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Well this is a first one for me... upside down calf. We had one upside down and backwards calf a couple years ago but it was a much smaller calf and easier to turn. Last year had a tail only presentation that I was able to correct too. And we've had a few backwards calves. Tried three times...

Well I haven't been on here in a while but I wanted to share some pictures sent to me from an embryo customer in Hawaii. These are the first purebred Murray Grey calves to hit Maui in about 40 years. There were 11 Murray Grey embyros put into this herd last fall with this customers first...

Well I purchased a heifer in early October (12 months old then), where the owner said she had been penned up for a couple months to avoid bull exposure. I hadn't seen any signs of heat and decided to sync her with a big group. Hubby was putting CIDRs in while I was giving GnRH. I did not...

Seems like there is a dirty little secret about PA... all I need to know is which CH AI bulls have tested free and which are known carriers. Does anyone know how to track down which bulls have been tested or how to narrow down the AI list? We are planning to test all of our cows and now...

Well, after 4 months of jumping through hoops we finally have the shipment of new Murray Grey genetics on US soil. With this shipment I pushed for diverse genetics and we nailed it. Of course it didn't get here in time for this breeding season but I look forward to using these bulls in the...

Had our local Select Sire rep send me these pictures. These are purebred Braunvieh cows age 3-6 years old who came up available in Northern California due to lack of feed availability. Bull bred last season but the rep said other than last year he has AI'd this herd every year. Bred to a...

We had our first IVF collection on Thursday done by Vytelle satellite location in Madras, OR through Gohr Cattle. While going through the pros and cons of collection, all the questions and finally booking the females to the actual collection, we have had a very good experience. I was...

She had a bunch of canes in there and had them evaluated by the Select Sire rep to determine which bulls they were. She was really glad she was able to confirm that this tank had been well cared for and had some usable semen! Is anyone familiar with any of these bulls? Angus: MON Reposa...

I know don't smell the hay... I have a customer who called and said her horses stopped eating her hay. Brought hay to her for a couple years. We moisture tested all of her hay before delivery. No visible mold/dust. She says the hay smells off and now her horses won't eat it. I delivered it...

Did some AI this year and think most of them turned out nice. 416 Two Byrds Hawkeye out of Twin Fir Black Powder 421 Two Byrds Harmony Monique by HA McKinley 420 Two Byrds Guinness Oct Steer 419 417 Two Byrds Hollywood March 1 bull by our herd bull 418 Two Byrds Hammerhead March 27 bull...

We got a hot deal to be delivered tomorrow on some bluegrass hay that was overflow from a dairy feed order. Has anyone ever fed bluegrass? We have not before but the supplier said its comparable to fescue grass hay.

We had our last 2019 calf yesterday. A 84 lb black heifer by JB Boulder (Morgan Rivers Zamora x JB Navarra) out of LGR Empress (sired by Kara Kara Burleigh). Purebred Murray Grey heifer. She should have a nice terminal look but not sure that she will stay in the herd. Her dam was hard to get...

We own 51 acres of irrigated pasture. We have had our hay mowed, raked and baled by someone else since we bought the place. We pay him by the bale. He is raising the cost of baling by 20% next season. At an extra 20% we would be out of pocket $10-13k to have him do the baling for us. We had a...

We mainly breed Murray Greys but when a good deal comes along on a really nice registered heifer we have a hard time passing it up! My daughter and husband selected this yearling futurity heifer by Colburn Primo who is bred for a sexed heifer to SAV Brilliance. Looking for opinions on this...

My husband and I purchased 4 embryos this season and hope to use them this winter. We have used syncing to bring cows in for fixed time AI with moderate success 7/15 stuck on the first heat and another 6 on the second heat. Is this the same procedure that you use for ET? I can ask my ET...

We are showing some cattle at the local fair and need to provide our own shavings for the stall areas. Does anyone know if madrone shavings are toxic to cattle? Pine costs $89 Cedar is $99 DF would cost me $75 Madrone would cost me $20 Just trying to keep the costs down but won't do it if...

I have an April 2017 heifer that we have Ai'd once and had with the bull for two cycles. She has short cycled (16-17 days) after each breeding. She was a single birth and I bought her at 6 months. She was a virgin heifer when she was AI bred at 14 months. She is now over 1000 lbs and moderate...

Two Byrds Fantom, 1 week old 75 Two Byrds Fantom, 1 month old 76 62 Windy Acres Cleo's Romance due in 2 weeks 77 Many others are early spring. I need to move up my schedule a little on some. Plus raising up quite a few heifers this year so next season we will have (hopefully) 12 registered...