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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...

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...

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'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...

If an open, yearling heifer is worth, say $1000, then what would a similar quality 2 yr. old bred heifer be worth? I know this is sort of an apple and orange comparison, but is there a typical markup for a bred animal vs. an open animal of similar quality?

We could really use some meat for the farmer's market right now. We've been butchering in the summer after they've been on grass for a few months. They usually run about 950-1050 pound liveweight. Would the meat quality be signifacntly different if I sent a steer now? I've got one that might...

After three years of doing the garden hose routine twice a day in the winter, I'm finally putting in a Ritchie waterer. It's a two-hole energy free plastic model. I plan on running an electric line to it anyway just in case I might need it in the future. I have the insulated tubes for...

One of my cows settled much later than the others last year and it looks like I'll be having my first winter calf. I'll cull her if she settles late again this year. Any tips on winter calving in the upper Midwest? All my other calves have been born on pasture in April-July. Should I...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. What do you think reasonable depreciation in price is on a bull? For example, you buy a two-year old for $1500 and use him for three seasons. Assuming he was worth his original price, and has thrown good calves...

I've got a cow that had a uterine prolapse this spring that I'm going to cull this fall after I get her calf weaned off. Any tips on processing the meat? I suppose that I'll have hamburger made out of most of her, but aren't there some other cuts of meat I should try to salvage? Thanks.

Scroll down and look at the photo of a "typical" modern dairy cow! http://www.westonaprice.org/transition/dairy.html Somebody obviously has never been to a dairy farm.

I've been reading up a little in the archives about cows with udder attachment and teat size issues. I'm wondering what you think about the udder and teats on this cow. http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/i ... e&ei=UTF-8 Does anybody use criteria like this...

I have a heifer calf born two days ago that is puffing away at 50+ times a minute and her breathing is shallow. The breathing sounds clear, she is nursing fine, and moving around normally. It was warm here yesterday afternoon, but she was still doing it this morning when it was cool. Any...

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I had a heifer breed late last year - the rest of the group calved in June, but she had her calf in mid-October. This morning she was in heat and had semen on her rear. I hadn't noticed her in heat earlier and was hoping she was bred already. Some rookie questions: What are the most common...

Being new to the cow-calf setup, we've never finished a heifer before. What are the main differences between finishing steers and heifers? I'm assuming that the steers will gain weight faster and finish at a heavier weight, but will the heifers take a longer time to finish? I was hoping to...