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I currently have 7 highland cattle in my fold, up until recently they stayed in the fence. Now I have 3 yearlings that I won't stay in. I went as far as putting them into a paddock made with 5' fence gates and one jumped over to get out. Any tips?

We are in upstate NY just north west of albany. I don't think screw worms are really a problem here either, it was suggested to use the product to get rid of the maggots. It worked great, wound dressing as an additional use. We have 7 cattle at this point (including the calf) by fall we are...

this is our first year with cattle not even three months in yet. Calf is still maggot free. The wounds are scabbed over and the scabbs are starting to fall off. What's next? should I start using a cream to cover the wounds or stick to the screw worm spray? Amysflock, there are a ton of...

I only used the peroxide the second day! The wounds aren't deep, but they are starting to scab up. I'm not sure if I should dress them with something other than the screw worm spray (which says it can be used as a wound dressing) He doesn't seem to be off at all, but he is my first calf. He...

As of now we have 7 Highlands, by fall we will have 8 more, possibly 9. I am in the process of designing a new birthing-cow calf pen to use until the animals are 3-4 months old. The difficult part is I am trying to rotational graze so this pen will have to be fairly large. I am considering 5...

Day 2 evening treated calf by cleaning with water and brush, dried him, peroxide and then sprayed blu-kote on the wounds. Day 3 Morning: new maggots much smaller applied blue coat and diatomatious earth dusting... See More Evening: Couldn't find the calf Day 4 Morning: Found calf brought him...

Last night we washed the calf the best we could removing most of the maggots, until it was shivering very bad. We dried him and then applied blu-kote. I returned him to his mom he nursed as soon as he returned. This morning I applied another blu-kote again, he did have fresh maggots but no...

I had a couple of donkeys they chased my cattle till they jumped the fence. That was after several weeks of being together. The calf was also outside of the fence when it was attacked

We started raising Scottish Highland Cattle, we are trying to raise them natural and are rotationally grazing them. On July 4 our first calf was born very healthy. Monday night he must have gotten out of the fence and was attacked by something (coyote probably) his mother jumped the fence and...

We brought our 3-4th cows home this weekend. They jumped the fence a day later, so I got to take a tour of our woods while searching for them. I'd like to put a cow bell on them. Who sells a nice loud bell, where can you get a good collar?

We lost her before the vet could get there. The lawn was never treated. She was having a little diarrhea, but not much.

I have a yearling heifer Scottish Highland Calf, this morning she didn't eat and looked a little under the weather, so I put her in her own pen to keep a better eye on her. She is now severely bloated, had very bad diarrhea and a runny nose. There is also a steer with her that isn't...

Im not sure. They are very smart animals. If you are worried a donkey could be used for protection

I had the same fear when I started with pigs. If you have at least one or two large pigs I doubt that you will have any problem. One day I walked up to my fence from the woods and startled the pigs, they charged toward me in a V with the smallest between them. Unless they were severely out...

I am trying to decide on a solar fence charger. I have approximately 3 miles of 2 strand wire to power. There will be weed, I plan to use a 15 guage or larger wire. 2 options that I found so far are Gallagher S20 Powerbox Solar and Zareba LIS10B Does anyone have experience with either?