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Calf eats very little grain (2-3 lbs ever 2 days) eats no hay, drinks water. This calf just doesn't seem to be right, it looks OK but just doesn't have any get-up! This heifer has been this way for about 4 - 5 weeks. During this time I've give the Vet. these symptoms, and she gave me ( baytril...

I have 6 hefiers I'm keeping for replacements, they are 10 - 11 months old. At six months old I gave them their vacs. Triangle 9 + type II , wormed. One of them has started to pass this off colored manure, looks a little bloody. What would be a good guess and a treatment? Not ready to go to...

Would it be alright to spray my sweet corn with 2-4-d to kill the weeds?? I know you can use it on field corn.

Does anyone know of a chemical that you could spray on the top of your round bales that you have put in a line that would shed some of the rain water? I know it would have to be food grade for animals. It wouldn't be a cure-all but would help a little. Just a thought! I only bale around 250...

I've own cattle for about 20 years, I consider myself well informed and very intense on my mangement style. I know that this is a subjective statement, so lets agree that, I know the basics and follow them to the letter. Since 2002 my cattle numbers have averaged around 14 head ( brood cows )...

Should you give your herd bull an annual vac. like the ones you give to your cows? I use triangle 9 type 2.

I have this 3 year old heifer, she breeds but won't stick. I was thinking of putting her on feed for about six weeks-or-so and using her for a butcher beef for myself. Do you think that she would make a good eating beef?? She is angus. She weighs 1250 lbs.

I always sell my feeders at weaning time, however I've been thinking of finishing out my own beef. This I have never done. Just wondering: How long it takes, how much feed, what weight do you take them to, what mix of feed, etc. I've been told that a finished beef usually is a 1,000# plus when...

I baled some soybean stubble after the combine, is there any problems with toxicity, with cows eating this?

I know that there have been many post on sore feet, But what my intent is to find out why I seem to have so many with so few of cattle (20 ) head. I have feet problems ever year and I think I'm taking care of my livestock in the right way. I have them on flat DRY ground, they get free choice...

It's the weekend and hard to get a Vet. I have a 540# calf that has swelled and seems to be getting worse, is there any Meds/RX that I could give him to help with infection??? His sack is gone. I've banded a lot of calves and have not had any problems! I hope it is not a retained testy!!!! I try...

The minerals I'm feeding says 2 to 4 oz/day. I've started to mix 3 oz./head/day in my feed, which is ground ear corn, hay and molasses, I only feed 3 lb./head/day. They are on free choice hay. Is there any advantage or disadavantage to making sure that they get this amount of mineral per day...

Does anyone know of a lab test for this, say a hair sample?? I would like to know besides a guess, if the minerals I'm feeding is doing the job!! I understand that it varies from region to region. ( soil type).

This cow has been down for a day, I've lifted her with hip lifts but she doesn't want to get up on her front feet! I've had other down cows before but usually they would get right up on their front feet when I made a lift. This cow is young (4), due to calve last of Feb. She seems alert.

What would be a good way to learn how to do this???? Or is it even worth the while to attempt to learn??

I vacinated my cattle in Mar of this year with triangle nine for their yearily booster, I would like to change to doing it in Oct. or Nov. would it be ok to give them another shot this Nov. to change the schedule? Would it even be neccesary?

I understand that there is a time of year that you don't want to worm cattle, because of the stage that the botts are in. Would it be OK to worm in Nov.?

Does anyone have/seen one of these in action? It sounds interesting on the rare occasion that one would need it. It puts a small amount of electric shock in to an animal and causes the muscles to contract, this immoblizies them to be able to work with them. It's advertised to have no negative...

Would it be OK to band bulls ( 500 to 600 lbs ) without giving them a tetanus shot? I know it is recommended for any open wounds. However I thought I would try to get by seening as how I have to order the tetanus thru the mail. The vets in this area don,t like banding so they don,t like to...

Has anyone had any luck round baling thick hay with high humidity, that is did it keep OK?