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Thanks for the comments. The hay she was eating was "crested" wheat grass. They are giving her steroids intravenously for a week. The vet has no idea what caused this, he can only guess. One vet said he saw one like this 30 years ago. She is better this morning, some of the swelling has...

We have a 9 year old mare with edema in her upper legs. Nose slightly swollen. Cuts above hooves. Has sores in her mouth. Vets don't know what is wrong. Gave steroids. Has anyone seen this before? She is getting wheat grass hay and grazing a alfalfa field that has been hayed very with little...

Zechariah 10:1 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone.

Amen! :)

The only time we aren't in a drought is when it is raining, which isn't often. But getting a few snowflakes and about of inch of rain today. Drought over. (NW South Dakota)

PS I got carried away with faces. Only supposed to be one at the flood part. :lol:

No time to rest today, is there John? We are preparing for a big one. The flooding is an extra bonus for us. Prayer will get us through. He owns the cattle on the hills.javascript:emoticon(':roll:') Shortgrass: I really appreciate your messages. Yes I can't wait for the green grass! And I...

All good advice. You could try Dr. Holman's Drench (he is from Aberdeen, SD) 1 qt. warm water 1 heaping tbsp baking soda pinch of salt 1 tbsp Pepto Bismol 1 tbsp cooking oil or mineral oil no sugar the first few hours Sometimes we have taken them off the cow for 24 hours. If they get weak and...

Last may my sister's yearling longhorn heifer knocked down my 81 year old mother. She was on the warfarin drug (rat poison). She had a bleed in the brain and had brain surgery. Six weeks in the hospital. She isn't back to normal yet. It seems like ranch people just don't know when to retire...

We will be leaving from South Dakota on Saturday. Our destination Arizona. For those of you who live in Colorado, northern New Mexico, would you recommend traveling through those areas? Or should we go through Wyoming and Salt Lake? Wish we were flying! Our thoughts and prayers go out to...

Don't keep any heifers out of these kind of cows. They will do the same to their babies.

Just wondering what everyone are giving their calves for preconditioning. Do you give booster shots also? Trying to convince the boss that we need to give the works if we keep them until December. Do buyers expect booster shots on preconditioned calves?

I have an easy refrigerator dill pickle recipe, my son said they taste like "Clausens", I think they are better than that. 2 cups vinegar, ( white or cider) 11 cups water 1/2 cup pickling salt dill optional: garlic cloves, chili peppers Boil first 3 ingredients 3 minutes. Cool. Pour over...

Our vet has told us to give penicillin shots daily for 10 days on the stubborn cases. Not much fun but it has worked. Hope she gets better!

My daughter-in-law gave me this great cookbook for Christmas. It is by Taste of Home called Ground Beef Cookbook. Haven't found a recipe I don't like and usually have the ingredients. Has meat loaf. slow cooker, bean and rice, pasta, pizzas, mexican recipes. Order at...

There is another side to a story of a bull getting out into the neighbors cows. Our neighbors turn their cattle out next to our winter and spring bull pasture. Isn't that enticement? Pretty hard to expect bulls to stay in with cows in heat across the fence.

Can anyone give some instruction and pointers for freeze branding using dry ice? Would appreciate hearing any special methods that work well.] Thank you!