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In 2000 I had a 15 month and a 16 month calve. One pulled and one unassisted. They are both now 6 and grew to normal size. One 1600 and one 1450. Fertile as ever.

This is similar to an article I just read about Dummy foals. Instead of dropping the foal though they wrap it with ropes and pull hard enough (simulating contractions) until the foal falls over. This is apparently enough to rid the brain of sleeper hormones. After that the foal just gets up and...

Am I the only one who questions a possible link between the McDonald's hamburger processing plant, and several cases of BSE in Spruce Grove? Have they ever been suspect in being the source of contamination? Have they ever been audited or inspected to their waste disposal and water...

Every drop of water that has ever been on this earth is still on this earth. No more....no less. I agree that every drop of water a cow consumes is returned to the earth. What is NEVER returned to the atmospheric surface, is potable water being injected deep into the earth in order to release...

You can get multifocal lenses now so that you can see up close and at a distance... mind you, you have to fork over money for those cadillac lenses. Do your research before you get cataract surgery. I think they are called Restore lenses and another manufacturer is Cristal ( sp?) With those...

That happened to me years ago. Found calf with bloody legs, navel ripped off at belly level. Calf could not even raise its head. I milked out the cow for 4 days and tube fed the calf 3 times a day. We would try at each feeding to get it up and it could stand for several seconds, then start...

A month apart? Amazing! and pretty.

Where is all the babies?

There is a better drug for that... Is it Exceed? Something like that... ask your vet. He might recommend a shot of Lute to make her cycle as that really helps to flush out the mess as well. But in all honesty it sounds like she has gone septic and that she may be too far gone to bring back...

I had 2 'teen' pregnancies 5 years ago. One was a tough pull and one was unassisted. I did grain the two of them until they went out to pasture and they raised their calves and are still in the herd. Never missed a beat.

Sure , if they are Brahma influenced heifers.. if they are not then you could be in for some very large babies.

50 years ago, Gerts were thick and deep with a lot of heavy bone. They seem to be a completely different breed from what they once were. Now they are fine boned and tend to be poor muscling on a general over all basis. They do milk very well, and add a lot of hybrid vigor in a crossbreed so that...

These are some Gert X sim/Herf cross calves... In Alberta

"bag of ice up in the vaginal cavity " ??!!?? Oh come on!!!

I had a calf freeze his outer claw. I knew this becasue I saw him sore for a while then one day his outer claw fell off. We did not treat him or bandage it in any way. Actually when the claw fell off he was not as sore because the painful part of the hoof was now off the ground. When we...

As long as he is not built like a fridge.

I did it one time on my cow that had hydrops. She was down and not ever going to get up again. She had no udder but I had nothing to lose by trying. The calf was a bit premature... teeth non erupted, and was badly knuckled over, his coat was a little short but I grafted him onto a heifer that...

They don't say "moo" they say "BRAHH"

Start them out with a few gallons each and drop some loose hay on top of it to get them started eating it. Once they love the flavour of it which may take a few days, then omit the hay. Feed enough silage so that they have it cleaned up by about 4 or 5 in the afternoon. It may take a few days to...

I like Bart. He is nicely muscled, his ham goes all the way down, he's polled, and has a nice small head, and a nice low head set. His faults, (narrow between front legs, straight hocks and a bit sheathy) are minor. I would try him.