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<blockquote data-quote="marksmu" data-source="post: 686051" data-attributes="member: 9219"><p>I would say it was an awesome day - I had a great time and I learned more than I even thought I would. It was hot 99 degrees, 90% relative humidity - but it was very fulfilling. I hate the office, and I cant wait to get out of it...unfortunately I need the money that it provides...until then cattle will be part time...Figured for the first time it was best to pay a vet and get a lesson on what to do and the dosages and what not...we took pretty good notes...and compared to dogs, cows are cheap - the vet hit them with 2 vacs, an 8 way, a 9 way, and a pour on wormer for about $17.5 per cow - that included 2 separate trip charges and all the work...He was there for 4 hours for $591 (my last visit for my 2 labs was $450 and that was just shots/heartworm/poop test)...now I can do the future shots myself. He said I still need a lesson on weaning, and doing the shot for weaning, but after that he says its all repetition.</p><p></p><p>I was happy with the outcome though and the condition of our cattle - many people in our area laughed at us b/c we went 250 miles West (san antonio) to get our cattle, even though I went out of my way to get cows who were of solid reputation...they all said that you can go West with them, but not East....Vet was among the ones who said we could probably do it, but it would take extra feed & work. We have had the 20 cow, 19 calves, and bull on grass with 1 50lb bag of 20% cubes per week, and when he got there he asked what we were feeding b/c ours looked better than any he had worked recently...told him he was standing on our feed, along with a single bag of cubes, and he was pretty surprised...the Bahia is holding up for us this year. It was the 3rd or 4th person who had commented on how good they look now....so I'm in pretty high spirits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="marksmu, post: 686051, member: 9219"] I would say it was an awesome day - I had a great time and I learned more than I even thought I would. It was hot 99 degrees, 90% relative humidity - but it was very fulfilling. I hate the office, and I cant wait to get out of it...unfortunately I need the money that it provides...until then cattle will be part time...Figured for the first time it was best to pay a vet and get a lesson on what to do and the dosages and what not...we took pretty good notes...and compared to dogs, cows are cheap - the vet hit them with 2 vacs, an 8 way, a 9 way, and a pour on wormer for about $17.5 per cow - that included 2 separate trip charges and all the work...He was there for 4 hours for $591 (my last visit for my 2 labs was $450 and that was just shots/heartworm/poop test)...now I can do the future shots myself. He said I still need a lesson on weaning, and doing the shot for weaning, but after that he says its all repetition. I was happy with the outcome though and the condition of our cattle - many people in our area laughed at us b/c we went 250 miles West (san antonio) to get our cattle, even though I went out of my way to get cows who were of solid reputation...they all said that you can go West with them, but not East....Vet was among the ones who said we could probably do it, but it would take extra feed & work. We have had the 20 cow, 19 calves, and bull on grass with 1 50lb bag of 20% cubes per week, and when he got there he asked what we were feeding b/c ours looked better than any he had worked recently...told him he was standing on our feed, along with a single bag of cubes, and he was pretty surprised...the Bahia is holding up for us this year. It was the 3rd or 4th person who had commented on how good they look now....so I'm in pretty high spirits. [/QUOTE]
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