Tag Archives: Cattle

Treating A Calf With Foot Rot

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Jennifer

One of our young Hereford calves began limping this week.  As is often the case when a calf or cow is limping, the calf has foot rot.  It’s not the best picture but hopefully you can see the swelling and … Continue reading →

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When Life Hands you… Open Cows

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Jennifer

When we pregnancy checked our cows the day after Christmas we did not get good news.  Nearly 90% of our cows were called open.  UGH!!  This was a huge blow to us.  This meant that the calf crop we had … Continue reading →

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Raising a Dairy Bottle Calf

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Jennifer

The kids and I decided that they would raise some Holstein calves. So in February, we got three bull calves ranging in age from 3 days to 2 weeks.  We picked up the calves during a bitterly cold stretch.  Within a few days, … Continue reading →

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Where In The World Are We?

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Jennifer

Life continues to fly by whether we want it to or not. During the past five months, blogging has taken a backseat to so many other projects. I will try to catch you up to speed on some of these … Continue reading →

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