Maybe look into teaching yourself hoof trimming or finding a hoof trimmer for problems like cracks in the cows hooves, a crack like that in the male, could result in a much worse problem because it traps muck really easy. Which at times is what can lead to problems like hoof necrosis, which is pretty unrepairable and causes the hoof to be eaten away by infection. I only now found your channel and i find your content really down to earth. Im in love with your baby heffer's colors. Shes so adorable with the glossy dark brown and white markings!
Learn as much as you can so you can take care of your animals and not rely on a vet. Have a good. Animal, first aid kit stocked and ready to go. Learn how to do subcutaneous fluids and have the supplies on hand. Have basic antibiotics andanti septic ready. and unfortunately, have a plan in case tragedy happens and a vet is nowhere to be found. You don’t want the animal suffering unnecessarily. i’m glad the steer recovered. And I’m sorry about your mama cow. It does sound neurological. I think the people that had her before were not honest with you. unfortunately, that’s not uncommon. But she is giving you a great little girl calf and that’s good.
I meant to say 24-28 months ideally to finish Dexter steers.
Great video! Thanks for the update!
Maybe look into teaching yourself hoof trimming or finding a hoof trimmer for problems like cracks in the cows hooves, a crack like that in the male, could result in a much worse problem because it traps muck really easy. Which at times is what can lead to problems like hoof necrosis, which is pretty unrepairable and causes the hoof to be eaten away by infection.
I only now found your channel and i find your content really down to earth. Im in love with your baby heffer's colors. Shes so adorable with the glossy dark brown and white markings!
He has healed up nicely thankfully. I definitely want to learn to trim hoofs. Seems like a good simple skill to learn. Thanks for commenting!
Wow. A lot going on this week. So sad about Sunny.
Yeah and not in the best way!
Words of wisdom though
Dang, the farm life is not easy.
Learn as much as you can so you can take care of your animals and not rely on a vet. Have a good. Animal, first aid kit stocked and ready to go. Learn how to do subcutaneous fluids and have the supplies on hand. Have basic antibiotics andanti septic ready. and unfortunately, have a plan in case tragedy happens and a vet is nowhere to be found. You don’t want the animal suffering unnecessarily. i’m glad the steer recovered. And I’m sorry about your mama cow. It does sound neurological. I think the people that had her before were not honest with you. unfortunately, that’s not uncommon. But she is giving you a great little girl calf and that’s good.
I think you are right about the previous owner. Thanks for you comment.