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I noticed my bull breed one of my cows today. The only problem is she calved on Feb. 9. I would have expected her to be bred already. This is the only cow I have actually witnessed bred. Ive watched him follow cows around and attemt to ride cows. Ive not noticed any cows in heat or bullish...

I castrated my bull calves yesterday. Ive got one that im afraid I may have a problem. I did the same as always, Cut a bottom piece of the sack off and pulled the testicles. One of my calves has something hanging out of his sack today. He isnt bleeding but what is hangingout looks bloody...

I started calving right at the 1st of January and finished up the end of February. I have not noticed any of my cows coming in standing heat. Ive got a bull with them. Ive seen the bull follow a couple but never saw him ride any. Ive not noticed any cows get bullish either. These are 4-6 yr...

I noticed today that one of my cows has a round knot in the loose skin in front of her brisket. It looks like a mini basketball. I dont see any open wounds there. She is acting normal, grazing with the rest of the herd. Anything I need to check or look at, or just wait and see?

I leased a new place last fall that will need some work done to the pastures. I was going to wait a year and see what I had out there before i sprayed, but I have noticed a few places that appear to be growing briars. What do I need to spray to kill these briars without damaging the rest of my...

Ive got a group of calves that calved out during Dec/Jan. I was talking to another cattle guy today that said instead of weaning his calves and having to feed them back up, he just takes em to the salebarn when its time. Is that something that is feasable? Also, what is a good age to wean or...

Ive got a cow with a vertical crack in her front right hoof. It is on the outer part of the hoof. She doesnt limp when she walks but every now and then when she starts walking it looks like she limps once. The part of the hoof that is cracked has also grown in a curve at the tip. It appears...

I getting ready to buy a headgate for a new lease. The chute at our farm had the swinging type automatic headgate on it. Its so old I dont know what brand it is. What im looking for is the same type but I want it to swing all the way in and out like our old one does. Ive looked at a powder...

At the dealership I work at we fill our own dry cell batterys. The electrolyte barrels are the same blue barrels you see people make hanging mineral feeders out of. I empty these out and fill them 1/4 full of water and dump a box of baking soda to neutralize the acid. As long as the acid is...