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Post by hook on Jul 6, 2019 18:24:52 GMT -6
Weve been battling it here. First 1 cow at a time, now 2 cows and 1 calf. Hard to treat on pasture without facilities. I know I'm in new territory, but dang the flies are bad. I never had to treat for it in florida. i cant wait to get stocked here at the house so i can treat things right.
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Post by franklinridgefarms on Jul 6, 2019 18:41:49 GMT -6
It's a pain for sure. You may already be doing this, but I use a dart gun if it isn't convenient to get them up. Flies were awful here early we are feeding IGR mineral, and fly tagged them too, seems to have helped for now anyways.
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Post by hook on Jul 6, 2019 18:47:20 GMT -6
Im probably goimg to borrow the neighbors dart gun. We have back rubs out, after using the igr mineral. Neither help the 250 lb calves though that haven't started hitting the mineral
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Post by tcranch on Jul 7, 2019 6:41:13 GMT -6
Do you vaccinate for pinkeye? At the risk of jinxing myself, can't remember the last time I had to treat for true pinkeye - as opposed to eye abrasions from stemmy bales. I use an autogenous vaccine that targets both Moxarella bovis and bovoculi.
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Post by hook on Jul 7, 2019 6:56:44 GMT -6
Do you vaccinate for pinkeye? At the risk of jinxing myself, can't remember the last time I had to treat for true pinkeye - as opposed to eye abrasions from stemmy bales. I use an autogenous vaccine that targets both Moxarella bovis and bovoculi. I will from here on. These cows will only be mine until October, I bought them on opportunity, and the owner said they can stay on his land until then. But the pens are on the other side of his hay field. Otherwise id run them through. Hes got a dart gun if I need though |
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Post by farmerjan on Jul 9, 2019 9:50:11 GMT -6
Pinkeye seems to have hit this part of Va with a vengence in the past 2 weeks too. Talk about it at the co-op and darts hard to find. Have treated/shot several in the past couple of days. Don't have facilities on several of the rented farms. Going to add altosid to the next batch of mineral, have always had good results just having DE (diatomaceous earth) in it but not this year. Could be from it having been so wet all last year and not much of a cold winter to kill off much. Who knows.
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Post by jedstivers on Jul 9, 2019 20:59:58 GMT -6
Use your new dart gun with drax. Cures it right up.
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Post by jehosofat on Jul 9, 2019 21:04:59 GMT -6
Somebody tell me about the pinkeye/goat theory.
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Post by bulltrader on Jul 9, 2019 21:15:41 GMT -6
Use your new dart gun with drax. Cures it right up. Jed, Draxin has gotten very hard to get here. I been trying to get ahold of some for 2 days |
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Post by jedstivers on Jul 9, 2019 21:34:24 GMT -6
Use your new dart gun with drax. Cures it right up. Jed, Draxin has gotten very hard to get here. I been trying to get ahold of some for 2 days I’ve been getting it through the summer. I order one day and it’s here the next. Ill check tomorrow. |
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Post by bulltrader on Jul 10, 2019 5:26:05 GMT -6
The vets here won't let us get it. It's the new rules
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Post by hook on Jul 10, 2019 5:49:05 GMT -6
Use your new dart gun with drax. Cures it right up. Thats the plan except I dont have draxxin. |
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Post by jedstivers on Jul 10, 2019 5:53:06 GMT -6
Ive bought several 100ml bottles this year.
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Post by hook on Jul 10, 2019 6:04:09 GMT -6
Ive bought several 100ml bottles this year. Need mine and bulltraders adress? |
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Post by hook on Jul 10, 2019 17:49:48 GMT -6
Got the calf darted. First dart blew its load mid air, second bounced, 3rd stuck. I think the darts may be out of date
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