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Thank you! Going to give it a shot this year. We had our last (what it looks like for the weather forecast) rainy day yesterday so I’m going to add it to their minerals before fly season gets here.

Is this safe for bred cows? Says safe for lactating and non lactating cows but nothing about bred. Anyone used with bred cattle?

I think in my situation, I will deworm using safeguard oral this spring, and then ivermectin injectable in the fall. My only reason for this is I have a lot of young calves, yearlings, weanlings, that will go on to be finished out and butchered. I want them to grow as best as possible since they...

Wow that is really interesting! I feel as if the cows look good and maintain their weight and overall good health, deworming is not going to do you much good.

Met with my vet this morning for a herd health check and these are his recommendations for my area: Pour on dewormers are great for external parasites. Injectible and oral are a better route for internal parasites. He recommends Safeguard oral or Valbazen oral dewormer in the spring, and...

Interesting! That info was very helpful thank you. I’m going to talk to my vet tomorrow but I like the approach of deworming in the fall.

I’m also trying to put together a list of questions since our local 2 vets that come to see cattle are very difficult to get ahold of 😅

Will let you know what my vet says tomorrow

Wow that’s really neat you learned how to do it yourself! And I never thought about actually going in to grab the manure. Makes sense though!

How do you do the FECs? I mean I can go around and pick up samples from patties but not sure how I would do fecal since the whole herd is out on pasture. Is it kind of the idea that if you test a few they are all probably, ok? I am going to ask my vet this question too.

Vet is coming tomorrow so I’m going to ask him also. But you all here are so knowledgable so I wanted to ask! I usually deworm once a year, in the spring. I have done ivermectin pour on, then last year I did safeguard oral, and this year I was thinking of using Eprinex pour on (because I found 2...

I am getting some multimin from my vet to start giving to all the calves when they are born. The bottle says discard 9 months after opening. Is it safe to continue using the bottle as long as it’s within the expiration date?

Thanks for sharing that! I only calve out at most 5 calves per year but I do need to know how to tune in case of an emergency situation. UC Davis is about an hour and half away from me and I can always haul cattle down there but for a very pretty penny…. So I try to avoid at all costs 😅

Yes he’s just overly lazy and/or dumb! I found him nursing this morning and he’s just really lazy about it! Never had a calf like that. But he’s thriving! Just a very chill calf. I’m going to band him today and I doubt I’ll need any help holding him down because he’s a chill dude!

And this morning we got the normal calf poops! Isn’t it funny how people like us are happy when we see a calf nursing and having good poops? 🤣

Thank you! I was so so happy and relieved to see him up and trying to find a teat! With a little guidance he was right on there.

Yes great point! I do want to learn how to tube because it’s a valuable thing to know how to do - I agree!

That is a great point. I know we live in a selenium deficient area too. Thanks!

Best sight ever! Phew thank you Lord.

You all have been spot on!! I talked with my vet and we had set up for me to bring him to them this evening. Well went out to the barn to milk out mama and take him to be tubed. Guess who was trying to nurse?? And yes he’s a bull calf. It’s like he’s lazy. He was searching around all over mama...