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    Apple Cider Vinegar Question

    I just passed a kidney stone and a friend told me to use this stuff for my stones ! ever heard of that?
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    Kind of upset - suspended from BYC!! I don't know why!

    So that is what is going on! Glad to see my byc buddies somwhere else in the cyber wurld!
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    angus and dexter cross What do you think?

    Angus dexter cross was good. @ bull calves no problems,now do I cross the gurnsey bull with the galloway or do i go dexter galloway
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    Illinois

    cool I'm from the ci area
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    [Pics] Tin Horn Question

    Get help. I started feeding my 2 heiffers in the stall in the morning so i could get them shut in. Then I backed my stock trailer up to the stall. Iplanned out in advance for this I built all the stalls so they would open."They are just gaits set up to swing open so they open out to the door...
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    What To Charge For Beef

    Try going to a grain processing plant and buying wet feed or dry feed. I get it for 60 a ton and feed my cows 1/2 a 5 gallon bucket each a day. They graze for the rest of their food. Hay is given only in the winter before the grass is going good.
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    What To Charge For Beef

    1.50 a# hanging weight plus processing is common around here.
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    Illinois

    I am from the central area of Il..Just about 10 miles so& east of peoria, "Treamont" if you have ever heard of it.We mainly do chickens cows and a couple of horses.
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    Bucket or nurse?

    probably is good advice. She is a belted galloway but 8 or 900 pounds is pretty critical mass.
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    angus and dexter cross What do you think?

    Sorry jetting to the mcdonalds in paris to mentor sarcozy all week. Maybe next time!
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    Bucket or nurse?

    Bottle nursing is sweet and forms a bond I did not know would exist with a cow, but it is inconveinient as far as conflicting scheduals go. This little calve was born by c section and the dam was uthinized after birth.We have become very attached to her but time for the feeding is not as easy to...
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    Bucket or nurse?

    I have 6 week old nursing calf and need to get info. I red somewhere that if you start a calf on a bucket the rumen may not readily activate. I am wondering if I switch to a bucket with the milk will she still get the required nurishment. I have tried it already and she downs 2 times as much in...
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    angus and dexter cross What do you think?

    Really I appreciate the input from all of you guys and the helpfull tone you have. I dont come away from this feeling stupid. Just educated.
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    angus and dexter cross What do you think?

    Of course, there is no perfect bull (just as there is no perfect man. Oh wait---the guy who dated my wife before she married me was perfect----- but I digress). My wife married the perfect man. Just ask me and I can verify.She knows her opinion is just what I tell her?She will never see this...
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    hello from ct

    good day to you fellow chicken wrangler I also do the byc and frequent the coffees ready thread daily.I have gotten good advice from the folks here to take care of my cows.You will like it here if you decide to get some yard ornaments that are mobile and poop like mine do.
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    angus and dexter cross What do you think?

    Wild rose , I thankyou for the link.I have printed it and am going to read it this weekend.
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    angus and dexter cross What do you think?

    Thank you for the help. I read the chart but I will have to read it a few times to digest it properly and comprehend.
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    angus and dexter cross What do you think?

    guess I have a lot to learn but what is epd?
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    angus and dexter cross What do you think?

    I am having my heffers bred with a large dexter bull. Ithought this would be good for the first calf since it would be small and make calving easier for a new dam. What is your opinion.
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