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Anyone feed their cows whole sunflower seeds? I read about goat people feeding it and it seems to help with milk production and cream percentages.

I was at the feed store today and notice they had salt blocks with Cobalt salt. I was wondering what you would look for in a cobalt salt deficient cow. Also would like to know the benefits are with feeding minerals with higher levels of cobalt. The feed store clerk had no idea why they...

What do you all use to prevent your cows from getting snotty noses after a show? It seems like every time I take an animal to the fair they bring back a snotty nose. I have fully vacinated my aniamls, they get TSV a few days before the show.

How old is the heifer? I had one gal that was about 20 mo. old and she started to refuse treats then I noticed that she would spit up some balls of hay and was not gaining like the rest. A few weeks went by then I found a few molars in the feed bunk. Now she is doing fine, taking treats again...

What kind of condition is he in? How is his nutrition? Could he be needing more protien?

If your halter is always as low as it is in the photo then that may also be a problem. You need to get that nose band up to just below his eyes. You will find that the chain will give more control if the nose band is higher.

No they are not big Moma's, they are Dexters with big baby bellies.

I had to take this picture. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/ ... /Butts.jpg

I have a tape like the one described. It has puzzeled me for sometime. If it would not be a bother, after you get the actual weights of the animals let us know what line worked best.

You go Gale!

I know of a man in Idaho that has several Dexter/wagyu crosses. He thinks that the cross is good for beef and the Dexters bring some hardiness to the wagyu and makes them mature a little faster. Roy Atherton use to say that Dexters are very much like Wagyu, from what I have read he even felt...

I am in the Northwest and around here you can purchase alfalfa that is shreded and bagged. The sell it in 50lb bags with molasses. You can even purchase shredded orchard grass hay. I think they both costs around $11 a bag.

I have a steer that is pot bellied. He has been that way since I got him at 8 months old. I thought he was wormy. I have wormed the you what out of him and he is still pot bellied. When he eats fresh pasture you would think he was bloating or just about to calve, it's kinda a combination of...

It is normal with Dexters. Some bloodlines seem to produce more split ears then others. I bred a British white heifer to a Dexter bull last year and her calf has split ears. It surpized the heck out of me because of the cross breeding. That same bull threw another calf that has flower shaped...

You can go to http://www.dextercattle.org or http://www.purebreddextercattle.org and look up breeders in your area. They may have something for sale.

You can check out http://www.dextercattle.org or http://www.purebreddextercattle.org. They both have bulls listed with semen for sale.

Yes I have checked her temp and it has come down (103 yesterday)but it is still a little high.(102ish) Thanks for your response. I guess this is one of those things that you just watch and monitor.

I had the vet out yesterday because one of my cows had a snotty nose (yellow snott) and a temp. The vet filled her up with boluses and gave he a shot that will last 3 days. He commented that he rumen was slow and to feed her some grass and watch her. (the grass was to jump start the rumen)...

I think that when you cross breed a British white or White park with a solid you will get line backs too.

I know it is not the midwest but in the northwest we are paying 2.69-2.79 for diesel. Now that sucks!