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I had twins earlier in the year and pulled the heifer and left the now steer on the moma The heifer I bottle fed and both are doing great now and moma regained weight pretty good. I would pull one of the calves and take the load off the mother cow. jmo

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I got an e-mail with these pic. I thought ya'll would like to see this. Email says it from BC Canada. Farmer goes out to check on his cattle since He knew he was having problems with some bears and this is what he found on this day. Had to be early fall I guess or spring. I hope I get the...

gotta have a tractor if your gonna have cows or buy alot of small square bales

$200 I would write it off as a lesson and return the bull and let him know about the open cows if he offers you half the money I would take it and find another bull.

staleys is a mix of molassis corn and other ingredients wheat middlings, I dont remember everything but it's usually 20% protein comes in pellets. $188 ton in cleveland but prices drop soon as grass starts growing good. demand is lower so they drop the price usually about 50-70 a ton in summer...

why not feed staleys or a mix its cheaper and does pretty good

Athens Stockyard, LLC Regular Sale No. Hd. Low High Average 28 Head Cows (C) 320.00 890.00 635.18 some bred some open 6 Cow/Calf Pairs (CC) 780.00 975.00 910.00 13 Steers (S) 120.00 290.00 191.54 10 Heifers (H) 140.00 255.00 191.50 9 Bulls (B) 70.00 900.00 392.78 This is a weekly...

I would assume that the steer is eating hay and feed now if that is so I would wean the steer. I dont think I would be milking the cow for a calf that old. 2 acres is enough for 1 mature cow I wouldn't think it would support 3 unless you plan on feeding hay most of the time. I would leave the...

so I buy me a 300lb heifer at sale barn 2 weeks ago with a big belly really cheap .50lb just to make a few dollars on. So a day before sale day I put her up with no feed or water to see if her belly would go down. it did and she looked alot better however she sloshes when she walks, it sounds...

I have a black angus cow and a black angus bull I would think I would get a black calf but no I got a red calf neither is registered. so I would think both had dominate red genes is this correct or I am out in left field?

Just to let you all know I seperated my twins and have started bottle feeding the little one. she didn't like that bottle at first but after she found out what it was she gobbled it down and now comes running with mouth wide open. My 9 and 11 year old girls are fighting over whos going to feed...

Thanks I will be doing that today I have another calf that I'm having to bottle right now that his momma let suck for a week then turned him away he took to it pretty good but he was really hungry I'll try my luck with the twin

I seems to me new born calves usually lay down most of the time and get up to only feed for about a week then usually move around and get into things after that. yellowish poop is normal first bowel movement not sure about the blood but I would watch him and if the blood continues then I would...