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  1. mjdtexan

    Stray calf in my yard

    This calf keeps showing up in my back yard. It wont let me get close to it. They people who I think own it havent been around since hurricane Ike. Would it be wrong to trap it and feed it until someone shows up?
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    Ike

    Well, we still dont have power.. Our generator is costing us about $80 a day to run. Running two houses with it. We lost 9 trees.. One of them hit the main house. It racked the roof a little and did some damage but some of the lower branches actually slowed its fall and kept the damage to a...
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    Hunkering down for Ike

    Getting ready for the storm. Moving the boats into the warehouse, boarding up windows. I pulled out the 10,000 watt hobart generator/welder. Bought 50 gallons of gas yesterday. Good thing to, cant find gas in my area right now. One of the boats has 80 gallons in it though. That hobart can really...
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    Cut Grass Question

    Around here I cut my lawn (the two acres that are not pasture) and my parents lawn next door (one acre) once a week. Can those fresh lawn clippings be fed to cows and if so is it the same nutrishion (sp?) as a cow forageing? I know its probably a silly question.
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    ? about some of the teminology

    I was reading the tread running cows on alfalfa and I didnt understand some of the terms used in the thread and I didnt want to hijack the thread. Would someone explain them please. 1. swath graze 2. strip graze 3. tromp graze 4. break wire. (actually I think I get this one but I want to be...
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    Needing lots of advice please

    I live in the Houston Texas area. I have 5 acres and can use the back three to raise the cows. I have no idea how many cows that would support. I am not interested in selling beef. I want to eat it. I have no idea which breed of cow to get. I have no idea what a 3 day old cost or even where to...
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