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Sickly (and dying!) yearlings
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<blockquote data-quote="JGH" data-source="post: 1197510" data-attributes="member: 23232"><p>Hello, cattle-raising friends. I wanted to check in with an update for you all. This honest feedback is embarrassing--esp. since we are not new to this business. But our main experience has been in North Alabama--a very, very different environment for raising calves than East Texas! We have since lost one more, and two more were down--could not get up. (Those 2 are at vets in "recovery.") Here's why we lost them: 1. Weak (yes--totally our fault!), and 2. DOGS--They had been attacked by dogs, and we don't yet know which dogs--but not coyotes or big dogs. Likely, had they been healthier, they would have been ok--either could have escaped or would not have been targeted in the first place. They were in the small pasture just behind the house, too. Now, they are shut up in small corral under a shed every night. Next step: game cameras and a detective "stake out," I hope. Big thanks, esp. to Jabo and Lucky_P re<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />rotein content of the feed. We truly thought we were ok on that. Trip to vet also gave us that info. I am so sorry our yearlings have suffered due to our ignorance <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />. So now, if you have read this much-too-long post, can you offer brands of higher protein feed? We are on the search for that! Thanks again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JGH, post: 1197510, member: 23232"] Hello, cattle-raising friends. I wanted to check in with an update for you all. This honest feedback is embarrassing--esp. since we are not new to this business. But our main experience has been in North Alabama--a very, very different environment for raising calves than East Texas! We have since lost one more, and two more were down--could not get up. (Those 2 are at vets in "recovery.") Here's why we lost them: 1. Weak (yes--totally our fault!), and 2. DOGS--They had been attacked by dogs, and we don't yet know which dogs--but not coyotes or big dogs. Likely, had they been healthier, they would have been ok--either could have escaped or would not have been targeted in the first place. They were in the small pasture just behind the house, too. Now, they are shut up in small corral under a shed every night. Next step: game cameras and a detective "stake out," I hope. Big thanks, esp. to Jabo and Lucky_P re:protein content of the feed. We truly thought we were ok on that. Trip to vet also gave us that info. I am so sorry our yearlings have suffered due to our ignorance :(. So now, if you have read this much-too-long post, can you offer brands of higher protein feed? We are on the search for that! Thanks again. [/QUOTE]
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