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Had a heifer calve 5 days ago and constantly just wants to kick the calf off when suckling. I’ve checked her mastitis and milked her out incase she was sore. I’ve given her some Endocam incase she’s in any pain. she loves the calf, she was straight up and licking and is constantly with it...

Looking to start using pruex product to “clean” water. On a borehole that is good but this will in theory populate it with good bacteria. I know there’s been other threads with positive results but are there now some long term users with pleasing results or even people that have stopped using it...

So far we’ve only had two bottle babies.. now there’s six 😖 I am struggling to get the latest ones to feed from a bottle Any tips greatly appreciated

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I hope this isn't a stupid question, but if you feed cow colostrum to lambs or goat kids, is there a risk that they could get TB if it came from an affected cow / herd? I can't find a clear answer on the internet, although it does seem like Johne's can be spread that way.

Hello, I have a sheep in milk and on her udder is a rash with some pimples with abscess that they will dry out . When one clears then I found another one. I am washing her with chloridex 4% ( diluted 1:10) soapy water, hand milking and spraying with colloidal silver after … Any more I can do? I...

One in two humans get cancer so how come cows don't? Don't think they get alzheimers either cos they remember how to open gates and escape!

Had a ewe lamb triplets and mastitis on both sides. Had a big bag but felt soft and normal. Went to check milk and now hard and cold. She’s had a jab of Trymox and metacam and used uddermint. Since then one side has gone down. The other side is very large and firm. The coldness comes and goes...

The lambing jack, I think I've seen it all now...

Odd 1, last 3 days ewes been a nightmare for not wanting lambs. Be that inside or outside. Singles, twins, different breeds etc. Could it be the weather or something?

Been the course of discussion yesterday. If jabbing a ewe post lambing with more "extensive" assistance delving around inside, what routine do folks use? I tend to go one Alamycin LA , one jab of Metacam. Other guy said 3 AB jabs, 2-3 days apart. One Metcam.

Our bull has stopped eating and is making a low grunting noise with every breath, started 2 days ago but yesterday seemed better but worse now. Will be phoning the vet shortly, just wondering if you have any ideas? My father is thinking a wire. Been no change in his diet so ruling out acidosis...

Has anyone bred these, or bred from them? I’ve been wondering for a few years what like they’d be as a commercial ewe, a shetland mule if you like. I’ve seen examples of this breeding go through the live ring but I’ve not seen them used for breeding or in the cull ring post breeding. I know...

We are currently building new cubicle housing for 100 cows and are at a crossroads with regards to scraping out. My dad wants to install a lely/jos slurry collector I would prefer to install Storth rope scrapers My brother would prefer to scrape the building out with the machine. Any thoughts?

Lost the first calf here the other day, was quite sure he’d had a belly full the day he was born, cows teats were clean looking, but she has a big udder so hard to tell if it had gone down much. Calf took some gut infection, swole up and died on the 3rd day. Took her in (they’re on the hill)...

Previously, the only lambs that were bottle fed were ewe lambs that we were retaining for breeding so I wasn't that worried about the cost of a bit of milk powder and probably kept them on it longer than necessary. This year however I'm keeping any excess lambs (triplets, etc), inc tip lambs...

Lambed a ewe last night and the lamb,although very bright,seems unable to suck on the teat.I milked her out and tubed the lamb and repeated 3 hours later.The colostrum/milk was fine.Went to do it a third time and the milk was pink from,I assume,a little blood in it.The udder is soft and...

https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/scotland-new-calving-interval-of-410-days-added-to-ssbss.407024/ Current Scottish calving index figures

I don't think this Shearling has reared a lamb before, she may have lambed & lost. Very poor Mother, have to hold her to let the lamb feed. One teat works great the other appears to have skin over the teat opening, no way in. I've used Oxytocin on ewes in the past with just a drop of milk &...