Recent content by oakie

I thought that since I pestered a lot of people about My Turn it would only be fair to post the calf that resulted. This calf was born February 1st, was born unassisted, weighed 520#s on July 1st and is just a dog. Very happy with that mating. The cow is 16 years old and is a Simmental limy x. ...

Thank you. Have you had any results from molasses and or corn oil? 

Thank you! What is the 18%? Guessing protein?

I've got close to 30 wethers and bucklings that I am going to start weaning soon. What is a good weight gain ration?

One of my friends from the states visited New Zealand and came back with soremouth injection guns and vials that you must have in order to administer the vaccine. We can't get them in the united states. I'm wondering how hard they are for you guys to acquire and if there is a place that would...

The vet said to use the valbizan drench alongside it.  It isn't supposed to create resistant worms, I'm really curious as to how it will work for you guys though. It sounds like you might have some resistance going on.  For curiosity sake, what state are you in?

while on the topic of wormers, have any of you used Prohibit before? It's an ivermectrin drench product. We haven't used it on the cattle, but I have over 100 head of goats so I thought it would be a good idea to give it a try (alot cheaper than the rest, $20/packet, which doses about 200...

It won't treat flukes or tapes so that is what we are on the fence about . It sounds like a pretty neat product. Our vet and the rep pushed for Valbizan in the fall (flukes and tapes) and long range throughout the year. I thought it would be interesting to try out on the weanlings once they go...

Has anyone tried this new product yet? What were your results? What age group of animals was it the most beneficial for you? We had a rep come to town and discuss it with us but I'd like to hear a little more about it before I spend $.01/lbs to worm an animal twice a year.

If it's not a private sale, contact the sale manager and get him kicked out

Yup :)

what is the cost/head out of curiosity? I have a doe that had it in her fronts, I treated those and they are over it and it's re-emerged in her backs (was in a hurry and didn't bother with them the first time). So I'm wondering if the kids would be as susceptible or if the sire would help that out.

The article doesn't say anything about it, but once an animal gets footrot they will almost always be more susceptible to it. The spring would be a good time to cull if you don't want to deal with it again. You could up the copper( or feed boluses, after you check their blood levels) or feed...