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I swear by Premium Edge Dog Food. I can buy a bag of that food (I feed the chicken type- it's first ingredient is chicken then chicken meal. and also high in the ingredients is ocean fish meal so that's at least 2 solid meats in the top of the list and 3 if you want to count the chicken that...

Thanks everyone for your input! I have seen the horse stablelyx at our farm store. I will have to check that out. I hate the fact that he will have to be weaned by himself. None of the heifers are going to be shown so they are in a different lot. He will be by himself and I know they don't do...

Thanks! Yes he is very green. I wish he had sme more bone to him but oh well. Anyone else?

Here is a POSSIBLE steer for next year. Our county fair is in late June. So this is the ONLY homebred steer we have this year (heifers..what can I say???) that would fall into that time frame and possibly work out well. He was born during the blizzard that hit Indiana. Feb. 14 valentines day...

For calves that are going to be shown. What percentage of protein in concentrates do you feed your: nursing calves (in creep feed), weaned calves (that are weaned at 6 months), and finishing calves (how soon do you start them on this feed?)

It is now -8 with a -24 windchill (i'ts 11 am). Last night we hit -13 I think. With winds of about 20 mph, it's been almost white-out conditions here. Chicken water in our barn (very tight barn) was frozen solid and it has a heat lamp not more that 4 inches above it. It's coolllld for this...

It depends on what kind of goats she has. If she has wethers (castrated male goats) than I wouldn't feed ANY grain unless they are still young and need to grow. And if you do feed them grain, make sure it has amonium chloride in it. Goats are very suspectable to UC (unrinary calculi) which is...

Thanks guys! I will look into those spelling and grammer issues and get them fixed as soon as possible. I promise it wasn't my intention to advertise here, I just wanted some imput on what else I could do to make my sight look better. :) By the way - I am a she :D Not that it really...

Hi, I just got done with the main things on our website. Sometime this week I will get pictures up of the cows and bulls. Also the heifers and cows that we have for sale, and their bloodlines. Let me know what you think. I am open for suggestions! http://www.freewebs.com/hughesclubcalves

Thanks for the info! I agree that there is nothing wrong with a cross dairy cow. It can actually help higher the butterfat or increase milk production. Ans I can definately see a angus holstein bull calf going for more money than a pure holstein.

Yeah, that is what I was thinking too. I would rather have a somewhat smaller breed and holsteins are huge. I like the look of Jerseys and I have heard guernsys are very docile. Guess I have to look around. I don't really know where to start. My family used to run a dairy operation milking...

Yeah I know about the draft free places and plenty of sunshine and a clean stall. That would all be easy. Definately switching from cow milk straght to goats would be a horrible thing to do. LOL Definately a transtiton period would be needed. The reason I asked about the angus cross was beacuse...

Thanks for the info. Calf scours are something I "THINK" I can handle. Good greif we had so many problems with coccidia with our goats . (No matter how clean the pens or what prevenative measures we took. It was in the ground.) I am a HUGE fan of vitmin and electrolyte powder, probias, and...

Sorry it's taken me so long to get back. What normally do dairy heifers run? And what time of the year is best to get one? I am thinking that it would be best if I could get a heifer around May or June cause that is when the most goat milk is available, (that is what I would be feeding.)...

Jersyey or any dairy breed heifer calves at a sale barn? I have been looking around for a dairy heifer calf.

Same here kinda. I was there, but I went down to show dairy goats. I did get to watch some of the cattle on the internet though. I did get to watch the National Jersey show. That was great!

Isn't it amazing what a little TLC and a shave job can do. I would agree with aplusmnt about her being a little deeper in the flank, but that will come with time. She looks like a REALLY nice sleeper. Just give her a few months and should looks like she will wow.

Just curious if anyone on here was at the North American this year?