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    Obviously pregnant, Over due and not bagging up!

    I have a 10 yr old cow who should have calved on the 10th of Jan. She is huge and pregnancy is obvious. (Also vet checked in Sept. ) She isn't bagging up though. She is very content. How far over can they go? Friend says: Call the vet, but I hate calling if there is probably nothing to worry...
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    1st Heat after calving

    How soon after calving can a cow possibly have a heat? I don't want to know the optimal cycle, I want to know the 1st possible day a cow could have a remote possibility of being bred.
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    Aint it the truth!

    Joe Smith started the day early having set his alarm clock (MADE IN JAPAN ) for6am. While his coffeepot (MADE IN CHINA ) was perking, he shaved with his electric razor (MADE IN HONG KONG). He put on a dress shirt (MADE IN SRI LANKA), designer jeans (MADE IN SINGAPORE) and tennis shoes (MADE IN...
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    weaning rings

    Has anyone used weaning rings to wean their calves? If so, what is the best ring, methods, time before removal and success rate?
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    spotting genetics question

    What could cause the spotted pattern to show up in a Dexter who has 2 solid coloured parents? Does the spotting pattern lay dormant and then appear generations later? The picture I saw was of a heifer that was shaped like a Dexter, was small, and had colouring of a red holstein...
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    Ivermectin IM

    If ivermectin gets in the muscle what if anything will happen? The bottle says subcutaneous injection only. I am asking cause I may have accidently shot the last 1/3 IM.
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    Hardware disease symptoms?

    Just wondering if anyone has had experience with hardware disease. I have a cow whom I suspect might have it. She just isn't thriving like she was. Her calf still looks great but the cow, who is a first calver, is looking shaggy and thin. Everyone else looks great! She is either wormy or...
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    PBS broadcast Holy Cow

    I found this to be a quite informative and entertaining PBS Documentary about raising cattle from primative times to modern times. http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes ... sode/1414/
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    A2 Milk.

    Does anyone know what lab does the testing for A2 protien in cows? http://link.brightcove.com/services/lin ... 1770660975
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    outsmarted by pigs

    This is a good one about researchers being outsmarted by pigs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMEHHAfJUyo
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    Wall ST. Journal Video about costs of keeping a cow.

    http://online.wsj.com/public/page/8_000 ... 1716487854 OMG but isn't her yearly costs WAY out of line with reality? 675/yr/cow for a Dexter vs 3500/yr/cow for whatever breed she had before. I find it hard to believe the Wall st. Journal would publisize such rubbish. Maybe I am missing something!
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    Eat your peas!

    Well Mr. I'm going to the neighbours, the steer, has gotten out for the last time and is in the barn now...so much for my grass finnished spring steer. Our freezer is full so he is going to eat peas? Anyone know about feeding peas and barley? I heard it makes the meat delectable!
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    Caution: Cattle loose on road.

    Without a word of a lie, that is what the signs posted around a farm a couple miles down the road says. I thought first time i saw it that it was strange. Last weekend though, I was driving by and there was a bull on some guy's lawn. I drove into the farm that was next door and told him his...
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    Is 'Grass Fed' a dirty word?

    I have tried searching for Grass Finnishing or Grass Fed and come up with nothing on this board. There has to be someone here with some knowledge. I am raising dexter cattle and although I finnished my first two steers on grain, I am planning on grass finnishing from here on in....(the two i...
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    Caption

    This is a few from my herd. Could use a caption!
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    Canning Beef

    Wanted to know if anyone had canning ideas..lol...as some of my produce will need to be canned due to lack of freezer space! Meat is what im looking for ideas about...and now game meat. thanks btw
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    blind cow

    I have a cow who has recently gone blind in right eye...I mean this is very recent...within the last 2 weeks...she has a big white spot. and isn't pussy or otherwise tramatized in the eye...she is only 11 yrs old and is in very good health...what the heck can cause this. I will try to get a...
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    Quality of the meat?

    I am wondering about the quality of the meat produced by the dif. breeds....seems to me when I go to the store they advertise Black Angus and charge a premium for it....once it is on my plate how can I tell it is black angus and not a hereford? I used to buy meat from an organic producer who...
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    off feed

    Im feeding 2 steers grain......pretty heavy....they get free choise hay...they are in separate stalls since one has horns and likes to 'boss' , now today the unhorned one went off his grain........completely...didn't smell it, lick it or otherwise look for anything like it! he is eating hay has...
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    Everybody was Kung-Fu fighting!

    Wow! I have a few (10) Dexter cows/calves/steers out on pasture and they look great! Shiny, fat and sassy! I recently traded a Q-horse mare for 2 steers. They are inside getting grain so I bought beef mineral from the co-op for them as well... As my usual routine, I went outside the barn...
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