Recent content by MeggieSaunders

Thanks everyone! A few more details: The trailer is 14ft with a center divider. The cows are Dexters, so they're a smaller breed. One calf is 5 months old...still alot smaller than mom, but pretty sturdy. And we're traveling a long way -- 10-11 hours. Thanks for the advice given, and thanks for...

Hello again everyone. I have another newbie question. We have five cattle that we need to transport from Oregon to central California: One bull, one horned cow and her calf, and another cow calf pair (no horns). It’s my understanding that we don’t want to put a polled cow with one with...

I had no idea that what i was posting was so controversial. LOL Just wait until my next post: Transporting of Cow-calf pairs. :-0

Thank you, Farmerjan. It seems that every year there is another opportunity to learn something new. We just have to keep on, keeping on.

Update to my mourning cow question. As many of you told me, the cow’s calling for her calf lasted a few days. The first night was constant mooing. The next day and night she was mooing throughout the day and following me around the pasture - remember i was the one feeding her calf. Nights...

Hi everyone, Newbie to CattleToday forum. The vet helped us put down (and cremated) a calf yesterday because it was sick and blind. Now the mother is wondering around the paddocks mooing and looking for her calf - she started at 2am! She's so determined to find her calf that she's roamed...