How To Dry Off A Cow - No Mastitis, No Milk Fever!

You could be the cause of your cow getting mastitis when you're drying her off, or what you do while she's dry could cause her to get milk fever when she has her calf. BUT, it's really simple to avoid, and I'll tell you how!

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Chapters:
0:00 - How to Start Drying Her Off
1:12 - What You NEED to Know
4:35 - Why You Shouldn't Feed Alfalfa Hay
5:31 - The Best Cow Book Ever
6:03 - Other Things Goin On
6:49 - How Her Udder Should Look, Day #3
7:11 - Day #4
7:20 - Day #6
7:37 - Day #7
7:55 - Day #8
8:04 - Is It Lice?
8:35 - Day #9
9:04 - Bloopers!