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the diffrent terms are intersting you just described a typical property here the cows are fed if need by but other then that left alone unless they need to be yarded for drenching or vetting most they see is a vechile driving around checking them thats it.

thanks karin thats the pic! when you guys say a range cow what do you mean? sorry for all the questions!!! lol over here thats what we call a paddock!

:D :D thanks to all of you who helped me find info on bse and stress stuff the boss has now agreed that their "testing" methods are cruel and there is a lot better way he has been given all the info i could find and is willing to eithier preg test and then neddle the empty cows so the bull's...

IluvABbeef no need to apoligise its great to read all the comments and learn from them!! funny how you dont notice things i read all the comments on here and went home looked at the cows we have (lol all 3 of them) trying to pick faults some were so obvious i wondered how i missed them before...

so they should have a strighter topline rather then a dippy one? i dont know a thing but from years of looking at horses your bulls "whole" body looks nice! dun another odd question does a cow/bull have a wither as such same as a horse does? and are the principal roughly the same as in how...

not long winded at all and very informative i didnt even think about any links between stress and disese and hadnt thought of the bulls side of things that much i guess and hadnt realised the effects on them other then the obvious risk of injuries it's all great info and hopefully it will change...

thanks dun, in this case there is only madness ill see what i can find and just hope they listen! thanks again to for the first link i have about 100 pages of info out of it already!

thanks heaps dun!! dont su[ppose you have a similair one for the causes of a cow to abort a calf? im trying to find some studies thinking that stress would be a big factor? and if i can find out that someone has proven it ill give him that to!

IluvABbeef what is bad about their toplines? and why is the bottom one worse? i can see that obvious diffrence between them specially around the rump but im sure ill be missing some! thanks for the help sorry im a complete begginer with cows am ferriting through the websites and video's you...

i need any information and links for the pro's of perfoming a breeding soundness exam on bulls, please help me out here i have talked to the foreman off my last topic he has agreed that what he is doing is stupid and dangerous he has also agreed to read and take to the property owner any...

i was wondering if some of you could put up some photos of diffrent cattle and point out there good and bad points, im trying to learn more about conformation and what to look for and would really appreciate a "lesson" :D thanks for any help/tips

im sorry that because of my wording you all think im making something up but please explain to me how it is wrong? these cows didnt want the bulls they where scared as hell trying to fight out of the head crush and falling over and trying like anything to swing their hips away from the bulls as...

this is not a crook as the below quote points out the bulls will and did mount the cows because they didnt move away they couldnt! i agree it is a completly stupid thing to do the bull and the cow as well as my husband where in a lot of danger i found it repolsive and cruel but the foreman...

gladly!

damn right and id love every minute :D just like id love to do it to the owners of these bulls