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Hi, I tried to search this , I'm sure it has been addressed before but I can't find any answers because everything with warm or hay or wet comes up LOL I have a round bale of hay that has only been sitting outside about 10 days and it got rained on the last couple of days. It is laying on its...

Hello,2 week old calf ,been on antibiotics till today. Bought a tube of probios but it does not say how often and how long to give it. Thank you!

Hi, I have a 7 months pregnant highland cow that quit eating one day last week and the vet said she was a little gassy and gave her calcium and something for her stomach. She still does not want to eat good. She munches on a little bit of hay but not enough. I usually do not feed any grain but...

Hi,I tried searching but no answers. Have a round bale outside I was feeding from by hand and discovered it got wet and has a hot spot now. It's kinda moldy on that spot and peeling as much as I could away it's still hot . So I worked around it and only fed the good part but am worried now since...

Hello, I have a 7 month old Heifer ,a 7 1/2 month bull and my Herd Bull ,their Daddy, all together with their Moms also. I'm wondering when I should seperate the Heifer to not get her pregnant(too young AND Dad and Brother) I have heard from several people around here that Highlands mature so...

Watched my cow basically thow up ! Yes ,it was cud comming up but when she opened her mouth it poured out like vomit! maybe a quart or 2. She did this twice within a few minutes and then went to eat her hay(it had been 12 hrs. since I last fed her) She's on hay only . I'm wondering if maybe she...

Hello, I have 2 young calves, one is 5 weeks, one is 2 weeks old. They are Highland but I worry about them in bad weather. It rained a lot here in the last week , now we have snow and around 32 in the daytime. I know rain is worse than snow but the snow is kinda wet still. They do have a shed...

Hello I asked this on another thread about bagging up but it must have got missed. My Highland heifer was preg checked 7 month ago along with my cow, who the vet said was 2 month at the time, and the heifer was not. Well she started bagging up or whatever you call it when a heifer starts growing...

Hello, I have a heifer that seems to be bagging up, but this is my first heifer. My cow (all Highlands) had a calf 10 days ago and they were both preg checked at the same time with the heifer not coming up prego. The vet was right on with the cow! I noticed her udder getting bigger but it feels...

Hello,I'm going to buy a squeeze chute but have some horned cattle also. So I guess the automatic would be set of by the horns a lot. I read somewhere that an automatic head gate can also be operated manually. Is that true for all? I'm looking at the TSC auto catch chute. (the gut at TSC told...

I posted before about my Highland bull being 1 1/2 now and still too short to breed my cows. They do mature slower but he should be bigger by now. I have been feeding him grain, but several people told me to feed him more,up to 10 lbs. of a higher protein so he will grow taller. Personally I'm...

I have a calf (actually 2,Twins,but one is with Mom,one is a bottlecalf) . His Dad is a polled Angus,Mom is Highland. He is 3 month old and it feels like he's going to have horns. I've never felt a polled head,can you still feel the buds? These feel like they are going to break through anytime...

It does not really say on the package exept it goes by weight so it looks ok but I want to make sure. I searched this board and found it's ok to use on a nursing Cow but nothing about calves. Should it even be done this early? Could I give my one 'wild ' calf Safeguard pellets instead so i...

hello,touched on this briefly on another board while talking fences..... I really need high speed internet but of course for a decent price. I'm not willing to pay for satelite equipment so my only other option (nothing else available) is the high speed over the cell phone lines or whatever you...

My bottle calf is almost 6 weeks old now. He had mild abomasal bloat at 10 days, called vet right away. He was on aquacillin and reglan for 5 days(electrolyte only 1 day) and did fine . He would not take his bottle ,that's when I called the vet. He's been doing great ,eating a little grain ,hay...

I have a very tall Highland heifer and a very short (15 month old) Bull. I was worried if he could breed her but people told me 'where there's a will ,there's a way'! Well ,she was in a standing heat and he tried but could not reach at all! He's about 1 foot shorter and when he tries to mount...

I've been reading a lot about leaving the grass long for winter pasture (that will even survive under snow) but for it to be the right lenght when is the last time you should cut it. It's kinda weedy too but a lot of good forage in in also. I'm in northeast Ohio. (zone 5 for plants) I thought I...

I will be making a new 5 acre or so pasture(hi tensile). I'm thinking about having the wooden posts pounded in by someone. I have seen ads in the local farm and dairy. I'd like to know before I call someone what a fair price would be. Is it usually per post? (I understand I have to provide the...

Ok ,I'm kinda new myself but found all this out recently and wanted to share with other newbies! I had my 10 day old bottlecalf come down with mild abomasal bloat.(can be deadly) My vet said it is caused a lot of times from feeding too much milk replacer (or even milk) or just in a calf that...

Ok, My week old calf has mild abomasal bloating.( never heard of this till now,I guess it's basically a tummy ache??? He was off his bottle and a little listless. Vet was here and gave me Reglan and Aquacillin , both to inject under skin. Now I read the bottle and it says 'do not inject under...