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Litle Joe Thnaks for the reply [I was offered a deal to take heifer calves in the fall and give them back as bred coming three's. I'd have a yr's feed in them at first preg check, another one at first calf check--$$. I'd get all the calves. Two yrs feed for one yrs calf crop don't work for me...

My wife, kids, and I are planning on buying a ranch and moving back to the mainland (Wyo/Mont) and have been toying with the idea of setting up a place and calving 1st calf heifers until I can get a herd built. What would be a fair price per heifer? I was figuring feed and 60-90 days. I know...

Loved the pics Maui cowhorse out doctorin.

Rigor mortis is frequently absent(or incomplete) with Anthrax but diagnosis on clinical signs can be difficult. Toxicty with Dallis grass (paspalum diitatum) usually occurs form a fungi growing on the plant called Claviceps paspalli. This is an ergotism...

Another great book (if you can find it) is Bucking the Sagebrush by Charles Steedman. Its not a riviting novel, but an autobiography about a trail drive from Or to Wy around the 1880s. :wink:

A piece of intertube also work well. cut a 10-12" section of tube, slip the foot 1/2into the tube, fold the back and the front 1/2 up and duct tape around the top to close. It may need to be longer for horses. I don't like hydrogen peroxide for soaking because once the electron is given off...

Recent studies show that furacin will slow the healing process. It is a good antibiotic but neosoprine is better and they will heal faster and is cheap if you buy the generic from Costco, Walmart, ect... But even more important is current tetanus vaccination . What is need in a first a kit...

:shock: Is this how cows get cancer eye :D :D :D

Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid " Harvey first we have to establish the rules"

Did she grow up in hawaii or on the mainland?

Called a friend in dept of ag 2006 numbers 21,600 total cattle 11,500 cows 2,100 replacement heifers These numbers are for the county of maui which are the islands of Maui, Lanai, and Molokai. Most of the production is on maui.

It's a guess, but I would think at least 10,000. Ulupalaku Ranch 3000, Haleakala Ranch 3000-5000, Kaupo Ranch 1500-2000, Kaonoulu 1000, Hana Ranch 500 plus all the small ranchs and back yard cows.

No, we are on Maui and very rarely get to the Big island.