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Our holstein steers will be old enough soon to butchered/sold, and I do not want to raise holsteins again as they have caused more trouble than they are worth! Plus they eat too much! So, I am looking other smaller breeds to be for the next batch of steer raising. Do Jersey steers do better on...

All vet offices are close, can't get any help from them at the moment. The cow have Mastitis, I found that she had it last night, and we got the Penicillin injectable and Flumix-Meglumine injection for her. Also one of our AGH hogs had given birth I do not know when for we were on vacation. But...

With Flumix-Meglumine injection and Penicillin Injectable for Mastitis? All vet offices are close, can't get any help from them at the moment. Also We lost the the paper from the vet that tells how much cc of mediation we have to give to the cow, and the pig. Thanks for any help!!!

I have 10 piglets total. 5 males, 5 females. 7 of them are almost 7 weeks old, and 3 females are 11 weeks old. They are old enough to be rehome now. They all have the same father, but 3 different mothers. Two of the sows are mother and daughter, the other sow is from a different farm and is not...

We got some hogs! American Guinea Hogs! We got 2 sows, a gilt, a boar, and 2 non-breeder quality gilts. The gilt gave birth to 6 piglets the day before we brought them, and the two sows are expecting soon! The 2 non-breeder quality gilts will be pork in the fall. The gilt- Annabelle with 6...

I have been looking for a heifer that is due in spring for a few months now. My dad wants a dual type, so we can raise any calves that the cow gives for the freezer, and milk production for us to use. I found the ad on Craigslist, and would like the expert's opinion on this before getting her...

My family and I are getting a cow in the spring for family use, and my dad wanted a dual purpose type. Cow for milk, and any extra calves can go to the freezer when they are big enough. So, did some reading and asking around, and I came up to 2 breeds- Milking Shorthorn and a Brown Swiss. I...

Hi all, I have been lurking here for a month, and like it. I have been on BYC for a year, my username is the same only with 16 on the end. We have 2 bull calves, and we may get a family cow in the spring, also maybe a few hair sheep. I have 7 young peafowl, 2 muscovy ducks, 5 young guineas, 20...

Hi all, my first post here, so please bear with me. We have 2 bull holstein calves. November was born on Tuesday before Thanksgiving, and Pancake was born on the first Sunday of December. Both are from a dairy farm where I work, and my dad wanted to raise some steers, so we got those calves...