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The Batman movie coming out today..... They expect violence because of the Colorado shooting during the last one. They EXPECT it. Yet, the movie studio only 'scaled back' their events at the opening. They could have opened at less theaters or had less show times. They could have done a...

I pick up cheap pumpkins for snacks. Keeps them happy.

We are preparing our farm, again. We've been through this before. Our old boss cow has been through several hurricanes and tropical storms. For Hurricane Irma, the herd all went to high, open, ground in the center of the pasture and laid down in a storm circle with their backs out and the...

When I lived out west, I had a few crazy horse friends that paid for some lady to tell them what their horse was thinking. The results seemed to just confirm what the owners already knew , plus a lot of "your horsey loves you very much" stuff that the owners just ate right up. I'd be more...

Anyone who uses sedation for dehorning or castration, have you ever seen a bad reaction to the drugs? Our vet was out anyway, so he did the dehorning. We had to do chest compressions today on the calf after a bad reaction. She was gasping occasionally, but it took a reversal to get her to...

Dang! We have the perfect cow for this. You can hug her all day long. I'm not in NYC, but if they want to pull off the highway on the way to Miami, I'll only charge them $50. They can even have Manure Cleaning Therapy for $10. Package deal. :lol...

Our son's cow, Fiona, has had udder problems with the last two calves. She developed severe mastitis and a fever on Monday. We did what we could and our local vet gave us some antibiotics, but she spiked a fever again, so I loaded her and her two month old calf in the trailer and took them to...

It just takes one big corporate scumbag not training and supervising workers to make us all look like scumbags. If you haven't seen it, you should check out the Fair Oaks Farm undercover video. I don't care what the source is, that is powerful ammunition that could destroy good people...

Fiona is our son's pet cow. She has given us some great beef over the years (she has a bad udder). However, when we wean her steer calf for 30 days+, she dries up for awhile, then starts producing milk again! We have played the separate-her-from-her-calf game several times now, with the same...

Would you breed them or eat them? Not free martins since they are both heifers, but do they have an increased chance of having twins themselves? If they did, in the short term, it could mean more calves, but smaller.

Yep. That's right. I was asked to be in a parade with one of our cows. I have a lovely candidate. She was at our local fair for ten days and nothing much fazed her. She can be haltered in the field and led around our farm easily. She is friendly and gentle. She just had her first calf and...

I bought the sweet 12% All Purpose feed for our cows (it is comparable to what we were feeding but our regular store was out of our regular brand before the holidays). I introduced it slowly. No mold, no foul smell, no discoloration. It's been stored properly, as far as I can tell. All the...

I have a small herd of Dexter cattle and need a bit of advice on a new cow. Red Dexters are pretty rare so I jumped at the chance to buy one for a very reasonable price, even though she is range wild and skinny. She arrived Wednesday and seems to be settling in reasonably well. She is in a...

It's finally up in the 80s down here in Florida and I guess our five month old Dexter heifer, Daisy, got too hot. :lol: "Aaaaaah!!!" "That felt great!" "What?" "By the way, got any treats?"

So, we planned to separate our bull from the momma cows until the calves were weaned. Well, he outsmarted us and many attempts to contain the bull failed, so, after watching him closely, we left him in with the cows. He has been a gentleman with the cows and very gentle with his calves. The...

Hi there! Forgive me for my long absence. I have been busy chasing our 15 month old son around. He just got his first pair of boots and there's no stopping him now! On to the calves.... Here's Bonny, a dun Dexter calf. I have to brag on this one. I was advised to cull Bonny's mama...

Hi there, Haven't been around in awhile. Been busy with our 15 month old son (napping right now) and we're at the tail end of our calving season. I raise those little "ankle-biter" cows. You know, Dexters. :lol2: Has anyone used Orphan-No-More when introducing a calf to a foster cow? My...

I've heard of this but never seen it done. Worked for college calving their cows and I can see how the thought would come up. However, while working for a vet, I saw the aftermath. Uterus torn to heck, dying cow, dead calf.... :( Does anyone really do this still? If so, why? There must be...

Was it what your family raised? Or, because of the region you live in? Maybe what was going for a good price? What made you pick that one breed and have you switched breeds? I picked Dexters after practicing on some commercial cattle for awhile. I liked Dexters ever since working with them...

My little Dexters have horns. I figure we're close enough to town to make people think twice about going in their field that way. Two black cows, one dun cow, two black heifers. Well, this guy was pulled over with a flat by one of the pastures and I was working in the woods where I wasn't...