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- Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Dexters in the Sunday Times
- Replies: 26
- Views: 22072
The media seem to have gone a little crazy with the Times story, we have had 3 news channels come down and film the cows today. We have made a big effort to correct the misleading information that the Times printed. We have (hopefully) made it clear that Dexters require a lot of grass and care and ...
- Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Dexters in the Sunday Times
- Replies: 26
- Views: 22072
- Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: blue tongue - vacination
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3255
- Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: My freezer is full.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8834
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Trimming horn stumps
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12192
Thank you Duncan... Sylvia - I just took the comments personally - perhaps you caught me on a bad day! I just wanted to stand up for young female vets who tend to get a bit of a rough time. I wouldn't want people reading this discussion board to get the wrong idea about our abilities as vets and th...
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Trimming horn stumps
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12192
I can't believe the sexist remarks on this topic.... unbelievable! I am a female (almost qualified) vet... and have never had any problems dehorning cattle! Whether it be using wire, cup dehorners or scoop-type dehorners I have always successfully done the job! ... as long as there is adequate rest...
- Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Blue Tongue
- Replies: 53
- Views: 40537
- Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Blue Tongue
- Replies: 64
- Views: 54825
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Wormers - What to use and when
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12340
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Wormers - What to use and when
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12548
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Wormers - What to use and when
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12548
We never worm our adults (we would if they lost weight or had diarrhoea). Our calves are all wormed at about 3 months old and we continue to worm them until they are about 18 months old. We are planning to start doing worm egg counts on the youngsters...when we finally get around to it! Ultimately ...
- Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Wormers - What to use and when
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12340
We never worm our adults (we would if they lost weight or had diarrhoea). Our calves are all wormed at about 3 months old and we continue to worm them until they are about 18 months old. We are planning to start doing worm egg counts on the youngsters...when we finally get around to it! Ultimately ...
- Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Is it like this in other places ?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 21755
We have been broken into so many times over the last few years. Last month we had a generator stolen.... Previously we have had an entire cattle handling system dismantled and stolen. We are considering buying a shipping container to keep most things in - does anyone know how effective they are aga...
- Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Is it like this in other places ?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 22648
We have been broken into so many times over the last few years. Last month we had a generator stolen.... Previously we have had an entire cattle handling system dismantled and stolen. We are considering buying a shipping container to keep most things in - does anyone know how effective they are aga...
- Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Board
- Topic: Apathy rules - The end of the South East Group?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4845