What's a good way to restrain young calves (150 lbs up) for vaccinations? I am thinking about buying a Priefert model 91 headgate and putting it in the middle of my wooden loading chute. I've never seen a headgate working so I don't know if it will hold a calf and expose the neck area for the...
I noticed three of my cows suddenly stopped being able to move their tails, they just hang limp. This has happened over the last six months. They seem to gradually regain some use of them after several months, but they don't look like they did before at the tail head. Any ideas about what could...
I have a 5 year old cow that has the right side of her face swollen. She was seen eating prickly pear cactus, could this be the reason? It was noticed not long after that. I gave her tetracycline powder in her feed, but didn't help. Haven't tried a shot of antibiotics. She's been like this...