I believe your grandfather. The 18 month old bull was great compared to store bought beef. Absolutely no comparison to the flavor from the older bull. ...
I'm building my own locker, on the farm. One house is rented to a guy who works for an excavation company. Other house to a guy who builds block structures....
The flies are drawn to the bait. The smell comes out of the PVC & they go to it. They go own inside the jug, buzz around & can't find their way out. They...
Well Evelyn, I thought your fly traps would be JUST THE TRICK for me with all these flies and lots cheaper than any of the Rescue, BIG BAG or any of the ones...
Hi Vicky, The type of fly trap that will work depends on the type of flies that you have. Some kinds of flies, like house flies, are attracted to stinky bait,...
2 heifers 1 will be 4 months aug. black ,other comin 2 in aug. will be bred to our woodmagic hedgehog son magic, this month.2 bulls 1 will be 4 months in aug....
We have a 2 and 1/2 month old heifer that we plan to show in the Fall. I have read various methods of halter breaking and training. Please give me some...
... That is also my question! I just got a seven days old dun heifer, her sire FF Speckafire and her Dam was Lady Harriett Blue. the cow don't mind me playing...
I most always have my babies halter/lead broke and are learning to be staked out on a 25 ft. lead, within a week after birth if they are not broke to halter...
We have been blessed with an overabundance of 2008 heifer calves - 14 heifers out of 17 total. Most of them are sired by Earlona Max (ADCA #14431), who is a...
I have never had that much trouble training calves to lead. I use a Nylon collar and nice soft, big diameter lead rope. The latter is for my comfort. We go...
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY - KABOOM!!!! I am waiting for final confirmation on a large load going from TX to MT - once that is received that will make my tentative late...
We halter break our calves by using a rope halter, they are pretty cheap, you can get them from www.jefferslivestock.com or Nasco and many feed stores sell...
With your baby calf, I'd get her used to the halter being part of her play time with you. Its so easy to halter break a baby calf. Later on you can give her...
We (for the first time) had calves born on our favorite holiday! We had 2 heifers born this morning we had "Martina" a LL black heifer out of Reba and a ...
Congratulations Sally, I remember, I think last year when you had one or two the day before and day after, but none on the day. It was either this holiday or...
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What types of packages/prices are you considering? Tammy ... From: Pat To: DexterCattleADCA@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 10:18 PM Subject:...
... Fall. ... is ... I don't have any advice to offer, as we are currently halter breaking a 6 yr. old cow and her two month old calf. Our cow is doing well,...
We have several Dexters for sale including young heifers, bred heifers, bred cows, bred cows with calves at their sides and steers. If interested they can...
Pattie, I will check that site out, thanks. However, I caught all kinds of flies in the trap back home and I myself wasn't even bothered by them. Mostly the...
Why and how are flys harmful to cows? Our cow seems to be loosing weight, she has plenty of rotational grazing, we are graining her at milking, I am...
I also have several for sale as I am getting out of cattle due to two years of extreme drought in my area. I am open to reasonable offers for any of the cattle...
Ziggy,  This is Charles Townson - we visited your farm a couple of years ago. We now have our place going in Cowpens and I have 4 dexters with some more on...
The plan I would suggest, esp. with the older cow is 2 people. One behind gently driving her, and if need be using a small stick. The same can be done with the...
http://www.sustainablefarmer.com/ - This link takes you to my sister's new online multimedia publication Sustainable Farmer. Check out Dr. Ron Erskine's...
Thanx for the tips I'll give them a try too, fortunately for me she REALLY, REALLY like alfalfa cubes( we call them cookies) so Addy follows me pretty good, I...
I just got home, after 2 days of straight driving (MO to Los Angeles.) I'm not sure what's wrong w/ the traps for Vicky. But, I'm always looking for new info,...
We bought 7 cows a few months back, 5 out of the 7 are bred. We have tried to bond with them by hand feeding treats. None were thrilled with us It has taken 2...
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