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Post by Glenn on Jul 23, 2014 8:46:56 GMT -6
Going through my phone and deleting pics and decided to upload a few. Just random shots of my herd and program. Some are good some are not. These have all been over the last month to 6 weeks. I usually try to snap at least a couple of pics when I am checking cows especially since several of the pastures only get checked weekly. Not an excuse but some of the cattle are not as "spunky and shiny" as I would like or expect because my new lease place in Oklahoma had a severe tick infestation and believe it or not it was the first time I had dealt with that problem. It set several of the cows back and really knocked my calves for a loop. I think they are on the mend however... (I hope!) Older cow  First calf heifer  heifer that was AI'ed then exposed to bull. I pulled my bulls on Saturday and Monday. Hope she's bred.  Heifer with her first calf. One of the youngest calves. The calf has an IBC of 39%  First calf heifer  Another first calf heifer  Bred heifer to calve Sept or Oct (fall calving herd)  Spring born heifer calf  2nd calf young cow  Her calf from last year  Herd shot of the herd at the new Oklahoma Lease  Spring born heifer calf (tick survivor)  Found this little fella in one of my droughted out pastures. I think they are a good sign of range health.  |
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Post by hoekland on Jul 23, 2014 13:19:36 GMT -6
You're first calvers are a big step in the right direction, keep at it!
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Post by Glenn on Jul 23, 2014 17:32:32 GMT -6
Thanks, Harley. My progress has been slowed by not being able to keep as many females due to the drought. I found another pic. This is also a heifer that I AI'ed this spring then covered with a bull. Again, hope she's bred!  |
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Post by mrvictordomino on Jul 23, 2014 20:48:56 GMT -6
You had posted the two year old with the 39% IBC calf before I think, is the calf still growing out good? Sure looked nice at that age to be bred so tight.
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Post by Glenn on Jul 23, 2014 20:51:36 GMT -6
It's growing nicely.
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Post by elkwc on Jul 24, 2014 4:32:36 GMT -6
Glenn I like the yearling bull. He is a nice one.
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Post by nicky on Jul 26, 2014 7:08:05 GMT -6
What did you do for the ticks?
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Post by herefordjock on Jul 26, 2014 19:34:09 GMT -6
We have ticks every year and they blister usually around the rectum and inner thigh region. Im curious to your situation and what you did about it?
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Post by hoekland on Jul 27, 2014 2:07:10 GMT -6
You can always expect an outbreak if you had good rains after a dry spell. Just lucky for you that you don't have tick borne dideases like redwater, heartwater and gallsickness otherwise you would have been a very busy and very disappointed man.
Be careful of pour-ons with pirethroids as active ingredient, especially just before and during the breeding season, new research here has shown they have a very negative effect on sperm quality and bull fertility, but the fact is here if we don't use them we won't have any live cattle, but I try to rather use amitras based products if I have to use a pour on in breeding season.
The best line of defense is a long acting ivermectin like Ivomec Gold 3% or Solution 3.5% just before the expected outbreak. Here Ivomec Gold will give you about 75 days when it comes to blue ticks which is the dangerous one for redwater and gallsickness in my area.
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Post by Glenn on Jul 27, 2014 8:44:29 GMT -6
They were pretty bad. They were mostly on the back of their ears and around their anus. I was in a bind because I had just dropped the cows out at the new place and it didn't have any corrals or working facilities. i had wormed the cows before I put them out and maybe that helped them a bit, but a lot of the cows did have ticks. On the downside I have always (last several years) used the Generic Ivormectin pour on. Apparently this is not as effective as the Name Brand. I was able to pour the cows and calves with Ivomec at higher than the "standard" dosage. This gave a good knock down on them. I also about 2-3 weeks after that found a pour on that was labeled for ticks (Permetrian (sp)) that was really oily and concentrated. Several of the calves still had ticks at this time but this second treatment seemed to provide the KO punch to them. The cows came back real quick but the calves seemed lethargic even for a while after being clean (to the eye) of ticks. Now 95% of everything is looking and acting healthy. There are just a couple of calves that still seem not 100%. I built a load out at the place and can move any real problems now but am thinking of a portable calf table or something where I could really work them better. A vet told me the best thing was an Ivomec injection then ear tag them with a product labeled for ticks.
Next year they will have their ear tags on before they are delivered to that pasture!!!
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Post by hoekland on Jul 27, 2014 9:19:54 GMT -6
I was talking about the injectable, I have a vote of no confidense in the pour on version
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Post by Glenn on Jul 27, 2014 15:15:05 GMT -6
A couple from the 'tick pasture'. This cow and calf both were pretty infested. The cow is 100% recovered and the bull is probably 95% better. I think they are on the mend.  BTW, it was 105 degrees the moment this pic was snapped.... On the plus side it's supposed to be cooler tomorrow with a chance of rain!!!! |
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