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This is getting really old even for us Northerners. I got a foot of new snow over night, and and another 7" predicted over the next 24 hours. Temps are in the single digets above 0 right now, but falling over the day and tonight. I tried to get out to work today, but 3' drifts in the driveway...

I have been out of cattle for many, many years, and just got started back into them a little over a year ago. We had one steer born last June, and he went to auction yesterday. I am very bad at guessing weight and thought he was about 650 or so. He had been totally grass/hay fed with a little...

My cows are on average to above average hay, (native grasses,alfalfa, sanfoin) that we put up ourself. They also have a white salt block and a red mineral salt block, and loose range minerals. I also give them a very small amount of cattle cake. Two weeks ago I also put a SweetPro lick tub out...

:barnie:thShe is just over 8 months and I just started to be able to feel little horns. I never thought about it because she is half Angus, but dad was a Charolais. What are the chances they will become full size horns, or will they just stay little nothing horns. She is the lowest ranking in...

I've beening checking out milkers for when my heifer freshens this spring. My plan is to leave the calf on her 24/7 at first and milk some out twice a day, and then maybe tieing them in the barn so they can see each other but not get together over night after the calf is a couple of weeks old. I...

Girrr, my computer won't let me put the photos where I want them, just kind of puts them where it wants. The 2nd photo is my bottle calves Sadie (tan) and Frosty(white), when I first got them last May. Sadie was a month old and Frosty just over a week old. They were so fresh and new and sweet as...

It finally got above 0 today, actually almost 20,Yea!. The dogs have been in the house way too much, and were in need of a long walk, so I have this waterfall about 300 feet behind my barn but to get to it you have to walk about 1/2 mile. I always take my camera when we go for walks as you never...

This calf is on Craigslist for $500 and fuel to go get her would be about another $300. My BF says "No way, no how are we wasting $800 on a bag of bones that will never turn into anything" She is 7 months and weighs about 275#. Very small Jersey or Jersey mix. She was weaned at about 1 month...

We were unable to combine our oats this year, so now I have 6 ton of oat straw full of oats. This was a good heavy oat crop and the straw is full of oats. I wanted to cut and bale it while it was still green and be able to use it as hay, but my BF doesn't like that the oats get the baler belts...

When I turned my two bucket calves out with the herd, Frosty started sucking on her buddy Sadie. I tired everything to get her to stop, bitter apple, bitter orange, locking her back up for a few weeks, and nothing I did worked. It broke my heart to put this on her, but she has had it on for...

I'm looking at a Jersey cow that just freshened the first part of this month. She had mastitis but is OK now and milking on all 4 quarters. She has her calf on her and is also being hand milked. So if I get her, what are her chances of getting mastitis again, and how do I prevent it.

I like to plan ahead, and have 2 heifer calves that i will be breeding next summer. They are Charolais/Angus mix. One is bigger, larger frame like the Charolais, and the other smaller more like the Angus. I've been trying to decide what to breed them to, and will be doing AI, so have several...

I have 2 beef heifer calves that I bucket raised, and are now out on pasture with my other cows. They are about 5 months and I almost have them weaned. I am only able to feed them in the evening after work, and I am still giving them milk replacer but have been cutting them back and hope to have...

I just have a small herd so far, adult cow with a calf, 18month heifer, and 18 month steer, and now the 2 bucket heifers. The first time I tried putting the calves out it did not go well. The calves had been able to see the others but had not been close to them, and when the adults came running...

I was expecting AI ing to be a big hassel, but for the most part all went smooth. We started the synchronizing process on the 3rd, they were both in standing heat the evening of the 12th and the AI tech was out bright and early the 13 to get them bred. Now 21 days to see if they come back in, I...

for an angusx heifer that I want to breed later, is their a best weight or age to wean? My oldest calf is about 3 months and 280#, the younger calf was a twin and had a navel infection, so wasn't growing as well, that is all cleared up now and she is doing much better, she is just over 2 months...

I have 2 calves on buckets, they have been on the buckets for almost 2 months and they still want to suck as soon as I'm done feeding them. I've had them together in the same pen, but them sucking on each other was driving me nuts, the little one was always sucking on the bigger ones ears and...

Bessy finally had her calf. We have been gettin rain, rain, and more rain, and I was sure she was going to have it on a cold rainy night, but no she waited till a beautiful sunny warm afternoon. He was only a couple of hours old in the photos. Mom is the black baldy head in the lower photo.

http://greatfalls.craigslist.org/grd/3855193968.html I'm looking at buying this cow, she is a good 4 hour drive from me, so I would be buying her sight unseen. I have talked to the owner and she sounded honest and said that the reason she is open is that they AI'ed her and just got busy with a...