Hello, My husband and I have a small ranch in western CO and are considering purchasing a Dexter bull for our first time heifers. The heifers are no...
Here ya go. http://www.redbrand.com/products/product2.asp?category=Fence&subcat=2&productID=13 Dirk Macaw Ranch Dawson Texas Dexter Cattle, Red Wattle Hogs,...
The NRCS is a department of the USDA. They have an excellent illustrated pamphlet about fence design. It includes all the popular types of fencing. For high...
Dirk, what do you mean by high tensile field fence? I was talking about the 180,000 PSI 12.5 gauge high tensile fence tha comes in like 4,000 foot spools....
No I meant high tensile fence, sorry. I do not want to use barbed wire. But I gues I could run 4 strands of high tensile, and insulate two of them for future...
We have used Electric Hi Tensile Fence since the late 1970's It last for almost ever. we use a low impedance fence charger. right now we have over five miles...
If you are using high tensile wire then you can electrify the individual wire. If you are using high tensile field fence, then you would probably not need to...
I use 4' field/box wire with a strand of barb at the top. 2 strands if the topography makes it iffy. I don't use hot wire anymore as I had bad luck with it...
Hi, When you say strands I assume you mean barb wire. I won't use that because of possible injury to animals and people and because I've seen cows walk ...
WOW your responses to my firt post were so good I printed them so I could read them away from a computer! Now, just a few more about fencing. Would high...
... I have 4S Midnight here, if you'd like to use him, but you will have to bring her here. It's about a 2 hr. trip. How is she doing? Kim in Guinda...
As kids my sister and I made apple cider. We always made more than we could drink and some would ferment to hard cider. If any of that was left it would...
Sorry seen way too much mold on fruit left out to try an unaided process. Yes yeast likes dark places, We make sponges and starters for bread all the time. ...
That's usually not necessary but it does help get it started to use a little natural unprocessed vinegar. It's a self starting process though in most cases and...
I agree, too young for her. Suzy ... From: Charles Townson To: dextercattleonly@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:50 PM Subject: Re:...
limited experience:  I have bought a calf from a 5 mos old momma, that was accidently bred. Mom and baby are great, never any problems.  Molly ... From:...
So cool, my ignorance is finally being alleviated, lol, YAY. Thanks, I LOVE learning these type of details. Anything else I need to know that I'm not smart...
Buy a small jar of apple cider vinegar with the mother. It is sold in health food stores. Mrs Bargs is great stuff. Yes it is expensive. Put a tablespoon in...
I suggest you abort that pregnancy. The heifer may survive but will never grow to her full potential. C. J. Welle Sybaritic Time Sandy, Utah _____ From:...
I have a small Dexter cow living at my son's ranch near Penngrove/ Petaluma. I would love to breed this sweet little cow to my bull, Julius, but he is in...
Charles is right you will be taking a big chance on your heifer. A friend of mine that has dexters had a bad situation with her young heifer and they had to...
If you bubble air through the juice it makes vinegar in a lot less time than normal. Use something like an air pump for an acquarium. First, yeasts in the...
I don't know where you are located, but you can get 5 gallons real cheap at AzureStandard.com I stumbled across an orchard type place that makes apple cider...
My opinion is that is way too young and I would not let the pregnancy carry on - it is very risky and could lead to major problems. A single injection by you...
I had a fence break a couple years ago and an accidental breeding of a young heifer. I got a dose of injectable Lutalase from my vet. I think it is given at...
Does anyone have any experience with a 5 month old heifer breeding accidentally. She is super healthy and good sized. Its delfinitely not what we wanted, but I...
If you have ever had trouble with a calf getting up to nurse or trouble trying to milk a cow to feed the colostrum to the calf or lost the cow before the calf...
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