Recent content by T Diamond

I do my own A.I.ing. This year I had 2 people that wanted me to A.I their stock. I will charge $60 from start to finish. It covers my supplies. I am still learning so it is good practice. I do not guarantee that they are pregnant. I tell them that it is up to the animal.

We banded our boys 3 weeks ago and I was wondering how long for the scrotum to fall off. Do we need to cut them off or just leave them alone?

I am trying to locate a quality Lowline bull to cross on my 1/4 lowline heifer. I would need to ship semen on him. There are none in our area so we have to ship.

I am have a hard time keeping patches on. I have one heifer who keeps ripping them off. Anything I can put on them to keep her from doing this? She is driving me crazy.

Thanks, I can feel the calves on the other 2, (1-cow due mid to end Jan, 1-heifer due beg-mid March) The others are getting big, but she has not changed in size.Did not know it came be common for them t loose a preg early on. our cow has held all 3 years. The other heifer has held. How common is...

I have a 2 yr old heifer that was A.I'ed last spring. Confirmed preg. @ 67 days by a vet. Started to have clear discharge mid Sept. Palpated her myself, can't feel a calf. Due early to mid Jan. Ship her or give her one more chance?

She settled year before last and did calve last year. I have not seen her in a year, but she was pretty heavy. Weighing around 1500#. I don't think he wants to breed to just any bull, he wants a show bull and in our area we do not have any options on live cover to quality bulls. I used my...

I was wondering if anybody has every crossed anything with a lowline X. I crossed my Chi/Angus cow with a Lowline/SH. I ended up with a heifer. She was small at birth but 2 months she was weighing in at 180#. Her half brother who is out of a MaineX bull weighed in at 110# the year before. She is...

I have a fellow breeder who only has 3 head. He is breeding for show cattle. The vet he has been working with has been unable to get his cow to settle. He has been trying for almost a year. A.I.ing her every couple of months with 3-4 straws at a time. It has taken the vet several trys to get his...

I am looking for pictures of fetal development a in bovine fetus. I need to find some pictures along with a a summery of each stage- size, growth-bone,hair, hooves, etc. My son needs an educational poster for our county fair in Sept. I thought it would be educational for the plain Jane...

She is penned up with 2 other heifers. We started to up there grain to almost full feed, the heifers and cow are getting a 4-way and good alfalfa twice a day. The snot is Mustard colored and now her stool is same color. Started her on Probios tonight. Like I had said in the first post, she will...

We have a 3yr old cow with a calf on her and preg. She has had a snotty nose off and on now for about 6 weeks. She is eating and feeling good, temp is normal, udder is normal. The only thing is that she is not wanting to eat as much hay as normal and wants only grain. This morning she was a...

I got a whole pallet of sweet feed from a local feed store. A main ingredient was left out by mistake before bagging. Some of the feed is really moldy, but the biggest amount is ok with a slight hint of mold. We have popped holes in the bags to get some air flow. We live in AZ and we have it...

I too was really excited last year when my heifer, my 1st A.I. , was preg checked @ 30 days. Got a nice little heifer on the ground this Feb. Happy that I got 3 out of 4 last year. So far I got both my cow and my younger heifer. The other heifer was a challenge ad could not get thru the cervix...

My son's show steer is suddenly discovered that he can duck his head and take off. We raised him so he has been halter broke when he was a baby. He gets his head tied up almost every night. He just started doing this and our fai is in Sept. He has gotten so bad that we had to put the control...