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    Tongue Sticking Out ???

    we bought a 190 # calf at a sale barn and at the sale she was fine but after we got her home she would stand and let her tongue hang out about 5 r 6 inches no kiddin, she wouldnt take a bottle either so she just ate hay, got her started on grain and she ended up fine and raised us quite a few...
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    Hay prices in Southern Illinois?

    anywhere from 30.00 to 70.00 a round bale and actually they are cutting a bunch of CRP fields and have permission to sell that minus the penalty.
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    Be the first, or be the last?

    we sold everything we had the middle of may and thank the lord we did. the pasture is gone, the hay fields are crap and we got top dollar so we couldnt have gotten out at a better time. i pray for you guys still hanging in there. my husband would of been a basket case if we were still in...
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    Hay production down 40 percent

    we got out of the cattle business in may and we are thankful now that we did. we put out 3 clover fields this spring and its about 3 inches tall and my husband would of been so stressed that he would have bonkers worrying about the hay and pasture..we did really good on the calves, cow's in 2nd...
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    Question on Selling

    we took our last 5 cow's off yesterday, very sad day indeed.. they will sell today and we should get top dollar for these girls. 3 are 9 yr old second stage and 2 are 7 yr old in second stage.. we have sold the farm and just gonna get out of the business. we are gonna enjoy the grandkids and...
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    Question on Selling

    we sold 5 calves may 1st and did really well. 5 month old calf weighed 580 and we got 165.00 and he was a bull so we were happy. we sold a 2yr with calf on her side that brought 1300.00 yesterday and a 5yr with calf for 1500.00 and a SS jersey with calf that brought 1350.00. next week we are...
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    update to sale barn cow

    looks like a big calf you did alright with her. congrats!
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    First Brahman Calf of the year

    she sure is purdy!
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    Scours from Drovers

    thanks for the info. dun, our 350# calf had normal poop yesterday so i'm thinking he probably ate to much or the last bale we sit out did have alittle mold but not much but enough maybe to give him a stomach ache/diahrea. all the others didnt get it tho.
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    White hairs on tip of tail switch

    i don't think that was the case but i could be wrong...i think he probably just had white hair at the tip.
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    Calf with scours

    the vet said nothing showed up in the stool sample besides poop..lol anyway he gave us some corrid to put in the water...my question is why give that and the calf is still having some issue's is that normal for some calves? i've not seen any act like him before...
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    Calf with scours

    we have a 350# calf that was kicking his belly and running around while the others were either laying around or just standing there. he does have runny poop and he was really switching his tail too! he acted like he was in pain. we gave him a shot of LA200 yesterday and taking a stool sample...
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    Calf with scours

    we had a week old calf that got the scours also and we took a stool sample to the vet to testfor coccidious and he was neg. but the vet did give us some pills and 2 shots of nuflor for him and he is doing good.
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    Strange this year

    we've had 6 calves since nov. and all have not had tight bags,
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    my first sodomy

    i have also seen it happen to one of our cow's and it wasn't pretty the bull ended up tearing her up so bad she did not recover..and yes we did end up getting the bull away from her but it was to late.
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    TiGerstripe cattle

    ours was bought as a 400# sale barn calf too and she is the most layed back cow we have. she is slick as a whistle in spring/summer, she doesnt have the big ears, she has a really long body good bag good teats i wish i had a bunch more just like her.
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    TiGerstripe cattle

    are tigerstripe always a hereford brahma X? i have one thats 9 yrs old and raises a dandy calf every year but we have never had any that look brahma influenced.
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    crazy neighbor

    i bet the dog wouldnt run he'd stay and probably let her tie him up again.
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    hereford bull

    he sure is a pretty rascal. his scrotal circumference dont look that big. lol
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    Lethargic/ Not Eating Steer

    our holstein steer did the same thing when i gave him a extra scoop of grain and apparently he wasnt ready to get more, he ate it but the next day he wouldnt eat any of the grain but he came around and i stuck to the program and he did fine. this was in the mid summer though and it was hot so i...
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