New babies coming, need a refresher please

[Ilovecows]

Ilovecows does not matter if you have any other cows around. Deer and other wild life can bring in disease too. Better to have preventive measures in place the wish you had.

Back in '07 lost 15 head to pasturella pnuemonia. Vaccinated for it every year since.
Last year had IBR come in our herd from deer. Lost 5 calves. Switched vaccines.

We live in the middle of no where (according to friends and family) with plenty of wildlife and have had no issues. Many around here, both small and large operations, do not vaccinate.

 

[herfrds]

Well lucky you. we used to not vaccinate til '07.

Doesn't matter where you live or how far away the neighbors cattle are you never know what will come in the pasture.

Last year one neighbors bull left his pasture, came across our farm ground, knocked down some of our pasture fence, crossed our pasture and ended up over 6 miles from their pasture.

Had a good cow get shipped because she had a black baldy one year. We don't own a black bull and nobody would fess up to their bull being in with our cows. Just didn't want trich in our herd.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

 

[michelle43]

I agree...prices seem a bit high with the price of feed these days. I guess I'll keep looking too. I'm also searching local papers, ads, craigslist, etc. I've never bought at an auction before and I don't think I'd know how anyway.

 

[Ilovecows]

Well lucky you. we used to not vaccinate til '07.

It's this attitude that is the reason that I don't come here much. I guess I will go back to a much more friendly cow forum.

 

[herfrds]

Sorry if it came across as an attitude, but I am speaking from first hand experience of NOT vaccinating.

 

[Royd Wood]

Well lucky you. we used to not vaccinate til '07.

It's this attitude that is the reason that I don't come here much. I guess I will go back to a much more friendly cow forum.

Hi Ilovecows - dont you dare disappear from here.
We dont vaccinate our cows and so far everything is fine but to be fair if we had the experience that Herfrds had then we would review. Like you we are isolated from any other livestock but plenty of wildlife about including some rough looking coyote and foxes.
Good luck with whatever you choose to do

lovinglife - those crosses should do really well for you

 

[lovinglife]

Thank you! I am looking forward to it. We are going to raise 4 and sell 2 this fall, keep 2 until the following year, we will then sell one and process the other for the freezer. If it works out well, I plan on doing raising more to sell. We really need something in the pasture, if not I get to mow it, not a bad job if you have plenty of beer, but it is a day out of my life I would rather be on the lake fishing!