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In addition to treatment I've found changing my dogs diet has been extremely beneficial. In fact we notice a marked decline in my 16+ year old dog if she eats processed dog food for just 2 days - she goes from wondering around the property searching for chicken poop to being listless under the...

I did reply previously but we had a huge storm and lost power and internet...I think my post got lost! Thank you for responding. At this moment I worry about the skin parasites (fly bourne mostly). Where we want to create the holding pen is in the paddock with a young bull (not ours but is here...

Great topic. I am trying to grow more herbs and plants, I've found some interesting information on http://www.fresheggsdaily.com/ I experimented on my old dog who went downhill after the huge move from rural Australia to rural Paraguay 18 months ago -she's 16yrs old, has various tumours, cloudy...

I am still hand taming my 4 heifers (around 8-9months old) they are due anti-parasite treatments end of this month. The farmer I bought them from gave them their previous treatment via injection (he's set up to pen and hold them, we're not...will be another couple of months before we are). I do...

Thanks farmerjan, your explanation makes it clearer for me. We're separating them today and moving them a paddock that is probably going to be better for them.... providing our neighbours bull sticks with his own herd!!

The girls are just weaned/separated from mama 3 days ago ... so I am not clear why they be ready.

Our 4 hiefers are around 7ish months old, the young bull with them is around 12 months old. I understand it is best for the hiefers if they are 12-14 months old before they get pregnant. When should I separate them from the young bull?

Thanks for the replies. The farmer was confident that they'd handle breeding/calving smoothly and told us to stick with this mix as they'd be easier for us to handle. Legs were important to us to, a former neighbour had a cow with poor legs and a huge bull broke her leg when mounting -we don't...

OK here are the photos, the 4 girls are still flighty and calling for home. With the young bull who's on the right. This little one one will be my mother's pet. Its mother died so its bottled raised and will arrive in a month or two, the photos is from the farm we bought them from so the...

I am in Paraguay in a very green tropical part of the country. Our hot summers and mild winters make Nelore one of the best choices. In a few months we might buy a pure Brahman or two, the farmer says he has a couple of calves that come from extra calm mothers.

OK why can't I post photos? This site is not very friendly for users. ETA...OK slowly figuring it out

Well for better or worse these are the 4 girls we ended up with - brangus-nelore mixes ....we figured with 4 it is a basic start that can be corrected/adjusted with experience and wiser future buys. There is my friends 12 month old bull in the photos, but he is designated for a wedding feast in...

Well the farmer has selected specific bulls for his breeding, so we assume he has chosen wisely (we saw the bull but it was surrounded by the herd). He seems a decent guy, the farmer. We just want to make sure we'll choose cows that will calve easily and their calves gain weight nicely with few...

Just to add, I wasn't very good at comparing the moving calves to the body conformation charts I have -they would stop moving!! Should I assume it will obvious at around 6-7 months old how good their body conformation will be?

We want to buy 2 brangus and 2 nelore hiefers approx. 7 months old. We've met with the farmer and agreed the price. He has quite a few for us to choose from. I noticed a few that were similar size but bulkier and calmer than the others. Which I liked. What else should I look for in a 7 month...

Hi everyone, having found BYC so helpful I thought I would sign up here as well. We inherited a couple of donkeys when we bought the property and keep a few cows for friends. However, we're about to buy our own calves so I'll have questions!!!!!!!!!! (This site is a little different to navigate...