was a 2 year old and in good flesh and plenty of milk. Monday & Tuesday evenings were busy so I didn't go out in the field. Tonight I moved them to a new...

In 2002 & 2003 we had about a third of our heifers have vaginal prolapses BEFORE calving. All from a particular bull. The symptoms started up to a month before calving, swollen vulva, and then vaginal bulging. We culled every one that prolapsed and their calves. Never had another problem...

About 7 years ago we lost 2 good(of course!) cows in a pasture due to lightning strike. Last night we lost 2 in almost the same spot in the same pasture. It was a 7 year old former show cow and her 3 year old granddaughter. Both were due in September. The 7 year old probably weighed 1500 at...

What kind of things have you seen implemented to be able to bring in a family member on the farm? Another livestock enterprise, specialty crops, ????

I don't know why, but if we're going to lose a calf it seems it's almost always the first of the season. Had a 2 year old that I've been watching a few days. I put her in a pasture with the weaned heifers by the house so we could spot her quickly. I cleaned a pen in the barn last night...

We sold 4 steer calves out of a group of 7. We sorted & penned the 4 in a small pen. I needed all their ear tag #'s. I couldn't read one so I grabbed a show stick & halter. I had the halter on the calf in less than 5 minutes and walked up to his head without a fight. These calves hadn't...

Anytime cow size is discussed on these forums I always say we shoot for a FS 5, 1200 lb cow. She should raise a steer that fits what the packers want. Well, I was weighing our grandsons show animals a week ago. His 6 year old cow has been shown almost every year since she was a yearling...

I was just reading the post about the Angus defect where the calf has extra limbs. I've read about 'curly calf' in Shorthorns(or is that Maine?). There's IE, hypotrichosis, & diluter genes in Herefords, as well as other breeds. Are there any gene mutations that improve a breed, and will breed...

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We have an orphan, 7 weeks old on Sunday. Got a cow, calved 2 weeks ago on Sunday. Her calf died at 3 days, no known reason. So, I got the cow in the headgate in the calving pen that evening and turned the orphan loose on her. She had a lot of edema so I made sure her milk looked good and...

Our boy has had a run of bad luck this year, losing a 4 year old & her twins to Hydrops, lost her 22 month old to calfhood diphtheria, and now a 2 year old to calving problems. This latest had a tail first presentation. The vet got his back legs up & the calf out alive but apparently something...

Have a 2 year old Hereford that we just delivered her calf last night. It was a tail first presentation, vet managed to get the back feet up and pulled it. I checked her udder and stripped out 4 -5 squirts last night, and checked it again this morning. The colostrum is the color and...

We have a 4 year old cow, I've pictured her here before, she's our grandsons. I can't find a breeding date for her but she was exposed to the bull for a early-mid Feb calving date. She had a bit of a rectal prolapse while laying in the pasture on Sunday. When she got up, it went back in OK...