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I should clarify that I have in fact fed heavy during late term gestation with hay of various types and have never experienced issues. However, I feed a lot of spent beer grain (some years I pick up more than I can really use) which is high protein (all carbs/sugars boiled out). The first time I...

I can say from personal experience this is a fact and it’s especially important when you’re dealing with first calf heifers. Once they’re in their 3rd trimester, if they’re over fed it seems to go straight to the fetus as the fetus is typically done growing in length at that point and only...

The single most important thing I think a person can do for their cattle (besides the obvious) is to make sure they have free access to free choice loose mineral) Many new people getting into the business around me call for advice with various small issues and the first question I ask is if they...

I wonder if I’m seeing the same video? Those cattle don’t look like they’re anywhere near a BCS 2-3. They look good with maybe 1 or 2 in there that either look a little thin but that may be due to age. Granted, Hereford are heavier boned animals and they really have to be abused to draw them...

Mine works incredible and the nice part is rim size doesn’t really matter (unless it’s so big it will bend the steel on the changer) one of the reasons I haven’t bought an old coats or other machine is because a lot of the ones I see don’t go up very high on rim size (which is why I feel like...

I hear ya on the cost of tire work. There came a time for me when I felt like I was taking a tire in to town once or twice a week and thought I was having horrible tire luck. But then I realized (and counted) how many actual tires I had between all the tractors, equipment, vehicles of every...

I don’t particularly care for any of the circus show either, as I mentioned, I’m conservative in nearly every facet of life but the point is, the thread began with chastising this person about his sexuality - I have no idea (beyond that he’s a republican) what his politics are - maybe he has...

Yep - you quoted me right and NOPE it’s NOT bullying. Rather, I’m calling out all the “men” and bullies that jump on this thread to ridicule a person that has issues with gender identity (a man that thinks he’s a woman at that)...Pretty damn cowardly if you ask me. Now, you’re trying to throw...

Or worse yet, I wonder what some of you guys would do if your son or daughter came home and said they wanted to become the opposite sex. I’m a republican and more manly than most other men I meet but I also know our individuality doesn’t stop with our fingerprint. We’re all different in so many...

Ky says it exactly right. If you don’t have a real plan to market those smaller cattle all the way through the system, you’ll suffer some losses. Like ky says - if you’re just taking weaned calves to the sale barn, those guys look for framey, thinner calves that they know they can add fast...

Sometimes people and even vets will assign this type of behavior to an injury but, over the years we’ve fed a lot of bulls and some years have pushed them pretty hard for development. Too much grain, especially too much corn will make their feet very tender (and they’ll act like they have an...

We give a clostridial and a respitory to all animals just prior to weaning and then 3 weeks later give the boosters (ultra important) and then every year after we give a single booster to all animals (bulls included). We also worm twice a year (spring /fall) and we try to change brands and...

Sounds like a practical plan that makes sense. EPD’s tend to get beat up on because folks take them to literal at times. As you mention, it’s just more data to help us balance and consider the decisions we make - to not use them is a big mistake. Depending on how they’re used, they can help us...

I’ve used almost every synch program ever developed over the years. Now, I’ve gone back to trying to AI off natural heats, sometimes we’ll also give a shot of PG to groups we know are cycling already and others, especially heifers we use a full blown cidr protocol. For ET we always use cidr...