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Silver said:
gcreekrch said:
Silver, were the cattle you bought and your own vaccinated for BVD/BRSV?

We have lost a few bought cattle over the years that hadn't been vaccinated even though they were advertised that way.
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Our own are vaccinated for BVD, IBR, etc. Recently had Triangle 9. Probably should be giving Somain. Can't say for sure about the ones I bought. They were from a dispersal of a reputation herd, but that doesn't mean they were on a programme of any kind. Sometimes closed herds can be vulnerable because of their lack of exposure over the years. This might also explain our own cows susceptibility, as they haven't seen outside cows for 30 yrs or more.
Hard to say what kind of bugs could have been floating around the sale barn.
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The description for that kind of luck isn't printable. :(

Next year tell the Ol' Man that it would be better all 'round if he put a family only sale price on some bred heifers.
 
Has anyone on here bought any cows from down south in the drought area and brought them north? I've seen some that are so skinny that a lot won't make it through the winter. Just wondering if anyone was having any luck with their purchases.
 
I know a guy that took in 100 baby calves to winter while the guy tryes to keep the Texas cows alive. I am not sure what their deal is but even with 4-5 milk cows I wouldn't want to be the guy having to bottle feed 100 calves every morning.
 
If they were going to wean the calves why not just leave them down where it's warm? That doesn't make any sense to me, there must be something else.
 
I don't think they were pairs when they came, fall calvers showed up just in time to calve. I think the calving was a bit of a wreck, I belive there were considerably more than the 100 that the guy took the calves off. One of those deals, the cows were going to die up here with a calf sucking them so they are trying to keep the cows alive through the winter.
 
We talked to a fellow here that went to Texas to fight fire and he said
he never saw so many thin cows in his life.

So sad.

I hope the fella feeding the calves realizes that not all milk replacers are
creatd equal and is feeding them some that is good. Best wishes
to all involved in the project.
 
Big Swede said:
Has anyone on here bought any cows from down south in the drought area and brought them north? I've seen some that are so skinny that a lot won't make it through the winter. Just wondering if anyone was having any luck with their purchases.
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Lots of em around our country.. I think the ones who bought early are getting along much better than the ones who bought later.....
 
We had some calves who's mothers were either bad milkers or bad mothers, so we supplimented them with vigortone calf pellets soybean meal and a little rolled corn.. They did the best ever..... I don't reccomend having stuff like that around, but some times sh** happens..
 
Faster horses said:
We talked to a fellow here that went to Texas to fight fire and he said
he never saw so many thin cows in his life.

So sad.

I hope the fella feeding the calves realizes that not all milk replacers are
creatd equal and is feeding them some that is good. Best wishes
to all involved in the project.
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Cowboys (and other amateur bottle feeders) will feed them milk replacer forever. The dairy guys will have them weaned by 6 weeks---THEY realize the stuffs too expensive. Consult you local hoots for how to do it and best ration.
 
katrina said:
Big Swede said:
Has anyone on here bought any cows from down south in the drought area and brought them north? I've seen some that are so skinny that a lot won't make it through the winter. Just wondering if anyone was having any luck with their purchases.
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Lots of em around our country.. I think the ones who bought early are getting along much better than the ones who bought later.....
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ditto. those that i've seen around here look fine.
 
There's some across the fence that are calving now, well there's some babies out there anyway. I don't know if they are all going to calve or not but if they were mine they would be in a feedlot and not a corn field. Not good.
 
littlejoe said:
Faster horses said:
We talked to a fellow here that went to Texas to fight fire and he said
he never saw so many thin cows in his life.

So sad.

I hope the fella feeding the calves realizes that not all milk replacers are
creatd equal and is feeding them some that is good. Best wishes
to all involved in the project.
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Cowboys (and other amateur bottle feeders) will feed them milk replacer forever. The dairy guys will have them weaned by 6 weeks---THEY realize the stuffs too expensive. Consult you local hoots for how to do it and best ration.
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Exactly. We recommend going through two sacks of milk replacer per calf, then
going to pellets, etc. And WHOLE MILK milk replacer is best. Now you can
even get milk replacer with Bio-moss in it, so a lot of the problems of the
past have been taken care of.
 

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