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I've never seen this....not that that means much. In early January we got some Jersey drop calves and 3 out of the 4 survived. The three are getting pretty big. One of them is smaller than the rest, always has been. The weird thing is that his poop seems to be real sticky and forms a ball...

I figured that would be best but I'll have to wait til daylight. Thanks again. Pauline

We're really just getting started. We built a corral/holding pen, an alley and a head gate to work our calves with - and it has worked real well for us. Our calves are now big enough that trying to work them in a rope-bound and hand-held head gate is pretty scarey (hubby says ludicrous). I...

Here's the ingredient list from the label. It might be a little jumbled because the label is two columns but the text editor didn't format it that way........From what I can tell, the little bit that they are being overmedicated shouldn't be enough to be detrimental to them - should it? For...

So, we got some bottle babies this week. Due to common issues of survival of these calves, we opted to use Dumor medicated (10 mg oxytetracycline per pound) milk replacer. The label states .05 mg to .1 mg of oxytetracycline per pound of body weight per day. The label also has directions for an...

So, we got some bottle babies this week. Due to common issues of survival of these calves, we opted to use Dumor medicated (10 mg oxytetracycline per pound) milk replacer. The label states .05 mg to .1 mg of oxytetracycline per pound of body weight per day. The label also has directions for...

Well, we gave them all a course of LA200. During the last dose, and after reading several replies, we checked temperatures and did a close up inspection. Don't know if it was from the LA200, or if we were just alarmed, but none of them seemed to be swollen above the band, none of them had a...

We just got our first two calves in September. We got these guys in early November. They were born late May to very early June. We were just discussing last week that we need to get a thermometer - next trip to supply store gets it done! At any rate - we both work day jobs and we were giving...

Thank you so much - that eases my mind quite a bit. I am still concerned though about the swelling and discoloration of the skin above the band - any thoughts there?

Hello there: I've been reading many of these posts for some time now. We finally got calves and are up and running. Of course we have had some issues along the way - but here's one I could use some advice on. We bought three steer calves from a rancher that banded them on 11/3/07, the day...

We actually did have a gas pump - but it was stolen, in the space of about 1/2 hour - while we were on the property. We now have a make-shift pump house to house things in and lock them down..... We aren't trying to do this with no money - it just seems like everything we are finding that will...

Hello: We have a remote water issue. We have a well on property with no electricity. We only have a lease on this property for one year. We need to get water to a trough for cattle. We've rebuilt a spring that is producing about 450 gallons per day and we have 500 gallons of storage set up...

We do not have much invested in the fencing repairs, maybe another $750 - $1000 will button it up. We are 1/2 way done with the repairs, but the rest of the fences look pretty good. We will need to invest about $1500 to get the electric up and running. We have springs all over the property...

Hello - I am in California. We were hoping to do this in Tennessee but we have been handed an opportunity to get some cattle running on 104 acres right here in California. Our house is for sale, but the real estate market here is just tanked. The property is 104 acres, has not been worked or...