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I have 27 calves that were born late last November and December. They have been on there moms and now creep feed. Being still green to the whole cow thing, I got my neighbors and the vet to determine my average weight as being around 400. I can tell that these calves are pulling moms down...

Last spring I purchased 30 heifers with due dates around last November. This is my first experience with heifers and I successfully had 27 of them to have calves in late November and December. The cows have been on decent pasture, water, minerals, and vaccinated. The bull broke free the first...

Well today I called around to some of the bigger farms and asked about renting a bull from Thanksgiving to April. To my surprise, just about everyone had bulls for rent. Anyway, most all of the farmers were around a dollar a day and could deliver or pickup for 25 dollars. Most bulls were...

Well, so far within the last four weeks the cows have dropped 22 of the 28 calves. Hopefully the other six will drop in the next two weeks. So I am planning to steer. So far I have 14 of the 22 that are bull calves. Also I have never steered before and I am planning on using bands. Am I...

Well, Friday night something happen to the bull. Don't know if he stepped wrong, came off a cow wrong, or what. But it is now lame and has been put in the barn. What is the success rate of shoulder issues. The bull is about 2300lbs certified black angus and only about 6 years old. Today...

I have a calf that had to be brought home after two calves were born within the same hour and only a couple yards apart. Anyway, the calves got switched and one mother took the wrong calf and the other mother would not take the other calf. I put them in the pen together for about two days and...