Cuz's chat thread!

[CuzChickens]

That's awesome! And how is big mama? Has she chilled out a bit? We have some peas planted and so e greens, but we still run the risk of frost, so we haven't gotten too deep yet. Oh, we bought some strawberry plants to add to our existing patch and some started lettuce. Oh, that's gotta be annoying. After we dehorned Rose, she wouldn't stop roughing around with Jasmine and she must have busted her scab five times. She would come running up with blood running down her face and it look like she was mauled by a coyote, nope, she just busted her head.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

I'm glad my cows are polled...lol

 

[dan26552]

That's awesome! And how is big mama? Has she chilled out a bit? We have some peas planted and so e greens, but we still run the risk of frost, so we haven't gotten too deep yet. Oh, we bought some strawberry plants to add to our existing patch and some started lettuce. Oh, that's gotta be annoying. After we dehorned Rose, she wouldn't stop roughing around with Jasmine and she must have busted her scab five times. She would come running up with blood running down her face and it look like she was mauled by a coyote, nope, she just busted her head.

Yep. She's good, she has mallowed down. Sweet! I've got peppers, tomatoes, corn and tomorrow more corn, watermelons, cukes, cantaloupes and squashes go in.

Well I guess for her it was. She didn't break it low enough to bleed and and wasn't sensitive when I messed with it. I guess she must of broken it playing with the other kids or an adult.


Whoa.

 

[dan26552]

I'm glad my cows are polled...lol

Her mom is poled.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Her mom is poled.

The polled gene is dominant. We bred our polled cow to a polled bull so hopefully we won't get horned offspring.

 

[CuzChickens]

Wow! Now, does your family keep all that produce, or do you sell at farmers markets? Don't tell me you are doing all that by yourself, right? That has got to be a lot of work planting and keeping all that up!

Well, now I feel better about Sydney, I'm glad she didn't have to be in pain!

 

[dan26552]

The polled gene is dominant. We bred our polled cow to a polled bull so hopefully we won't get horned offspring.

I guess her mom only carries one gene. Janet too. Ben has huge horns.

One would think you would get a polled.

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

I guess her mom only carries one gene. Janet too. Ben has huge horns.

One would think you would get a polled.

Yeah, that's the only way to get horns.

Yep...I don't know if they are heterozygous/homozygous but the chances are pretty low we'll get horns.

 

[dan26552]

Wow! Now, does your family keep all that produce, or do you sell at farmers markets? Don't tell me you are doing all that by yourself, right? That has got to be a lot of work planting and keeping all that up!

Well, now I feel better about Sydney, I'm glad she didn't have to be in pain!

Some of both, keep what we can eat, rest goes to the hogs or farmers market. No, I've got so much on my shoulders at the moment it would be impossible for me to take care of everything by myself, my sister and older brother are helping. It is.

She should be fine, she's only 2 or 2 1/2 months old and her horns are still fairly soft.

 

[dan26552]

Yeah, that's the only way to get horns.

Yep...I don't know if they are heterozygous/homozygous but the chances are pretty low we'll get horns.

Yep.


25% to 50% I suppose.