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Does anyone have any experience using the Kawasaki 750 on their farm? I have tried one out and even though it looks flashy and goes fast , that is not what I need the bike for,I need it for tough farm work. I don't need to go fast. I found the seat really high (and flat) compared to other...

I had a beautiful crop of peas and oats made into baleage (wrapped bales of sileage) a few months ago. I have just started to feed it out to cattle - and they don't like it!!! :( It looks fine, but it tastes sharp and kinda sour. Is that normal or is there something wrong? I thought about...

While out checking my cattle today I noticed that one of the calves was breathing loudly. I watched him for a bit and he lay down and started ruminating and the breathing went quiet (normal) again but with occasional intermittent heavy breathing. In all other visual respects he seems normal. I...

I have seen my vet do this several times. But when I ask him to teach me he says it is not easy and refuses to show me how. But in discussion he has told me that the vein is a large one and hard to miss! But I have seen the said vet miss a few times... I know the vet doesn't want to miss...

Hi Last year I purchased a pedigree and registered polled Hereford bull specifically because I did not want to dehorn calves. Now some of the calves are just starting to show horn buds :o !! Have you ever heard of this happening with a polled Hereford? :?: I have seen the bull's pedigree...

If a young calf has a dry nose - does that suggest that it is dehydrated? Or is a dry nose normal?

One of my newborn calves passed its first motion shortly after its first feed of colostrum from the mother. However, it was pelleted (yellow colour) in a clear mucous with streaks of blood (meconium?). Later I saw more of the same, but also some gaseous, frothy yellow stools came out. I...

does the ensiling process leave seeds non-viable? :?:

Hi again, One of my cows has a 6 day old calf, in good health at this stage; but I am worried because the cow keeps sucking on and licking the calf's umbilical cord, as a result it has not dried out. I am worried it will get infected. I have put iodine on it several times. Maybe she likes the...

One of my heifers had her first calf 2 days ago - a good sized bull calf. It was slow to get up and needed a lot of help from me. The mother really cares for it - but only wants to lick its head and won't let him go to her udder! It doesn't help that she has short stubby fat teats! I have...

When giving the annual vaccinations to breeding cows, is it best to do so around 4 weeks before calving or does it matter?

I had the vet out last week to pregnancy test my cows. They used the same glove for all the cows (20). Is that normal? :?: I would have thought that a new glove for each cow would have been best to prevent spread of disease or whatever?