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Thanks, fit2btied, for the encouragement. Just don't want to seem stupid, there is so much to learn. Shelby, I must admit goiter did come to mind but I have a salt block in their feed trough and just assumed, I guess, that all of them used it. But that is a good suggestion. I need to watch...

Thanks dun, I don't remember of hearing about "warbles" before. But will sure ask my vet about them. Sorry I seem so dumb, but guess I am! Thanks

That's interesting, I didn't know there was such a thing, my folks and Mother's folks had cattle and so I just do what they did. I need to check that out. We've just retired and only have about 10 cows for Ag exemption on 20 acres so we are just past the "hobby rancher stage". I am very...

I can get close enough to see that there are no wounds or big ones anyway. There may be a small place that I can't see, When I feed this everning, I will see what I can see. Thanks

The swellilng is on both sides. I need to check into that as they haven't been wormed other than the cubes that have the dewormer in them, but they don't eat them well at all. I wonder if they would except the mineral block with dewormer in it better? Thanks for your input :D

I am copying this post from the beginners topic in hopes for more input. I would rather get some feedback first before paying a $200 vet bill to tell me it isn't anything to worry about...I hope!. We bought 4 heifers and a young bull in Nov. 03. They are about 2 now. I recently noticed in...

I thought of that too, hope that is all it is. She is not tame enough to get too close to. We don't have a small holding pen as of yet. Thanks for your response, that was quick!

We bought 4 heifers and a young bull in Nov. 03. They are about 2 now. I recently noticed in one of the heifers that she has big lumps under each side of her thoat between her jaw bone and thoat. Like mumps on a person would swell. I read of several diseases on line, but none fit her...