I'm at a local petting zoo with my family and noticed that the hooves of the cow they have here look in rough shape. I don't know much about cows so I wanted to ask someone who knows more before I report anything. Is this normal or is this just hoof care neglect?

Hi!

I recently bought a cow hide rug and I was lucky enough for it to have been branded and i wanted to identify who this cow may have belonged to or to learn more about it.

If anyone could help that would be really cool. I like that i have the opportunity to trace it back.

Apologies if this is off topic I am not super well versed in this stuff

Thank you in advance

Hey everyone hope you're well. I have a question in relation to something I observed in our cows that were serviced.

We have one cow that was serviced and 6 weeks on I noticed a thick cloudy-ish/translucent string from her, it did appear mucus like but yet didn't have the same consistency as the ones they put out when in heat which is more free flowing. At week 9 I observed the exact same thing again only this time three others on the same night in the herd who were serviced also had it, one of them also being 9 weeks and the others being 7 weeks serviced.

The string has no odour and their vulvas are pink with no sign of redness, none of our bull calves have shown any interest in them whereas they have in the others who haven't been serviced.

I know scanning would be ideal but unfortunately the guy we normally use is going through a family bereavement and our local vet is currently on holidays and none of his other staff are trained up in it.

I'm just partially paranoid as my brother who has his own farm who opted to synchronise his cows heats (We stick to natural detection ourselves) scanned his a few weeks back and found out half of his herd was empty.

I did ask Google and chat bots but one says it's a common and even positive signs of successful pregnancy while the other says it's probably endomertitis

Any feedback is appreciated

When you sell a cow, how much of what you know about them actually goes with him/her?

I’ve been thinking about this after selling a young bull we raised. I’d promised myself I’d find him a good home, and when I advertised him I found myself putting his whole story out there — where he came from, what had been done with him, what he was like, the history I thought the next owner should know.

I’ve done a version of the same thing with a couple of Braford heifers — after they sold, I sent their records along to the new owner.

Obviously with registered cattle there’s pedigree, registration info, performance data, health records, etc. But what about everything else you know from actually having the animal — temperament, mothering ability, quirks, previous calves, old photos, past issues, things you just remember?

Do you have a system for passing that knowledge along when cattle change hands? Or does most of it stay with the seller?