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When you say that there's no mastitis present, are you just judging visually or have you done a Calif. mastitis test on her? I would definitely do that if you haven't. Or maybe she just needs a little time?

Best of luck! Seems as though demand for local butchering services is going to continue to grow. (did you see on the news that a Chinese company is in the process of buying Smithfield's? Yikes!)

For years I just used a small rack that came out of a toaster oven or some such. The one utensil I wish I'd gotten years before is a jar lifter-love it! Bon, does your pressure canner have a relief valve? I think a lot of the blow ups you used to hear about were before they had those. Broken...

Did she come from a dairy where the cows never go out to pasture? We had some boughten cows where I used to work that had never been out to pasture. They never really enjoyed the concept, but got used to it somewhat. As JHM said, I wouldn't be in a big hurry to switch over. I'm not familiar...

We're steaming--temps high (for us) high humidity, thunderstorms every day. Watching the hay go by (but grateful we're not in drought). Potatoes rotted, onions are starting to, and the soil is just soup.

:thumbsup They sure aren't losing their cute!

That's too bad--sorry!

So did the DNA show they've managed to cross goats and beef cows?:lau He is HUGE! Good luck with him.

WOW! Those are cute! :)

Thanks for the heads up--hadn't heard this.

We put up 61 on Thurs, but no good haying weather for the next week. I always forget how good it smells in the barn!

x2! When did 'your' cow calve? It might be that she might be ready to dry off about the same time you're ready for maternity milking leave, anyway. You could always give her a longer than 2 month dry period for this year. Is she bred now?

Pretty much until they go to eating grass:/ Some are worse than others and you're right to separate them, esp if they're going for udders and navels. Are they eating grain well? I usually dump grain in their bucket the minute they finish their milk and that can give them something else to...

Have they been wormed? I'd call the vet at this point and see what they have to say.

Have you looked to see if your local extension service has a pasture management section online? VT has an awesome one that I've found really helpful--TX must have one? Might help you come up with a plan, then run that by people.

:thumbsup. And ice cream and yogurt and frozen yogurt and you really need it to supplement pig and chicken food and what animal isn't healthier for the addition of yogurt to their diet and then you don't have to buy milk replacer and . . . (my Jersey heifer is due in 3 weeks--can't wait...

Beautiful! Shiny, isn't he?:)

Isn't that satisfying?! I put up some more loose in the hay barn, mostly june grass. The calves love it and it beats buying hay they don't like 'cause it's too coarse. Beautiful dog and a well-decorated nest. Was it on the ground? We used to find killdeer and juncos frequently, pre-bird dog...

that was the kind I got, but don't have anything to compare it to. Highly recommend Southern's sugar flotation over the epsom salt if you're making your own.

Try doing a search for Premier Longhorns. They had photos of people riding cattle, possible they could help you.