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    Do cows sleep?

    They sure do.
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    Pumpkins + Cows = ?

    When we grew pumpkins we always fed the culls to our cattle ,they seemed to like it the best when we smashed them in the feed bunk and put feed or silage over the top .
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    Freezer Beef

    I get $1.80lb hangiing and the customer pays the processing.
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    Bottles vs Buckets

    That was an interesting article, I have seen similar articles before . I start about 30 holstein bull calves a year. Before they are a week old we train them on a bucket , we haven't had problems that we know of , our calves always seem to do good , I don't know of any dairies in the area that...
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    miracle-twin-yes!!!!!!

    Keep a good eye on them , I've never had good luck with twins , the only time I had both make it is last year and the mother abandoned the one so I bottle fed him and he turned out fine , I had twin heiffers born in early december I penned them and their mother away from the other cows for about...
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    Maryland snow

    As long as they have good feed and water they can handle it as good or better than you can. Get ready for more snow wednesday.
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    Hay in hay ring

    I also have a haysaver , it's on concrete pad under a roof .
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    FFA

    I agree with Chippie about talking to your FFA advisor about feeding , fitting and showing . As for when to get an animal , you would want him to finish at 14-16 months , so if your steer was weaned at 6-7 months you would need to get him 8-9 months before the show.
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    Mineral Feeder?

    I have checked into it but the cost semed too high , I also don't like using urea as a protien supplement.
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    Feeding Hay

    We feed hay free choice to our cows , that 2-3% rule is for the amount of grain you should be feeding to steers or heifers going for slaughter , and along with that good hay should be fed free choice also.
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    Butchering own cattle?

    We do one steer and 2 pigs for our own family's use every year , we do it in the wintertime since we have no cooler , the steers that we sell as freezer beef are taken to a local butcher to be proscessed.
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    Maggots from dehorning calves

    A few years ago we dehorned some holsteins this time of the year , the vet told us to get an ointment called swat , it's meant for horses , we kept it on and had no problems .
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    Members leaving CT

    I haven't been on in awhile , along with all the other work around here I started a job three days a week back in march . Tractor supply opened a new store about 10 miles from here and I'm working there. I'm still here but I haven't spent much time on the computer lately
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    Tube feeding

    I always take the tube and put it in hot water to warm it and make it more flexible before I use it.
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    Bull Walk

    He looks to be moving okay to me , maybe seeing him in person would look different .
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    Another bull to tear up - this time Brangus

    He looks good to me .
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    Best Sale Barns??

    In my area here in Pa. I would have to say New Holland is about the best one we have , they have good volume and they bring in quite a few buyers .
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    How to handle a bull?

    If he's a borrowed bull and he's done doing his job I would send him home , in the meantime watch out for him.
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    sale barn cows

    Hopefully you kept her away from your other cattle , if you didn't you better keep a close eye on them or you might have problems.
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    critic my calf

    He's a goodlooking calf ,you could still band him with a big bander , but don't forget to give him a tetnas shot.
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