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  1. Hoover

    How do you treat pink eye?

    Flush eye with la, then squirt some today mastitis treatment under the eyelid. Might actually be tomorrow, I’d have to look
  2. Hoover

    Found cow dead

    Is she by a pond?
  3. Hoover

    4 day old calf will not suck

    Good to hear, we have learned with iffy calves, always check the mouth, slightest bit of coolness and we act fast with draxxin
  4. Hoover

    4 day old calf will not suck

    But still, what does the temp in the mouth feel like?
  5. Hoover

    4 day old calf will not suck

    First things first, will it suck on you finger? What’s the temperature of the mouth? If cool or cold get some draxxin. Have you simply tried bucket feeding the milk? My jersey calved Saturday, yesterday the calf was drinking the milk out of a bucket just fine
  6. Hoover

    Oats for feed

    Oats have a higher fat content than corn, oats used to be a cheap but very good feed. I know several cattlemen that fatten steers on oats, they say it doesn’t take as long and with better marbling. Oats have tripled in price here, corn is our go to because of price
  7. Hoover

    Pennicillin availability?

    I too have a good relationship with our vet, problem in our area is she is the only large animal vet. The others have retired and no one seems to want the debt to take their place. Both the county I live in and the county my cows are in have 1 large animal vet. That’s a lot of ground to cover...
  8. Hoover

    VOC in the Paint of my Cow Shed

    What’s the brand of paint, most if not all will have the VOC rating on the can. I use a lot of Sherwin William paint in my business, they have pretty much done away with the high VOC paints, however some makers are still producing them.
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