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The guy at K-state said that I need to keep the grass clipped and vaccinate every year. (this is when i had the problem for the first time this spring) He also said that it might be the hay i was feeding. Well, the grass is clipped, I vaccinate every year, and I am not feeding hay right now. The...

I have called a real vet, KSU and many other people who I think know what they are talking about. The first thing that I was told about the cattle business was to always ask questions! Their are some people on this web site that I trust very much. I apologize if you don't approve but you don't...

Killed virus!

These calves are on heifers and they are mostly all red calves! I vaccinate all of my cattle every year. I haven't had problems before and I don't understand how IBR could get into my heard! If I vaccinate wouldn't that help in the prevention or spread of IBR and how do I get this problem under...

They are watering but they are also getting white dots on them! I vaccinate all of my cattle and I am getting ready to vaccinate my fall herd in a month or so! I have never had any problem s until the last year of so!

I have asked this question before and thought that I had solved the problem but obviously not! I am starting to get bad eyes on the baby calves of the fall herd and can't seem to get them over it. I have used nuflor, bana, and also patched the eyes like the vet said and they are not clearing up...

This may have been said before but everything black is not angus. But if you look at the sale barns and see anything that goes through the ring that is black everyone pays more because they think that it is angus. I have shorthorns and want to put a black bull on them so that the calves will...

If they are such a bad bred than why has your family raised them for so long? :?: :?: I respect your opinion because you probably know more than I do but some of the old timers told me that shorthorn used to be a very popular bred but everyone crossed up cattle to be red and everyone thought...

Thank you all for you comments and I have a few more questions. 1> How do I keep the cows from letting everything suck. I don't mind an old cow that has enough milk for every calf on the place but I think that it hurt some of the calves on my heifers because they weren't getting enough milk...

Those are good! :D :D :D J+

I know I kind of asked this but, what is Zero then? And do you get these numbers from the calf weights or the average of the parents? J+

I am not into the show calve business so we are all right there! I bought some that are big but to me they look more like milking shorthorns. The rest of them really compare to some Angus cattle as far as size in my area. Dad said that they have tried to get them to be more comparalbe to other...

So is Zero the average of the Breed? And why do they have weaning weight epd and milk epd's if both measure the weight of the calf at weaning time? J+

Yes Sir or Mam, I was wondering how they come up with all of those epd numbers. Birthweight, milk, etc. I have always been curious about that! J+

I have recently bought some shorthorns and would love some information from everyone out there. If you are going to start bashing the bred, save your time. I am interested in whst to cross them with, and the pros and cons of the breed. Thanks! J+