Recent content by JMichal

Sounds like Johnes. Get a Fecal test for Johnes. They can get better and then next time she has a calf it comes back, eventually she wastes away. If she has Johnes she is shedding billions of the bacteria all over. Not something you want your calves exposed to.

It is the same Bull taken Two hours apart. I couldn't believe how different they look because of lighting, distance, background, and angle. The picture with the hay is representative of the Bull. It was taken up close. The other picture was taken from 50 ft. Zoomed in. He is a 2 year old. It...

We primarily raise Purebred Gelbvieh. Also have a few Balancers and a herd of commercial cattle. Springflood Ranch located in Southwest Mo.

We raise purebred Gelbvieh and Balancer cattle.

Exactly

Many of the big boys are running a lot of Balancers. Some have nearly all Balancers. May be why the change was made. Or could be they needed to change to fit the genomic EPDS. When they come out we wil probably see another drastic change.

The trick here is convincing your customers. They look at these numbers. These numbers are meant to be a tool to prove the genetics. Perhaps the new numbers will work they certainly proved the old ones were pure BS.

That's my plan. You know in the area we are in, as you must be fairly close to us. Calving ease and low birth weights are the 1st thing people look at when buying Bulls. Then they look at weaning weights and milk. Now we need to tell them about how the numbers have been all BS. Buyers here are...

Gelbvieh breed released their new EPD's this week. As I thought this may be horrendous for some and a God send for others. The Calving Ease EPD has completely changed. I am a Purebred Gelbvieh Breeder and have been preached to for years to pay close attention to the calving ease EPD and not the...

Saw a Bull that was purchased at production sale Saturday. They brought him home and when they went to pull hair for DNA sample the tail was very tied up tight around the tip. There was White hair up inside. It allmost looked as if it were braided stuffed up and the black hair pulled around it...

I contacted Jeffers supply (where I bought them) and they credtied the whole purchase price.

I put 120 of them in and less than 1/2 are still intact. :cry2:

I used a New Insect Ear Tag this year made by Bayer. It is called Corathon. It is Blue and made out of a material called Fibere Tek. I have had very bad luck. They were put on in early May and are nearly all off now. The only part left is the back peice and the ring that they connect with. They...

Most of the pictures do not come up any more. Tried to show some Foot Rot pictures to the neighbor Newbie and most pictures are gone. Says Village Pictures. Is there a way to open them? :cry2: :cry2: