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I hate having to change implements. I especially hate hooking up the post auger, but I don’t want to dig them by hand so I do it. Sometimes like you said, you have to just bite the bullet and do it.

Money well spent. Glad all is well.

It’s been cold, wet and just plain nasty outside this week. I’ve been feeding a little hay this week and figured out my wife was being very generous with feed while I was gone. Oh well, fat cows are better than starving cows. :):ya We are going to do some more landscaping and yard work this...

If you are buying a formulated feed for the pigs, additional mineral should not be needed. The worms probably aren’t dangerous, but the goats will likely need a deworming again also. Short knowing the mineral needs of the goats and what is in the mineral they have access to I don’t know. Short...

Then I would force her to heat with the Lutalyse as @farmerjan suggested. Take her the day she gets the 2nd shot to be sure she will be in heat during the week. I hope you know there is no guarantee she takes on the 1st breeding as a heifer. :fl

The best signs of a pending heat is riding other cattle, then they will stand when being mounted, but you don’t have other cattle. Some things you can watch for to help... MUCUS DISCHARGE As an indirect result of elevated estrogen levels, mucus is produced in the cervix and accumulates with...

I might try a broad spectrum antibiotic also, penicillin or LA200.

Bull update, he has manners still. If he gets close just putting up an open hand will make him back up, but only when I have the bucket. He will let me pet him with the same hand without the bucket. Guess he’s a fast learner. Spent some time on the Jeffers website, I need to get vaccinations...

1 suggestion...make sure the pig pens are downwind. Animals all have a smell, but pigs really do.

Yesterday I had to clean stalls and pens. All the wet and cold we have had and me being gone the straw piled up. Tractor got a workout hauling it all out. Afterward the tractor had a broken seat bracket fixed that and changed out the glow plugs. I only had 1 operational and was causing hard cold...

That feed has a min of 16 ppm. They need 5 ppm, but excess will build up in the liver. If it is over 25 ppm and fed for any period of time it could cause issues. Sheep have a hard time excreting the excess copper from the liver. Feeding them 1 bag may not be an issued. Continuous feeding...

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I can give you the mini cow fix. https://www.backyardherds.com/threads/grants-mini-herd.40200/

Unfortunately death is a part of agriculture. We will all lose a calf, kid, etc from time to time. But we will also have births, harvest and joy. We have to be prepared for both.

Welcome and sorry to hear you lost your doe and kid. Good job on getting a mate for your goat, as you’re aware they don’t do well alone.

I took animal nutrition in college.....in 1985. I’m afraid it’s been too long to remember that much detail. But a Quick google search gave me this. Sheep have a remarkable capacity to store copper in the liver, but should a 'crisis' occur, massive amounts of copper are released from the...

Welcome back. Glad you enjoyed the cruise and the away time.

Tonight I went out, he stayed about a step back, as I got close to the feeder he started to put his head in I just raised my hand and he took a step back. Good boy. We’ll see if he continues to remember. Otherwise it was a beautiful day. I bought a bunch of holly plants from a landscaper who...

Welcome from the great state of Missouri. I don’t have bees but those I know with them said they messed up by not taking a class before they started. Not taking it before wound up costing them a lot of money, so I would recommend a beekeeping class for starters, read and watch videos then...