Search results

Thanks to you all for the responses-especially DL.  By the time I got to the ranch yesterday she had been started on antibiotics and was looking much better. There was no blood visible anywhere, she was alert and eating.  We kept her in all weekend and continued to watch her.  She just kept...

Thanks DL.  I will do that!

Thanks for the responses.  I talked to the vet and we are going to give her some Tetradure.  Hopefully that will bring her around.

We have a cow at the ranch who has bright red blood coming out of her nostril, only on one side.  It is not  a lot of blood, more like a trickle.  She is laying down a lot and does not have much energy.  Anybody know what might cause this?

The vet gave her some lidocaine, so she didn't take it too bad.  We were lucky the cut was up close to her bag, so the calf can still nurse the udder.

Thank you all for your help.  I hauled her into the vets office today.  There was a flap of skin which could not be sutured, so they had to cut it off.  Gave her some antibiotics and cleaned it up real well and sent her home. Hopefully, the calf will start nursing her some and keep the udder...

Thank you for your help! Tomorrow I am going to try to get her in the barn and put her in the chute.  I plan on trying to clean up the cut and treat it with bag balm.  The calf is trying to nurse that udder, so hopefully the udder will go down in size.  Do you think the bag balm will taste bad...

I had a cow give birth to a JPJ  calf today.  Her back udder is HUGE and she has a verticle slice about 3 inches long on it.  Unfortunately, she gave birth in a area with lots of sharp cedar branches. What is the best way to treat the cut?  I know that I will probably have to milk the udder...

Any way you can post some pictures?

I agree with you OFS.  I watched them dehorn a Brahman cross one time and he never forgot it. He tried to pin me up against the wall every time I tried to tie him. Now I just stand where they can't see me.

If you can get the cow contained, grab the calf by the flank and hold her beside the mom with her head close to the udders.  Don't try to force her to drink, just let her look and smell the udder for a while.  Usually when they try to suck everything, they are just really hungry and need to be...

Is it possible to get the Momma cow into a chute?  If so, you can milk her down and put the milk in a bottle for the heifer.  Or you could even try to let the baby nurse the mom while in the chute.  Try pouring some of the milk on the calf if the mom doesn't seem to accept it.  Good luck!

Thanks for the good leads on hay.  As it turned out we got a little more than we planned on.  If we start running low, I will need the info!

Anyone know where there is some cheaper hay located in Texas close to San Antonio?

Stangs13 I am surprised that you have a shortage of hay! Every time I check the radar it seems like you guys are getting the rain. We just finished cutting and baling our fields and got about 1/2 of what we normally do. We were hoping to be able to sell some to at least get our fertilizer and...

Must be nice to be able to get hay so cheap!  It is so dry here that hay is selling for $8.50 for a square bale of sudan and $80.00 for round bales!

We live north of San Antonio, and I was wondering what everyone is paying for hay these days.  Specifically round bales of wilman love grass, round bales of klien hay and square bales of sudan.

Have you sold all your puppies yet?

Did you ever find any boots?  I may have some that I can send you to make some room in my closet.

We also use Kick Start which you can buy at Tractor Supply.  It has electrolytes, vitamins and minerals in it.