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We calve on pasture the last couple years and in my opion that's the way to go. No sickness calved easy calves grow like crazy and all of the cows calved in 2 weeks to the day. We are trying to move to April or maybe start late march but if I would WAAAAAAY rather calve in may instead of...

are they bred back? if so just feed them some good protein so they can maintain there condition and u should be fine. if they are open about your only option to get them to breed is to wean them. you can feed the calves when you wean if you want to that away they aren't so small

its good stuff for feeders that you are bringing in and for thin cull cows.

to answer your question just feed at 1% bodyweight. sounds like you have decent protein I. your hay already.

branguscowgirl. there is absolutely nothing wrong with having medicated feed. this feed isn't really even a medication. its just bovatec which is basically just a feed to help with feed conversion and gain.

would u say feed the corn at about 1.5% of bodyweight once they adjust to it or is that to high.

or can I get higher gai s pretty easily with these smaller calves? I've heard that they are pretty efficient

sorry forgot to add that its decent quality. have corn soybean meal and several other stuff that are higher in protein. I don't think they need a lot more protein but maybe I'm wrong. prefer to use corn an soybean meal

computer broke down so I can't figure up rations. I got some alfalfa and I was gonna feed some 200 to 300lb. calves with it. what should I add to ration to get 2lb.s a day?

$150 a head is a steal. if they are good they are worth $375 here. 1 bag milk replacer will wean 1 calf. DONT feed more than 4 pints a calf a feeding. feed 2 times a day. feed 2 bags of calf starter and then switch them to your weaned ration. you will have to feed them grain on pasture or else...

The cattle with the temp of 102.3 was perfectly normal even in the dead of winter. i dont treat unless they are over 103. unless of course they are acting funny but in the summer its not at all uncommon for cattle ( espcially black hided) to run 103 with the heat and all so id say those calves...

la300, penicillin, baytril, draxxin, sulfa boluses,

we have only had one calf with mycoplasma and we tried EVERYTHING. the only thing that worked was the 5 day treatment with baytril along with banamine everyday.

IMO baytril should be used b4 draxxin micotil or those antibiotics. draxxin and those are a lot hotter antibiotics than baytril. 75% of the time baytril don't even work for us we have to use draxxin or something similar. are vet suggest trying baytril or nuflor to start with and then use the...

no we buy all of our replacements so shouldn't be a problem there. sorry if this is a dumb question but does chrome mean white?