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Could be nothing more than your screen resolution setting. Ann B

I was watching the Superior Livestock Auction this morning and the prices on 400 lb steers is off over $20/cwt in the past 3 weeks. 3 weeks ago, 400 lb steers were bringing right at $150/cwt -- today they brought $128/cwt. Ann B

Highest temperature that we've seen since we moved was 97'. This past week has been 92'-93' with high humidity, overnight lows are in the upper 70's. Even my rabbits are enjoying the weather, and they're one of the most sensitive animals to heat and humidity. Ann B

Here are just a few of my reasons for coming to Florida -- no more stock tank heaters no more thawing hoses in the bathtub no more sledgehammers stored beside the water tanks to bust the ice that forms when the temps dip to -30' below and the heaters can't keep up no more lugging bales of...

We're about 10 miles North of Okeechobee. Ann B

Well I'm back after a long absence. I see lots of familiar names and several new ones. The move to Florida is not only accomplished, but we're pretty well settled in now. Our youngest son and his family moved down here too, they live 4 miles away. We sold most of our livestock before we...

Sometimes a high producer will do that. It happens all the time to diaryX cows that are left to raise a single calf. I just bought a 2 year old part Guernsey heifer that's dry on 1 front quarter and the other front quarter produces very little. I know for a fact that she freshened in all 4...

Did you know that it's a proven fact that the reason so many women in their 40's and 50's have trouble with incontinence is because they scarred their bladders by "holding it" for too long when young!! Ann B

My grandson could set them straight about barns -- even at 3 he knows that "barn" means hose for handwashing. He loves the fact that it's OKAY to P in the barn -- diary barn, no problem if a little boy P's in the gutter, his few drops don't have much effect on the gallons the cows put there...

Sounds like you have a cat! One thing I gotta say, since we took in all those poor little drop-offs, we no longer have a mice or rat problem. Ann B

Most of the opthamolic (sp?) antibiotic creams intended for humans should work. We've had so many cats and kittens dumped out here over the years, it's ridiculous, so I know exactly where you're coming from with not wanting a vet bill. Luckily, when it comes to vaccinations and...

Our local auction is frequented by Asians, who will often give that much and more for a rooster to put in the pot. They'd rather buy a live bird and butcher it themselves than buy from the grocery store. And the prices at the Asian markets are astronomical. I make a good little bit selling...

Steak and Seafood together, that's the one! Ann B

Who's talking about storm shelters for cattle? We're talking about sheltering people. I keep seeing these responses about sheltering cattle and I've yet to find the post asking about shelters for cattle. MY concern about the cattle was if you evacuated and then the authorities don't let you...

Then it's not built right -- a storm shelter door should NEVER be on top of the shelter and should NEVER open outward, they should always open INWARD from the SIDE of the shelter. If doors open inward, you'll never have a problem that a chainsaw won't fix -- and your chainsaw should be in the...

I just do not understand why people in areas that are hit by bad storms don't have storm shelters. Maybe living most of my life in "Tornado Alley" has colored my thinking (I'm 8 miles from the town that was blown away by a tornado last spring), but I have never in my adult life lived anywhere...

It helps when the subjects are so photogenic!!! Ann B

Here is a picture of my Registered Miniature Jersey bull, Pvt. Pyle. He's 13 months old, stands 38" at the hip, weighs 380 lbs, and is extremely gentle and trainable (as you can see!). He is the ONLY Registered bull in the breed that is not related to the rest of the bulls -- he traces to a...

Glad to hear you came through it okay, DR. I'm flying down next Monday to see what kind of damage we really had. Our place is 10 miles north of Okeechobee, a mile or so east of 441, about 40 miles from the eastern coast. We talked to the young man who's staying in the house. He says we...

Even the meat of furbearers that are raised primarily for their fur gets used. Most of it goes into pet food. Ann B