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i have a bucket calf been sick but recovering (scouring). feeding him 4 times a day. feed him last night a 8:30. Went down this morning and found magots under him and around his rectom and in rectum. i sprayed him down w/ fly spray,iodine,gave him penicillion,tubed mineral oil down him. he drank...

we got 33 bucket calves in friday am. they all seem to be doing good . we had 1 calf that friday pm feeding he was cold and wasn't feeling well but he drank. All calves got 10cc of penicillin in am and gave sick calf 2cc of Baytril & Banamine in p.m. Now Sunday afternoon both eyes are conned...

i went to the midwest hay conferance in kansas city this year, there was a fellow from arkansas giving presentation . he said down there they are spraying hay perservatives on front of the haybine. he claims they are cutting 1 day drying time off.doesnt make sense to me,i might be missing...

have never used preservative's before but am going to this year. just wondering what brands others are using. we sell mosly horse hay. just kinda wondering if there is a good brand that horses do better with. hillside

raising bucket calves, 4th group approx 130 at a time. every group 6% will not drink bottle. about day 3 stop wanting the bottle. they will take about 6-10 hard sucks then start chewing the nipple and pushing it out with their tongue. we have tried flavoring milk but they still turn their...

HAD AROUND 7 CALVES W/ EAR INFECTIONSON THIS HERD. TREATED W MICOTIL,LS-50,B12 . SOME CALVES RESPONDED WELL ,OTHERS AFTER TIME JUST GOT BETTER ON OWN. HAVE ONE CALF THAT HAS NEVER HEALED UP. ONE EAR DROOPES AND HEAD TILTED A LITTLE. LOOKS GOOD OTHER THAN THAT. hillside

Raising quanity bucket calves. Leaving 10 days between herds. Is this enough time between herds for health reasons? We use lime on the ground and spray everything else down with annihilator. Having trouble with some mortality and wondering if this could be the problem. Thanks, Hillside

Going to try something new for scouring. 100cc of kao pectin per feeding (just for scouring calves) also, will be feeding electrolytes. Has anyone else ever tried this? Basically let them scour but coat with kao pectin. Hillside

HAVE 40X70 HOOP BARN USALLY RUN 140 BUCKET CALVES IN IT. I CAN ROLL BOTH SIDES UP AND HAVE TWO 12X12 OVER HEAD DOORS W/ 2 EXHAUST FANS ON EACH END. PROBLEMS: TOO MUCH HEAT IN SUMMER. ITS NICE IN WINTER TIME, WATER SELDOM FREEZES VERY MUCH BUT WE HAVE MOISURE TROUBLE IN WINTER. SOME ONE TOLD ME...

USALLY ONLY FERTILIZE 2 YRS ON NEW STAND THEN QUIT. JUST WONDEING IF YOU GUYS THINK ITS WORTH IT. DO YOU THINK IT WILL GET YOU MORE BALES PER ACRE AND OFF SET PRICE OF FERT. HILLSIDE

HAVE HOLSTEIN CALF 70 DAYS OLD SHOWING SIGNS OF PNEUMONIA. HAVE TREATED W/ MICOTIL,BANTAMIN,NUFLOR W/ BANTAMIN,BIO MYCIN.NOTHING HAS HELPED. STARTED GIVING MICOTIL EVERY OTHER DAY THEN ON OTHER DAY GIVEN NUFLOR . I GIVE BANTAMIN EVERY DAY. HE'S THIN SO IM GIVING B12. NOT SURE WHAT ELSE TO DO...

we raise bucket calves. right now we have individual 2 gallon buckets, looking for a better system. a guy was telling me the other day, that i could make automatic waters using 6 inch. pvc pipe an cutting holes that calves could drink out of. with an automatic float valve inserted in pipe. with...

Doing chores tonigt noticed a calf favoring one eye. Was not holding it completly shut but you could tell it was causing discomfort. Didn't notice any discoloration or watering. Could this be start of pink eye or somthing else,maybe an eye injury,i don't know. hillside :help:

Found holstein cross dead in barn couple of days ago.He was about 65 days old,never been sick. Had small amount of blood around mouth,nose. Eyes seemed really red around them. We had severe temp. changes,don't know if had any thing to do w/ it. Wondering if any one seen this before. Others seem...

just wondering. when we vacinate bucket calves. do we have to inject under the skin or can we get by with 1/2 inch needles . have been toldthat we can do this because vacine isn't going deep enough in musle.Using the half inch needle makes for a faster jobbut is it to hard on calf. Hillside :?:

I have a holstein steer, when he was 10 days old, that lost the hide off both knees. The vet put him on 7 days of amoxicillian then 7 day of naxcel. Treatment was done. The next day one knee began to drain a watery puss, he was down again. Back on amox stayed on for about 20 days. Knee would...

Have 50 day old dairy calves. Was dehorning today. Noticed 2 calves with swelled navals. Checked navals, were not soft but hard. Had checked all calves for naval infection when younger and thought had all cleared up. Don't know if these particular calves ever had naval infections (had 140...

What is the main difference in amoxicillian and penicillian? When should one be given and not the other? Kind of confused. Appreciate all comments. Thank you, Hillside

Hello, I am new here. We've started a new venture. We raise 140 bucket calves at a time. We are on our 3rd herd running into some problems. Castrated 7 days ago, noticed two calves with swelled navals. Their stomaches seem to be waterlogged, as in hanging low. Don't know if it is a naval...