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Bernard, The vet told me all my steers would surely die as they had all eaten the same thing.I reckon saving the other 18 by drenching with carb soda is good reason to smile.I have not heard of adding yeast to their feed before, does it improve digestion? There is not much grazing available to...

Read a heap of books and start with 2 calves. :D :D :D :D

We have reared calves for a few years now on a small scale (20@ year).We always feed electrolytes the first day they come home at 4 days old, they are under stress and need to settle,we then put them back on electrolytes if they scour later on.Very important to keep in a ventilated but not...

I dont know what an extension agent is. Where i live is in the shire of Golden Plains,gives you some idea of the terrain.The winters are not to cold,I have been here for 4 years and the coldest it has got is about 2C overnight.Bloody hot in summer though 44-45C.My biggest concern with feeding...

I am on small acres like you and rearing calves seems to make me a few bob.My 17 acres is split into 8 paddocks and this makes the grass go further All paddocks have access to the one shed and bank of water troughs.(near the house).If i knew better at the time i would have fenced in a wagon...

Jeanne ,The malt i am feeding is produced from barley for the brewery industry. They take barley and soak it overnight (steeping),it is then transfered to a rotating drum or box where it is sprayed with growth enhancer (Gibb liquid) and kept at 100% humidity for 4 days.By this time it has...

I have been feeding our calves on a blend of malt combings,reject malt,malt dust(extracted from the air in the top of the silos),carb soda !% of total weight and ground limestone 1%.I soak this overnight so the grain does not go straight thru them.Malt is very dry and when i rolled it and fed...

I have been buying in 4 day old calves for a few years now and rearing them under the guidance of 3rd generation dairy farmers. On the day we bring them home we feed them nothing as they will scour from the stress of transport if we feed them on arrival.The following day we feed them an...

can anybody help, we were talking about the olden days watching the beverly hillbillys and we could not remember the name of the banker. Here in australia we catch yabbies in our dams i can recall jed clampet talking about crawdads are these fresh water lobster? How do you keep them alive in a...

I live in a low rainfall area of western victoria aust. My problem is keeping the water up to my 20 Angus steers, i have 2 dams each holding around 40 thousand gallons. At the moment they are both half full is there any advantage as far as surface evaporation goes by pumping one into the other...

I read an article a while ago where a bloke put a donkey in with his bulls and it dominated the bulls and stopped them fighting,dont know how much truth in it.my standard bred horse had no trouble ruling the roost in a yard full of 900kg steers they wernt game to look sideways at him and he was...

We are currently rearing 20 bobby calves which we will grow out to around 2yo.As we are on small acres i will be feeding them supplements.From past experience i know that i need a feed pad,i can build anything i can get plans for.Can someone direct me to where i might find plans for a pad and a...

This all depends on how hard you work them,I only use mine as a post driver a couple of times a week and ride it to the pub on saturday nites.I would say that if dont ride it and only use it for the occassional post then a bale of hay a week should do it.

In australia we dont even use post holes,we have trained kangaroos which perch atop the posts and thump them into the ground.I dont think these are available in the US,there could be a market opening that needs to be filled. :D

I am bucket feeding 10 calves ranging in age from 6 days to 4 weeks and i wish to know how best to feed them on milk replacer without having to seperate them into 4 groups each time.Is there some way i can safely feed them adlib or is this asking too much.

Can anyone give me some info on the nutient value of soy pulp.I have access to a steady supply of pulp,this is the residue when extracting soy milk to produce tofu.Also would soy milk be of some value to my beef cattle?

OK. I'm about to buy 3 or 4 bobby calves (no mother) in about 2 weeks and wean them off the milk. I have a shelter figured out, but have TWO VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: 1: You may have already seen it, but is it OK to have my calves in the same paddock as chooks, or are there transmittable...

Hey there. My dad says that if I were to wean calves on my 1 acre of paddock, they should not be in contact with my 35 chooks as there is a disease which chooks can carry that can have an ill effect on a calves health. Is this true? If so, what disease? If the chooks were out roaming the...

In relation to my recent post, I am wondering if anyone would be able to help me out with finding facts associated with feeding fish to cattle, as there were different opinions in relation to my post. Are there any internet sites/books I should read? Thankyou, Steve. ;-)

I have access to a free on going supply of seafood salad flakes. These comprise 70% ground up fish,20% tapioca starch,4% wheat starch,4% maize starch,2 % sugar,salt,flavour and colour.On the box it says 9% protein, i have been feeding out soy pulp just lately and they are thriving on this...