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I had a bull calf born in January that looked really nice just like his mates. In late March on a hot day I found him standing in a small creek with his head down. He had scours and signs of pneumonia. I roped him and gave a big long lasting antibiotic pill and he seemed to get better. Ever...

Have about a dozen registered Red Poll cows, I have raised myself, running with the crossbred cows. Last year bought a yearling Registered Red Poll from neighbor a county over. There is no chance the cows were exposed to another bull. The first calf of the year came last week out of a Red Poll...

Had a nice new bull calf born fine but when I checked the next day it had a broken lower hind leg that had broken through the skin. I was not sure the calf had nursed. Had to haul it in the truck to the nearest vet. He was out on a call and I did not get the calf back home until the next...

I few years ago I bought about 9 open Red Poll heifers and posted on this board for advise on what to breed them to. Replies were generally negative about the breed (not enough muscle, too much milk, etc. ) Went ahead and bought a Red Poll bull and used him on the heifers and some shorthorn and...

I have a pond that feeds two concrete stock tanks, controled by floats that rise with water level and shut off water coming out of 3/4 inch galvanized standpipe. Over the years I have had some trouble with ice pushing up and breaking stem that holds float. This summer the cattle have learned...

Since I buy most of my hay, I am usually low on stored feed by mid-March. Never take the cows off pasture and they lose their interest in hay on warm days pretty early. Is this very harmful to the grass and lower its production? I supplement with a little grain during this transition period...

My daughter won a nice registered Angus heifer yearling in a contest (Boyd's New Day X Thomas Lucy) Last year we let our Red Poll herd bull breed her and she had a nice calf. A neighbor has "Volunteer" Angus semen in his tank and will breed her for us. Is this a good cross?

We are really short on water for cattle this winter. I have five heifers born in March I am keeping. Have delayed weaning while they were with cows out on stockpiled grass. Yesterday I separated them in a large tobacco barn but will have to haul them water. How long do they have to be...

Have any of you any experience with planning and zoning in your county? It is being debated here. All our neighboring counties have fairly strict P and Z and we are getting lots of development no one else wants, driving up taxes to run water lines, rebuild county roads, and build new schools for...

Reading these posts over the last year has me interested in A. I. Had cattle since 1972 but no experience with A. I. My daughters have some registered Red Poll heifers and reg. Angus heifers nursing their first calves, already bred back to a reg. Red Poll. Thinking of selling him this fall...

One of the selling points for Red Polls was their supposedly pure line of breeding with little admixture of other cattle lines since the 1840s. This was supposed to make them very good for crossing in a commercial program. What I have seen seems to back this up. They have very predictable calves...

I have several acres of sloping ground in mixed fescue and clover that was not cut for hay. It has very few weeds in it. Would it be better to bush hog it off now and let it regrow or just let it alone if I plan to use it for stockplied grazing this December and January?

We have had only about 1/2 inch of rain in June and more days in the 90s than we have had for several years. Grass is burnt up. I bushogged the ridges in late May to get rid of fescue seed heads. Sidling ground is still not mowed. Best grass is on north facing steep hillsides. Any suggestions...

A coming four year old cow has develpoped a bloody nose this week. Last year she did the same thing in May and had a periodic bloody nose off and on the remainder of the summer. It did not markedly affect her performance and she bred back on schedule. Since she grazes pedominantly fescue...

I have posted a few times over the last couple of years with questions about Red Polls. I bought 8 open Red Poll heifers and turned them in with a Red Poll bull last spring. We had eight cavles on the ground in one month without assisting in any way. (except we had to thaw one out in the kitchen...

A month ago I had some questions as our eight Red Poll 1st calf heifers were beginning to calve. Now we have seven on the ground despite cold winds chilling one and another getting stuck in a mud hole below a spring. One more is yet to have hers but looks close. This Sunday morning we heard...

Today it is 23 degrees, muddy and snowy, with a west wind gusting near 30 mph. One of the first calf heifers dropped a calf at daybreak. It was chilled and nearly stiff with a cold nose by the time I found it. The girls and I took it in the kitchen and brushed it with a wire dog brush, dried it...

I have nine registered Red Poll heifers ranging from 2 to almost 3 years old coming with thier first calf. They are good size and in good condition and making bags. They are due to calve any day now. They are running in a 60 acre field with woods, hollows, and ridges. I have started calling them...