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We've got a 4 month old calf, up until a few days ago was absolutely fine. When we moved our herd to a different pasture a few days ago, we noticed she was a bit unsteady on her back legs, like they were occasionally twisting to the side on her. Or like she was crossing them slightly when...

We will be delivering an American Milking Devon bull to Illinois 2 weeks from now in early May (May 6-8) and we have room for one more animal on the trailer. We have two additional bulls for sale and we could haul one of them out to a mid-west buyer. Often times distance between breeders is a...

All, The vet was here today and he agreed that it was contracted tendons, his suggestion for treatment of the contracted tendons was to splint both front legs. Here's how: first we wrapped them in a thick padding (it reminded me of quilt batting about 1/2" thick, wrapped twice) and taped it...

We had to pull a calf for the first time. The calf and cow survived, but the calf is not able to stand properly on its front feet. It is bending at the fetlock and unable to set it's front hooves on the ground. I am sure this is because we somehow damaged the calves front legs during the...