Lori, It will never get easier than right now to do what you need to do with your calves. If you are planning to register your calf now would be a good time...
I have never seen, or done any work on cattle before. Should I see if the guy that I baught from would come over and show me, or maybe ask him if I could come...
... cow and bull with some of the same ancestors. ... Hi Kim- It's Recordridge BB BB (we call her Missy). We leave the calf with the cow all the time for a...
Thank you for this post. This is one of the most interesting posts I've read yet. I am learning so much in this group I could never have found anywhere else. ...
Lori, your BEST source of information on what your calves need would be your veterinarian. He/she will know what to give them and when to give it. If the...
... Lori, If he's agreeable, that would be a good thing to do. Helping him with his stock will teach you things you wouldn't even know to ask about otherwise....
well we turned our fields to hay and our frist mowing started 2 days ago,,,and he likes one small 10 acre filed getting all the mowing done,,,,,so if any one ...
i just posted about our hay comeing off,,,then on a whim i went to craigslist and was in charlotte n.c section under farm stuff,,,,,fella up the road from me ...
I milk in the afternoon now, after work, with our soon-to-be-steer calf locked up for 5 hours since that fits our schedule. I noticed production is dropping a...
I just milked my cow this morning. It was a first for both me and the cow, all in all i think it went good, I got about a cup of milk from her, I dont think...
Hi Lori - When milking, we feed our cow grass clippings from mowing the lawn, my husband will hand cut grass from a corner of the hay field, corn stalks and...
Please allow me to tell you a bit about how we fed our cows many years ago. Our farm was pretty much self sustaining. We grew hay which was a mixture of...
CJ Thank you for your post, other that the grains, what you described to me is my dream. Unfortunatley for me, I have three kids (all too young for school) and...
We are moving out of CA and going to OK, and we are selling our cow. Her date of birth is - 9/22/2005 -so she's almost 3 years old PDCA # is 203025 ADCA # is...
At the time I was describing we had mostly Holsteins with a couple of Jersey or Guernsey cows. These old girls were fermentation tanks on legs but they ...
Stella gets lots of garden goodies in season. She loves potatoes and green peppers. One time I tried to fool her with a green tomato, but she spit it out and...
Hey Lori, I have been watching your posts and benefiting from the advice you're getting. Hang in there with the hand pain. My hurt a bit and then began to...
well i lied,,,,we got started baleing round bales today ,,,,,,so far over 160 bales and aint even started ,,,so my estamation of 200 bales is way off,,,the...
Sore hands from milking? Can't imagine what you're talking about - ha ha ha ha ha! Yes, cut up the produce. My husband quarters apples, cuts up the squashes...
We had a Colombia wether who thought cucumbers were ambrosia. As it happened my wife volunteered at a rehab center and one of the elderly ladies there shared...
Hi All, I hope this spring is treating everyone well. I have a few animals available for sale: 1.Proven cow - dbl registered, black, horned, long legged, bred...
Would all of you with sore hands out there elaborate a little on how you're handling your milking chores? Are you using stanchions to keep your cows still...
I have only been milking for 5 days (I am a first timer and so is she) But this is what I am doing. I but the calf and cow in the barn at night, and keep them...
Hi Mark - I have to admit I have sore hands all the time. I suffer terribly from tendonitis, and everything I do tends to cause a flare- up. I have found...
How do I tie the calf up? Are there any web sites out there that would have pictures on how to tie one up? I dont want him to strangle himself. But I have herd...
What does everyone do for minerals for their Dexters? One of my beautiful black Dexters has some reddish patches on her coat and now a couple spots of ...
My brother in law gave me a rope steer halter that he made in 4-H Will it fit my week old calf? How do I put it on? Do I put the part that moves (gets smaller)...
Hi Lori - I doubt the halter your brother-in-law gave you will work. Dexter calves are pretty small - but you never know. The moveable loop goes over the...
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