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Hey guys, I have searched this site but have a bloat that doesn't really fit the pattern. Thought someone out there might have dealt with this. I have a young cow whose calf is about 6 months old. Checking cows one evening two weeks ago and she was bloated. She was the only one out of 25...

We had beef cows and my first impression of milk cows is somebody needs to fatten those girls up! Now I know better...but I am wondering is there a guideline for body condition score like there are for beef cattle? We have one OLD Jersey (12-13) who is so thin. She is 45 days from calving...

After I had my hay for the winter my kids decided to get 4-H heifers. So I went into the winter with less hay than I wanted. Last fall a man at church told me he'd sell me hay when I ran out....so I hadn't worried too much. Came near to running out though- and he said he used more of his hay...

I have a heifer who lost her calf really close to when she was supposed to have it...she was way bagged up and everything...(we never found the calf). So we brought her in and grafted a sale barn calf onto her (with some difficulty :D ). That was about a month ago, now that her udder is...

I have a heifer who lost her calf before giving birth. we bought a sale barn calf to put on her... she knows the calf is hers and vice versa but she kicks / walks away when he tries to nurse. I want to put hobbles on her to make it so she can't kick at him....is this possible? if so , how...

My daughter has a four year old Jersey cow that is four minths pregnant. Belle wouldn't eat her grain at milking this AM. Her left side is swoll up and spongy. We tied her on a ramp with her head higher than her rear. This gave her some releif. She grazed a little then laid down. I came in and...

My daughter has a four year old Jersey cow that is four minths pregnant. Belle wouldn't eat her grain at milking this AM. Her left side is swoll up and spongy. We tied her on a ramp with her head higher than her rear. This gave her some releif. She grazed a little then laid down. I came...

A friend has asked me to price three bred cows to her. The vet aged them at over six to under 10 years....his best guess was 8-9. All calved unassisted last year and bred back fine. They are due to calve Sept- Oct...bred to a reg. Angus bull. Just because of their age I was watching them to...

We are expanding our herd and are on an old ranch with poor fences. We want to do a better job with rotational grazing. The design we laid out has permanently fenced lanes for driving on and moving the herd. We have no experience with electric fences. But, we think they are what we need for...

I have a charlois cow that has a spot on her shoulder that has no hair. It is a vertical patch 1 1/2" wide by 15" long. It is the only place on her like that. She was wormed and vaccinated in the fall. Any clue as to what this is. It could be an injury...but if it is something else I want...

Some of our hay was cut in a creek bottom...and I guess it wasn't as dry as it should be. When I rolled it out I noticed some mold in the outer layers. It smells sweet and the cows kinda went more for that part than the center. Would this slightly fermented hay be like silage? Thank you for...

We need to sell some hay and we have just received a good offer for all we can spare. What I need help with is figuring how much to keep. We don't have our hay inside, so I'd rather feed it all than have any over for next year. We are in SW MO. We have 1 bull, 11 cows (hopefully all...

I posted under another subject...but the subject name wasn't very descriptive so I thought I'd try again. We have had cows 14 months or so. We made it through winter calving, buying a bull and we think we have them bred back for fall calves. We'll have them preg checked in a few weeks. We...