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Sigh. Thanks. I shared that on my FB page.

Yes rem_243 Even tonight the cows are much quieter already... only a dozen now hanging out at the heifer pen I am rather pleased.

I didn't "notice " any sores but I didn't clearly go looking for that either. However, I also didn't notice any reaction of pain or discomfort when removing them. I used them in calves from 400 pounds to 700 pounds... wide noses, thin noses. fat heads, thin heads...

I'm typing it! I'm typing it!

We took the flaps off yesterday which meant another sort and run through the squeeze. Several flaps fell off in the crowding pen behind the chute and the manufacturer suggests that you can remove flaps from the noses by filling the chute and taking them off along the cat walk. However at the...

Aw thanks Silver... they are not exactly where I want them but they are getting closer..

That was one reason I put up the pictures, was so that you could see the flap in its construction. No pointy stabby parts to inflict discomfort on the cow. The calves are able to eat and drink water as usual... they just can't get their tongue around it to grab a teat. Today is 69 hours post...

These pics were taken about 45 hours post nose flapping.

why wean first? Good question! and the answer is... its too cruel to rip them from their mothers, load them on a truck to be unloaded, sorted and resorted and then stand all night on the cement with no food or water, go through the sales ring, back to a pen to wait for another truck ride to...

Okay I am trying them. Applied them on Thursday afternoon. Not to difficult to do once you get the hang of it, then takes about 2 seconds a flap. Then we put them all back together in a spent hay field. I had begun feeding them about a week ago. Next morning I switched the hay type to premium...

As deja vu says... freeze first, then thaw a few at a time in a sink of cold water to cut the skin off. It will just peel off a frozen nut. then bread and fry... cocktail sauce is a good dip.

You can get a calf in a laundry basket? Now that's a teeny calf.

A travesty? Why? Its like floor sweepings, it would fit right into bologna. Good tasting? No. It explains the weiner like consistancy of those fair bought mystery meat burgers I had bought in the past and refused to buy again for fear of having to throw out another. I would think that the...

They didn't have to put 700 workers out of work. Why can't they still use pink slime in bologna, sausages and luncheon meats? That is where it belongs. Do I have to think of everything? or am I missing something?

I bought 3 of the Allflex ones on the last trip to the good ol USA, and will never go back to the metal ones. Couldn't find the coloured knobs anywhere though, and I don't have a clue how you actually get the black knobs off because they seem to be on there pretty rock solid.

What they really need to do out there ( and this is just my opinion) is clean up abandoned buildings, rotten falling down trailers, road side litter and garbage, and seriously initiate some recycling of paper and cardboard, bottles and cans, plastics, and reusable items. A lot of the communities...

So what did Canada customs say? Dectomax is about the same in price, but Iveron is worth the trip. We had a 45 minute wait at the border on our last 'Iveron' trip and they held us up researching whether or not fly tags were permitted in Canada. They finally allowed us to take them because...

Congrats on being awarded the Stampede Farm Family. :clap:

The dying extremities sound like Selenium overdose. Google "nervous coccidosis in baby calves" and see if the symptoms fit for the other symptoms your calves were dealing with. Good luck with that. I know what its like to have the vet not know and you feel so helpless.

The babies really are snow white. What a nightmare for calving in winter. :-) Thanks for the pics!