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Thanks to both of you for the advice (she's a black galloway, by the way). I didn't see her stepped on, but she was holding the one back leg off the ground - she was putting weight on it today. And you're right, it's likely the blood in her stool was unrelated. I tubed her with a bottle of...

I have a heifer calf that is one week old. Three days ago while moving the cattle I noticed that she was three-legged. I figured she must have gotten stepped on. Yesterday I noticed she was lethargic and standing hunched up. She has been nursing, but not as vigorously as she should be - at...

6x6 white oak posts. 2x6 boards. Put the boards on the inside of the corral, or the outside? Or is it half dozen of one, six of the other? Any other basic tips? After five years of grazing, I'm not going through another season with a makeshift corral!

If you have a cow that is in the middle of being depreciated, and you cull her and sell the beef, how do you figure the taxes? For example, the cow (heifer) was purchased for $1000. Let's say you've written off $600 in depreciation and then sell $1500 worth of hamburger directly to customers...

I pulled a calf from a heifer two weeks ago. The heifer cleaned - at least I thought she did - but she is still having some bloody discharge on her tail. I found what I thought was the sac around the placenta in the pen about 12 hours after calving, but it didn't seem to be as full as other...

Thanks for the replies. Heifer and calf seem to be doing fine. I'll probably let them out of the pen to rejoin the herd tomorrow. Her udder still looks small to me, but I'll keep an eye on her and the calf. She cleaned sometime between 12 and 20 hours after we pulled the calf. How many...

Thanks for the response (Jeanne and Texasbred, too). I came home from work and the heifer had cleaned. Calf was up and sucking away, although her bag just looks awfully small too me. I'll keep an eye on her. Just for future reference - Is Oxytocin available at most farm stores or would I...

Jeanne, Is there any point of giving a shot of oxytocin a day or two later, or does this need to be done directly after assisting with the calf? I had a cow two years again retain, it started to smell, but she cleaned 7 days later and bred back fine, but it was an unassisted birth. I had to...

Yeah, I probably blew it this year. The bull I am using was 80 pounds at birth. The breeder that I bought him from says his calves usually run around 70-75. I liked the way he looked and he has some traits (small farm, deep, thick) that I want, but he probably was not the best choice to use...

I have a 12 hour old calf. The heifer has dried him off and he is up and seems lively. He was rooting at her udder this morning and bunting it, but it didn't appear he was getting on. The thing I am concerned about is that her udder doesn't appear tight. I've only had experience with about...

We just started our fourth calving season by pulling a calf from a heifer. It was the first time we have had to do it. I talked to my neighbor who is a dairy farmer but also has about 40 head of Angus. He said that he has had to pull quite a few calves this spring and so has a large seedstock...

I don't mean to be critical of your plans, but I think you are going to get some confused customers. Unless farmer's markets in your part of the country work differently than they do where I live, it is typically the farmer that produces the meat (or fruit, vegetable, etc) sitting at the table...

That is indisputable. Just ask my wife. But we all should strive to rise above what nature gave us from time to time. :dunce: This will be my fifth grazing season. Been kicked a couple of times and knocked down once working yearlings into the chute, but other than that, no damages yet. I...

My cows calve on pasture. I give the calves calfguard - one of those viral scours vaccines. If it is muddy, I also give one for e-coli. I have not had problems with scours - other than the occasional milk scours which do not really seem to be a big issue. My question is: Am I likely to...

I was re-reading this thread and noticed your hay numbers. Just out of curiousity, you said you have 9 head and are feeding 150 lbs of hay per day. That works out to less than 17 pounds of hay per head per day. Am I missing something here? Are these miniature cattle? I figure I feed mine...

I'd be careful if I were you. Can you really quarter an animal on the farm and then take it to the butcher to process and legally sell it? As for the HW price, why not just figure out what your usual yield is versus liveweight and then charge back from there. There are lots of newspapers...

I think humidity is as big an issue as heat. Will the cattle have shade? The Galloways I have do slick off in the summer fairly well, but they still have more hair at that time than other breeds. I'm making a shade shelter out of some old well-pipe so that I can provide shade in my paddocks...

This will be our fifth grazing season with Galloways, so I am hardly an expert. What information were you looking for?

Thanks to everyone who has responded. I will probably read the responses at least three or four times - some good input here.

I'm thinking about switching from a square baler to a round baler. I still like putting up squares and have a couple of boys who will be big enough to help me in the near future, but I would like the time and labor savings. My question is: What are some of the upsides and downsides of smaller...