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    Major birthing trouble

    Old cow I bought, tried calving yesterday, checked this morning and apparently calf is dead, all I can see is a bit of the placenta, and she has pushed some innards out which goes back in when she stands, calf is stuck inside. No legs to pull on, cow is in bad shape. It's a holiday of course. Do...
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    Ford 4000 thermostart info?

    1972 Ford 4000 diesel. I have a major leak (drips) while running, looking at the manual it appears to be the thermostart reservoir? It is leaking all over the tank and down the tractor, it's such a mess it's hard to tell but it doesn't appear the fuel line is leaking. I can find VERY little...
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    Seed plate #?

    My son is planting an acre or so of Reid's yellow dent corn. The bag has no info on it other than that it was tested and dates etc. I borrowed my cousin's 2 row planter that he bought and uses for food plots. It is an Allis Chalmers that has been cut down. It has a huge box of every seed plate...
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    Rotary cutter gearbox

    Can't find a diagram online for this type of gearbox. Mine is leaking, I notice some slight movement back and forth while engaged. The movement is this round plate on the rear moving in and out, don't have any other gearboxes shaped like this. Is it possible to repair this, or maybe I'm missing...
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    Jersey questions

    All this talk about Jersey flavor has me curious. Are the steers as batshyt crazy as the bulls? Is dehorning a problem for a small time operation like me? Can I just cut them when they get too long etc.? I assume I am going to only find calves pulled from their mommas very young and will...
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    Cow looks rough

    I hate to even post this pic but here goes, don't want anyone to think I am mistreating her for sure. Big cow I got from my uncle over a year ago. Always had a slight humpback, but never any problems, healthy and no problem getting pregnant or calving, nice disposition. He "said" she was 6-7...
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    New calf in snow

    Of course I've been waiting for a cow that's way behind to calf and she does it this morning. We are having our first snow and it's getting down to 11 tonight. Will she be ok, or do I need to have my dad come over (not close) and try and get them in a stall? I'm recovering from a pretty rough...
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    Loose stools

    A couple of mine have close to diarrhea, no other symptoms. Wormed them with a block about 3-4 weeks ago which sometimes,causes this, any ideas? Hay seems normal and always dry. Some of them go rooting for acorns, I know that's bad, not sure if that's a symptom?
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    Air coupling parts?

    I have used air tools for decades, all my old stuff does not leak. Seems like anything new I buy, whether male or female, leaks like a sieve. Is there anywhere I can get something that works? I'm getting fed up with this cheap overseas crap.
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    Propane heat questions

    I'm thinking of putting in either a ventless gas log or one of those small heaters to heat a 30x40 workshop. Our whole house is heated by a ventless fireplace all winter, it takes maybe a little more than one full 500 gal. tank each winter, workshop will be used far less. I'm wondering if I can...
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    Anyone know what this is?

    I bought this at a barn sale, refinishing it for a kitchen island for the wife. My guess is that it's some kind of table built for a retail store, either hardware or clothing? The table top is hard maple, with a mixture of other woods for the rest. The top portion has a lot of cast iron hooks, a...
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    Selling cow/calf pair?

    I have a cow I don't like, I am thinning the herd anyway, looking for the best option for selling her. This cow has a 2 month old calf, cow is not bred back. I usually do whatever loses me the most money, so am I just basically giving the calf away if I sell now or will it matter if I wait until...
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    Dead cow, 2.5 month old orphan

    Had a cow die sometime Monday night, didn't find her until Tuesday after work. Not sure what killed her, nothing noticeable. My guess is something like acorn poisoning but I didn't do a blood test. So, she had a 2 and a half month old heifer calf who is orphaned now (born 7/24). I pinned her up...
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    Grass Fed to slaughter timing?

    Not sure how many have experience in this, but the plan is to sell grass fed halves or quarters this fall. That is what the market in my area is calling for so that's what we are shooting for. I have 2-4 that will be 15-18 months old at the time. I have quite a bit of clover and fescue, and a...
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    Fish as fly control for cattle

    My wife and I were watching the cows take a dip yesterday and she spotted these sun perch and maybe bluegill jumping WAY out of the water to get the flies on the sides of the cattle. That's a new one for me, never noticed that before. Now I've seen the chickens jump clean up to the sides of...
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    Crabgrass 2016

    Somebody told me on this forum years ago that every year would be different, well they wern't lyin. I had a ton of volunteer crabgrass last year in fields that used to be row crop. Well, I never paid attention when crabgrass really came on strong because I had no idea how good it would go over...
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    Automatic Gate Openers?

    Anybody use one? We are being forced to put a gate in up front due to yahoos coming on our property doing things they shouldn't. Reviews are great on these until you start digging, then it seems everyone has expensive trouble after 2 years. Any thoughts? I will be putting a double gate in, so...
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    Horse boarding advice

    I know next to nothing about horses (but am willing to learn), our property came with a stable that has 12 stalls on one end and empty on the other (pretty darn long). There may come a point where I need this farm to start paying for itself, so I could use any basic info you want to give on...
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    Fly block in loose minerals?

    Another dumb newbie question. First year of using this, I had been using the blocks with Rabon and they eat those like candy which gets very expensive. So I bought the loose mineral with fly block in it this year. They eat so little of this compared to the "candy" block, I guess this is normal...
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    Ford Diesel Engines?

    I need a real farm truck, but can't afford something nice. I'm going to go look at a '91 F350 today with 7.3 diesel. I have no experience with diesels, have heard these engines are bulletproof but I am assuming this one has at least 300k on it. What kind of maintenance for this type of engine...
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