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I suppose that it is unanimous then she is gone. Lucky for us we never turned her out, we have a manditory intiation stay at the pens when we first bring in a new load of cattle, you knwo to calm them and get them used to hearing the horn knowing that when they hear the horn it is chow time and...

So this is more story time than it is anyhting else, however this particular heifer is going back to market with the rest of the rejects on wednesday. So here is the deal I picked up three non exposed heifers at a local sale, got these three home and notice right off the bat that one of them was...

These are all the things that I have thought, and was afraid of. I suppose I am in with the big boys now and I should leave all sentimental value behind. So here is the next question, is it worth my time to wait on her to reach a size that I can turn two or possibly three ne calves for the one...

I have probably said to much, so here is a short nd to the point version maybe that will help. Mom is a fart and probably wont be around much longer, is there anything I can do to eliminate moms bad teachings to the calf once she has been culled out. Again she is a good mom just over protective...

This is something I would have never considered, it appears to be a common thing that bulls breed at night, the equivalent of turning off the lights I suppoes. Rod, wait for a while if you drop no calves maybe your bull is gay...

So can keeping a non productive human, but people do that everyday. At any rate what is the typical production life of a cow, and at what age should you start expecting problems?

Hey La4Angus, got a quick question for you. Did you happen to have a guy flushing Embryos for you out there today?

It is me again, still trying to get this situation down. My calf is doing great as far as health issues go, there are otehr issues however that are starting to crop up that bother me. The biggest problem that I am seeing is that she will not go near the pins still, I know she isn't that old yet...

So here I am with my first Heifer and here I am with my first fly problem, I beleive that this little criters have been identified as "Horn Flies". All I know is that they are the blood sucking type and that I really have no desire to loose my own blood so I canot imagine that my cattle would...

The breed of my heifer is brangus, and at this point I do not have my own land so she is still intermingleing with my fathers existing herd. I intend to leave my herd mixed with his for purposes of cost and appraisel. So and there is another four month old steer that was purchased as a cow calf...

I have received my first animal from my fathers herd as a birthday gift. I am now trying to build a herd based of what I can gain on this particular heifer. I hope to receive at least on term from her before I sell. This leads me to the question of the medical aspect. On that note, I need some...

These perspectives are exactly what I am looking for, yes the calf is a heifer and I am looking to build a good herd of cows from this one calf. Another angle that I have considered is to just take the time and money and invest in insemenations processes. There is more control (especially with...

I recieved a calf born third week of february for my birthday. I am 22 years old now and this is the first animal in what I hope I can turn into a large herd. As a 22 year old student and a full time job (that ppays not nearly enough) I am hoping that I can get some pointers on a good way to...