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Don't know if our system is right or not, or even efficient. Fullbloods/Purebreds get a blue tag Commercial/Crossbred get a green tag. Heifers left, bulls right. All of our cows get a number assigned to them. The first one on the farm 00, next 02, etc. First is the year and then the cow...

Maybe that's why I extra worry - we're just out of the zone most vets will go to, let alone getting a hold of one. There's a vet right down the road from me but he's working on retiring so he's hit or miss for coming out (can't blame him), and the other vet that can get there in a timely matter...

Thank you! Luckily they're close enough to the house I can use a camera to watch while I'm at my desk job

Little heifer. 56 lbs which is decent for this breed. After doing all I could to get it out, as my dad pulled in I got it. She's taking good care of him.

Sorry - it's been a bit hectic around home. So I'll reply all in one And thank you for everyone's thoughts. Definitely helps with the learning! She was super aggressive, and I was out right after it came out so I went inside and figured she needed space. She was alone in the pasture so no...

She rejected hers yesterday so she has a date May 11th. She cleaned it, was concerned of it, but then pushed the living daylights aggressively out of it. Weird thing we noticed is her bag is hard and you can't get much milk out of it. Same thing happened last year so something isn't right with...

My name's Melissa and I'm a worry wart :lol: I'm blaming it on lack of experience and a preference of having plans laid out. I know we're puny compared to majority of you but... How do you guys patiently wait for calves from cows that are on the bubble of keeping or not? We only have a...

Fortunately there will only be four in the group for second calvers and mature cows and have plenty of bunk space for that group. Two first timers, three replacements, and a couple of the smaller steers will be kept separate. When they go to calve, I'll put them on clean pasture. I really was...

I have a gelding with a soy intolerance - so he's strictly alfalfa pellets and beet pulp but yes a light soak for that stuff. It is super pricey to make any type of ration with it. Interesting about the three year olds. Is there a reasoning you see to this or just their growth stages? I...

Okay that makes a lot more sense, thank you. I looked up slug feeding but that was much easier to google haha! I'm more versed in diets for horses, so this may not even apply here. Aside from the obvious grass/hay, is there an ingredient that's better for cattle guts/rumens? Like beet pulp...

I know there's a billion of these subjects, but I couldn't find what I was looking in the search (really productive morning at work :lol: ) First - what does it mean when a feed ration is too hot? The post about the longer toes brought this to my attenion. Second - This year we will have our...

We have a herd of 12 of them, ranging from fullbloods, purebreds, to the moderators. I would never take one to the sale barn because you would not come out very well from it. We've sold some cattle to future breeders, and we just butchered our first one to sell and her halves went quick because...

Ours seems petty compared to some of the things you guys have to do. Our main problem is...Vets. All of our large animal vets are either retiring or going to small animal or doing minimal type care for cows IF they call you back. Took some serious nagging and bartering to get one out that does...