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  1. GrowURown

    Considering a calf...need a refresher...

    It's good to see you! I didn't realize you spoke cow as well as goat! I myself am SWORN off of goat for a while...the 12 year old now does all our research as the darn things kept me sick with worry...the cow is EASY compared to goats! Speaking of... We put her in gen pop yesterday...she's a...
  2. GrowURown

    Hoof care...who can tell me more...

    I know...relax you say :) ....it's just the goats started out by accident and before you know it we went form 3 goats...to 9 goats...got it down to 7...and then one had TRIPLETS! Then 3 more does had one baby each! So we were at 13 goats! All by taking in 3 on accident, and 6 more as a...
  3. GrowURown

    Hoof care...who can tell me more...

    OH NO! NO BABY COWS! we do that with the goats, babies, milk...oh no! THAT is more stressful than the ride to the butcher! Don't you talk me into it! OH NO! I don't want to know any more about birthing no babies than I already does! Keep telling me things like TASTY and...
  4. GrowURown

    alfalfa pellets and such....

    Yes that was the plan, just go through the bag and move on to regular old feed. Just a because kind of thing I guess, I mean we treat the goat kids for cocci preventatively, so I just didn't think twice at the cattle feed I guess...but yeah, finish the bag and move on to regular ...
  5. GrowURown

    alfalfa pellets and such....

    Yes, hay is her main chow really, I was only curious as to whether or not I should supplement with the alfalfa pellets. AND she gets her feed, which has oxytetracycline in it...don't even know if she is eating enough to matter, but that's what it has... Sorry, I was in a "happy cow"...
  6. GrowURown

    Considering a calf...need a refresher...

    I didn't question the exact shot...trying to avoid stressing too too much as I do over the goats, so I just told her where we stood with the calf and that I needed complete vaccines, other than that I am not going to stress, just keep it healthy and don't over think things....friendly, healthy...
  7. GrowURown

    Hoof care...who can tell me more...

    See, that's my other thing....LORD FORBID something happens to a foot or lower leg, and I NEED to be able to handle her safely to doctor it. Regular foot handling NOW at 200 lbs SHOULD make any further need of it much easier. I mean, a hurt animal can be horrendous to deal with, but if she is...
  8. GrowURown

    Hoof care...who can tell me more...

    Thank you :) yeah, we aren't going to show her or anything fancy so no need for pretty feet, but I was just mostly curious really, ya know? I mean, I know they don't live for years when destined for the freezer, but flip side some do when in a dairy setting, so I was wondering what protocol...
  9. GrowURown

    Considering a calf...need a refresher...

    That's what I meant, sorry, a cattle type halter...I still have all my stuff from when I was younger in a giant blue box...pig stuff, steer stuff and horse stuff...of course NONE of my old steer halters work because she is a LOWLINE and they were both MUCH bigger breeds... But I can do some...
  10. GrowURown

    alfalfa pellets and such....

    Okay, the lady at the feed store didn't know a TON...but enough to point me I feel in the right direction...but as I sit here, let me riddle you this.... AS A KID, in the 80's...we feed half coastal type hay and half alfalfa free choice along with pasture to our beef steers....then whatever...
  11. GrowURown

    Considering a calf...need a refresher...

    JUST CALLED THE VET :) They said come and pick up the vaccines, don't worry and didn't really know on the minerals...never had anyone ask before...all they give here for home freezer calves is black leg and cdt in case she should get cut she's already had her tetanus vaccine and blackleg...
  12. GrowURown

    Hoof care...who can tell me more...

    Thank you! I remember dad using the hoof knife to trim down the soles once in a while...like MAYBE once or twice in it's life before one would be processed...and the nippers to trim the tips...the same ones we used on our horses I think. Basically he kind of shaved off what he needed to it...
  13. GrowURown

    Considering a calf...need a refresher...

    Meet our new calf! It's daylight! I got a pic! She's eating hay, appears to have had a drink of water already, and has had a nibble of cow feed (Purina receiving chow) FROM MY HAND and let me pet her nose and scratch her head a little...and now she is BELLOWING right outside my window like...
  14. GrowURown

    Share basket type thing?

    OOH! I DO know something...let me share... here we have a farm down the road a piece that does garden type shares AND meat shares...it's what they call "CSA farming". Basically you pay a set amount and can expect back a certain amount of either one or both I guess if you choose....meat...
  15. GrowURown

    Hoof care...who can tell me more...

    Okay, let's be honest.... With the horses I am a wuss...still VERY much content to let our ferrier come do his job and pay for it instead of spending what FEELS like AGES bent over horse feet...best money I spend by far when the labor it saves me is concerned. With the goats...wife does most...
  16. GrowURown

    Considering a calf...need a refresher...

    Well...we committed tonight...found a nice HEALTHY FAST MOVING bright clear eyed and nosed raised on the mama now eating on her own lowline cow calf...what I felt was a good price, out of an apparently healthy small herd (to the eye, they looked healthy, good weight, no limps or lumps or crusty...
  17. GrowURown

    Considering a calf...need a refresher...

    Ahhhh....so as with a goat kid, colostrum is key, correct? and initially healthy of course....but the colostrum makes a difference, so say, should I find jersey bull calves 3-4 weeks old at the dairy still and not the auction (I WILL NOT do an auction...too much...no way) then they should...in...
  18. GrowURown

    Considering a calf...need a refresher...

    OH! I was gonna say...."BUT I DON'T THINK I WANT A SCOTTISH Cow! Who asked the Scottish anyways?" (I'm just playing here...get it...because there really ARE scottish cattle...made me laugh :) ) But yeah, that's kinda what I did, I asked what moves the most and best with least complaints at the...
  19. GrowURown

    Considering a calf...need a refresher...

    Elevan...I've been trying to avoid all things BYH if only so I am NOT constantly paranoid about those goats! (I just sneak occassional PM's in to my goat gurus for advice and leave it be...no lurking on the goat diseases, nothing....trying to stay away from the temptation of worry...
  20. GrowURown

    Considering a calf...need a refresher...

    Is a bottle baby cow worse than a bottle baby goat? Seriously, not playing here...how can ANYTHING be harder than a baby goat to bottle feed except maybe puppies and kittens? And I am being very serious...the goats have given us a hard time in the bottle department...we gave up and moved on to...
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