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Hey folks. Hope all are well. So I have been offered some second cut hay for fairly cheep. I'm just wondering when to feed and even if I should bother buying this hay. It appears there's some starting to head out but mostly just the grass part. The supplier says it was down for 1.5 weeks last...

Hey folks. Hope everyones winter is going great. Been researching for quite sometime about silvopasture and multi species grazing. So I have about 3 acres of unused land on the farm thats semi clear cut and some has fairly new wood growth on it. Most of the new growth area is a combination of...

Hey Guys. Just wondering has anyone ever made a pasture from a clear cut forest? We have roughly 3 Acres of forest we have recently clear cut just around the beginning of covid. I had the intentions of getting it then cleared with an excavator to set in hay for hay ground/pasture. Of course...

Hey folks this is a 2 part question. So got a 8 month old calf that's become lame. So I have been told I can use Aspirin for pain relief. From what I have read there's no withdrawal time on it, is it true?? Secondly what is the dosage of normal household Aspirin? Before anyone asks yes I've...

Hey folks hope everyone is doing well. So I'm clearing some ground and I've come across a patch of sheep laurel. I wanna put some pigs on this piece for the summer. It's my intention for the pigs to root up the ground and what not so later next fall I can set some hay seed into it. Which I'll...

Hey folks. Wondering if anyone raises any dairy calves. I bought a group of 4 bull calves back in August. These guys were all about 5 days old. According to the farm they got colostrum. When they got here I gave them a shot of selenium and got some nuflor off the vet to be prepared for any...

Hey Folks. So I'm starting to think one of my heifers is bred. This is an unwanted bred. I haven't called my vet yet but is there anyway if she is bred to abort this??

Hey folks. Just picked up this guy for my girls for next year. Supposed to be pure breed simmental. He has small horn nubs is that a thing for them?? Other than the horns I'm pretty happy. He should serve my mixed breed herd pretty good

Hey folks. So I got a 3 month old holestien bull calf that I'm raising for beef. Yesterday morning when. I went to the barn he had trouble to stand and it appeared like he was stiff. Didn't notice but he could have been stepped on by the bigger bull next to him. Anyways seems like when he gets...

Hey guys. Been a while since I posted. But been thinking about buying a wood chipper. Looking at a 5hp one I can get used locally. I have roughly 8 acres of land I'll be cutting the trees off of that I can chip the branches. My question is. Do you guys think I could chip enough branches to equal...

Hey guys. So these days I find myself asking the question on how much do I need to be feeding my cattle. I have a herd of cows and calves. All different breeds as well but mostly everyone is beef dairy cross or all beef cross. So I have a contract with a local craft brewery and I get all their...

Hey everyone. So I may have a chance at getting some beef cross calves soon. They are from a dairy farm and my Jersey nurse cow hasn't calved yet. Any day really she can go. But I'm wondering if I get these calves before I have more real milk will milk replacer for a few days put the calves...

Hey everyone. So wondering about vegetable feeding. When we only had 2 or 3 cows we always feed them chopped veggies with their grain and hay. Now I have 10 head altogether and finding chopping this much veg a bit time consuming. What are anyone with larger numbers doing to make the veg smaller...

So I have a heifer that is off. I had the vet in. She thinks its pneumonia but has told me to give her valbazen as well. She isnt our favorite vet but it was a weekend call and she was on call. So the vet gave her nuflow I think it was and told me to give her valbazen, I did. She never said if I...

So my vet today talked to me about ralgro implants. What's everyone's thoughts??

Hey everyone. So I have a 3 month old heifer that I'm battling pneumonia with. She's pretty thin and breathing heavily. She was treated with dressing a week ago and treated for lung worm also. She has had injectable anti inflammatories and still keeping up a temp. Our vet suggested giving her an...

Hey guys. I am in the mist of getting a contract to take brewer grain from a small brewery. Just wondering about the nutritional value of it. do anyone have a chart or something? Can ya use just brewer grain as a substitute for beef ration?

Hey guys. Just wondering what's yearling Hereford bulls going for these days? I know it depends on the seller but roughly what's a good price. ?

Hey guys I have saw this ad on Facebook bout hydrophonic fodder for cattle has anyone tried this? I guess it's like sprouts but what's everyone's opinion?

Hey guys it's been awhile since I have posted on here. I got my herd up to 9 head now. I started to do an experiment this year. I have a jersey and a jersey cross cows and I have read that jerseys are great nurse cows so I decided to try this out. when my jersey calved this June I went out n...