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I am looking for suggestions for an outdoor wedding. I have lumber to build trellis's and arbors and am looking for a vigorous vine or climber that blooms the first year. Color isn't terribly important, but would prefer peach, pink, or white. Morning Glories are at the bottom of my list. Any...

I went to look at a Holstein heifer today, she is a year old and a real nice calf. They didn't tell me she was ruptured or I wouldn't have went but it got me wondering how in depth it was to fix. Do people have them fixed or do they cull them at a younger age? It is about the size of a...

Hello all, I have a 16 year old Morgan cross that used to be ridden often before the kids outgrew him. Now they are on to other things. He is in the pasture with about 16 Brown Swiss cows. In the past two years, I have noticed he has assumed the role of the babysitter for the new calves. I...

We took our steers in to the county fair yesterday and I noticed a holstein feeder there, correction, it's a maine cross I know it is. Now I didn' t bring any feeders this year so I'm not just being a poor sport. I hate it when people cheat! That is a dairy barn and why is 4-H so important to...

Hello, I am milking my first cow and she is 6 weeks fresh. I have raised and bred Nubians for 15 years so I know about udders, but I have never came across this. Yesterday for the first time when I milked, in one quarter the milk looked watery and tasted awful. I cannot feel any heat or...

Hello cow people! I have yet another question. I have done internet searches and am really not coming up with very much. Can someone describe to me the symptoms of a false pregnancy in cows? I have one, 25 mos old that I really thought was bred before my other heifer. The other heifer...

Hello all, I have a 15 month old Brown Swiss steer slated to go to the county fair next month. When he was about 6 mos old my husband clamped him. He says there were two testicles and there was no doubt he did the job correctly. I have never run into this but this "steer" sounds just like a...

Hello all...hoping to get some advice and encouragement. I bred and showed Nubians for about 15 years and sold my herd so I could concentrate on my Brown Swiss herd. I am knowledgeable about udders and milking as far as goats, wondering how much is similaar to cows? I am milking my first...