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    Highland question

    Hey, this brings back not so fond memories! We bought a preg. cow, her own last years heifer and kept them for a couple of years. (Yes, I'd like to testify, they do know how to use those horns!) Momma wasn't all that bad, heard she started out life in a petting zoo, the heifer was so wild...
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    What kind of feed do you use?

    I think beet pulp is great for putting a debilitated animal back up to decent weight without risking digestive upsets. Too much protein, if an animal's not used to it can cause kidney problems. I always wet the beet pulp when I dump it into the feeder, everybody seems to love it, it comes with...
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    Tractor supply company

    awww, I been dealing with them for years, and I really can't complain. We don't buy feed from them, we have our own grain custom ground, then I know what we are getting. It's a pretty darn handy place on a Sunday, when you have 20 A of hay down, and you ran out of baler twine! Bought a solar...
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    Ethical Decision Making ... what would you do?

    I'm certainly no advocate of PETA (people eating tasty animals), but the idea of ethics regarding animals seems to be something that people just make up to suit their own convenience. A couple of years ago, I bought a beautiful Charlois heifer at a feeder sale. Didn't see a bloody thing the...
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    Docility ?

    We've had many different breeds over the 40 years I've been on this farm, it's a small farm, 60a, so we handle the cows in close quarters a good bit. I don't even have any more herefords, but I have to admit, I've never met a cross one. We had a bull that weighed 1800lb. which used to...
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