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Well recently an incident happend that could affect me/my cattle. For the last 20 years or so one of our neighbors has run cattle on the "Open Range" in my area(all privately owned by "white men" within the bounds of the Colville Tribal Reservation. Long ago he got a copy of the range laws...

Recently we have had some confusion regarding the rules of open range in my area. It usedto be(and has always been) if you live in an open range area you can turn your cows out, just keep an eye on them and do the neighborly thing and go get them if they get in with someonelses cows. But now...

The Scottish Highland Registry also has a limit on the # of characters and spaces in a name. Its also 21. My cows all have names..... The Cows.... Patience Cheyenne Athena Lila Khirsah Jessan Eowyn Coresan Goldie The Bulls... Lachlan of Hemloch Darkwind last years Calves..... Jaimie- Named...

SO I am to assume that 38 and 39 are good measurements for 2-3 year old bulls? Whats the biggest yall have dealt with? Shelby

What kind of measuments are you looking for? What size(for what ever breed you raise) do you look for at 1 year and 2 years? Just looking for a ballpark number. Thanks Shelby

my calves seem to come in cycles. I have consistently gotten a good mix. Can you see a pattern 2005: 1 bull 3 Heifers 1 left to calve Others: 4 doelings and 1 Buckling 2004: 3 Bulls 1 Heifer 2003 2 heifers 1 Bull 2002 1 Bull 2001 1 Heifer This year is a heifer year... which is good cause...

Thanks Everyone! I will post some more pictures when I remember to take the camera to the barn again.... this time she will be all dried off and clean. She has a name now... Anna. Her momma's name is Cora Shelby

Cause Highlands are expensive and hard to find right now.... and the Jersey is for the purpose of milking to feed my pigs. Shelby

Thanks... The cow is purebred jersey... the calf is half highland half jersey. I am getting about a gallon and a half of milk out of the cow after the calf has had her fill. Shelby

My jersey finally calved... A 30 pound Heifer on Feb 28th. One day before her due date. Mom and baby are doing just fine. Shelby http://www.promiselandranch.net/

How much grain should you feed a First Calf Jersey Heifer before and after she calves? I plan to milk her twice a day for all shes got. She weights almost 1000 pounds. Thanks Shelby http://www.promiselandranch.net/

Well you wouldnt. sometimes cows with mummified fetuses go for years undected. they are just considered barren or non breeders. or people know about it but they cant have it removed. for some reason my cow decided it was time to expell that foriegn body. and that she did. mummifying is more...

Sidney, From my research in my books this is what i understand happened..... She was carring twins and for some reason(such is the fickle nature of twins, wether it be lack of hormones, fatal birth defect, injury, or some other unknown factor) the fetuses died. When this happens and the...

As far as the calving thing... If it is something that Can be fixed like a leg or head turned back...with assistance these can often result in a live calf , compared to something like a too large calf.. which cannot be helped at birth but can be limited by using low birthweight bulls and easy...

Found this while researching mummified fetuses... One thing I found interesting was the # of services compared to pregnacies 743 services and 323 pregnacies...less than half. study done on the isle of Jersey with the native cattle. the rest of the study can be read here...

Gale its good to here im not the only one to work cows the way I do. I have shipped animals before and regeted it ever since.... I purchased a jersey heifer two years ago bred her and sold her cause I did think i would ever need her...last year I had to buy another Jersey heifer for more than...

Clarification on a couple things..... The only grass she is eating is mine and it needs eating otherwise we are gonna have one helluva fire season... I dont want to ship her cause I have spent her whole life conforming her to my way of working cows. many of you work your cows with chutes and...

This is not an Abortion.... It is a mummification... The calf has been dead in the womb for months with the mother slowly reabsorbing the fluid from the calves reducing them to the state in the pictures. If the cervix does not open when the calves die bacteria cannot enter the womb and cause...

Well had the vet out...Twins that werent meant to be. Pictures below of what a mumified fetus looks like. they are each the size of a small cat. According to the vet everything is normal in the cow...she sloughed the whole works....placenta and all. The calves are normal and it appears they...

Oops forgot to tell you how big it is... About 4-6 inches in diameter and 3 ft long(if streched out). Going to have the vet out to look and see if she can figure out what it was/is and how it got that way... Shelby