[Kalungi Charles]

At how much do you sell your goats?

[Kalungi Charles]

Some local agencies have figures for the AUM for lands in there areas, I suggest basing your heard off their suggestions and then watching your land and how it is when moving cattle to next pasture. You may have lots of grass left which could be nice if the following year is dry or you may be over grazing and need to reduce heard to benefit yourself in maintaining good pasture land.

[Kalungi Charles]

If they are 2 weeks old a bottle twice a day is WAY to much!
That in itself will scour them up and make them lethargic.
Think the best all you can eat buffet twice a day. 
Cut them back to 1/4 bottle 3 times a day for best results/growth. If you don’t have the ability to feed 3x a day then 1/2 bottle max 2x daily.
A happy healthy calf is the calf that is vigorously demanding food at each feeding and still begging for more after they drink their bottle.
Add some probiotics for a few days to help stabilize their gut and add a good quality calf starter for them to munch on as they develop. Great job on the fine hay. A lot of people forget that. 
Be sure your milk is milk based and not soy also. Soy based replacers are known to give scours and extremely poor growth and pot bellies.
Get a quick read thermometer to have on hand so you can take temps when things like this come up. Helps greatly in diagnosis and treatments.
Lastly be sure to write down what meds and how much you give. It is very important if you or a vet need to treat farther.
Hope this helps.

[Kalungi Charles]

First off how old are they?
What scour pill did you give them?
Are they still scoured up?
Do either have a fever?
What’s the housing like for them?

[Kalungi Charles]

Am glad I can be of help.

[Kalungi Charles]

I have never done two boxes on one ground. Always separate grounds. Hard enough to keep a good ground in our area as it is. Hopefully others will have more experience with it and can offer some advice

[Kalungi Charles]

I was in a debate with myself about the very same idea last year and I decided to get into the beef industry by buying bred cows. Its worked out well for me so far and I have a pretty minimal investment into the industry, didn’t pay anymore than 1.375 a pound and got a couple as low as 1.05 a pound.

[Kalungi Charles]

I used vet gun this year. My black cows have the biggest problem with horn flies. I put out Purina Wind and Rain mineral with fly treatment. And used fly gun on cattle with heavier infestation. Vet gun works as advertised. Stand behind your truck when feeding so your targets don’t see what you are up to. Hit them once on shoulders and once on the brisket.
For the worst cases, I use Cydectin with a big syringe (no needle). One squirt high, one low. Instant relief to cattle.

[Kalungi Charles]

Brown Swiss is going to be your best milker between the two and they have a really mellow teprement. They will give about 65lbs a day. They are the size of a holstein and the colors of a jersey. There milk is really good for cheese and cream to. Basically they are just big overgrown pets.
Jersey will give 48-50lbs a day but they get upset really easy which will affect their milk production. Are you selling the milk to local individuals? You can get $6 – $13 a gallon doing that. Hope this helps.

[Kalungi Charles]

What are you looking for? Are you looking for longevity or a good milker? What kind of facility do you have. Is there someone around there that will pay a premium for higher quality milk? What do you have for land? What are your feed costs? Sorry for all the questions but it helps to make the best choice.

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