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  1. J

    Calf blockage

    Calf with a big tight stomach I don't think he has deficated he is a week old
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    Fall calving

    First calf I had to pull out of 60 heifers over 40 Calved in 30 days and pulled one not to bad. This is the biggest group, I ever did, 16 was the most before . I bought these, so I wasn't sure it would be this easy .
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    Calves pic

    Found one today white roan heifer last year same cow had red roan heifer opposites This one is very little she had twins last year I'm wondering if there is another
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    Fall cows pics

    Heavys in the shade
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    More babies pics

    Cow and calf below Some heifers we are calving out 30 out of 60 Fog sat morning And then 65 cows for fall calving
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    How things have changed

    I first signed on here in 2003, I was buying a few cows to mess with and rented about 100 acres. I have had cows most of my life my grandpaw gave me my first cow when I was small. I have always been a fanatic for cattle, books any magazine or sale catalog I could get. In 2006 my 2 youngest...
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    what a summer

    well it is so dry the ponds are shrinking up. had a first ever this week, had a new born calf get stuck in the mud all that was showing was its head and chest. i had knee replacement surgery and was not suppose to be out,. i had to hobble out and pull it out. i went back to check on it and the...
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    offically all gelbvieh bulls

    we went during thanksgiving and bought another black gelb bull now we have 3, 1 red 2 black our last hereford is going to the sale this week. the red is a judd ranch son of extra exposure and the new one is a relative of his same grandsire and same maternal grandsire. the youngest is a post rock...
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    some things a cow can get into

    i didn't know where to post this.....i got up the other morning and one of my 1st calf heifers came up and she had something hanging from her eye. i went out to look and it was a piece of a dog chain, hanging in front of her eye from her eyelid. it went under her upper eyelid and through the lid...
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    18 month old mother

    i had a heifer have a calf 2 weeks ago out of my judd ranch bull, i did not buy him for heifers, 73 lb act BW 1.3 HAHA, she got bred on the cow under 9 months. WOW what a monster calf, i went to check on her and when i seen the hooves sticking out i went and got help. everybody was doing hay...
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    surprise !! surprise !!

    i was taken my 1st calf heifers out to my rent place, i am picking up the bull tomorrow. i have one yearling heifer to go with them. stopped by the vet to get a couple calves dehorned and some other stuff. i asked the vet if the yearling looked bred i thought she had started to belly down and i...
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    woohooo another group done!!!

    well the wf/mf group of cows finished calving today. 12 steers and 8 heifers, yay that is 2 bunches down(heifers 8 & wf/mf 20) and 2 groups to go (solids 9, 2 more to go & brangus 3, 9 more to go) brangus are later, we bought the brangus last fall. we lost 2 calves, one in the pond( mom has a...
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    heifers calved out YAY!!!!!

    well all eight heifer have calved out of my hereford bull. :clap: now i don't what to before i go to bed without making rounds. had very little trouble all born from jan 14 - 31 except for one she calved yesterday. pulled one - his legs were not stretched out, just a little help, easy pull...
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    judd ranch sale

    we went to the judd ranch sale last saturday. had some bulls picked out and man they went thru the roof. we decided we had good taste because our picks sold high with alot of interest. every black bull sold high, we bought a red puebred gelbvieh, extra exposure son. the place was packed the food...
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    calving season started update

    2 bull calves one feb 1st and one today. another one off by herself. i had them preg cked in nov. and the one that calved monday was(3mon), i had a date of 4/20 when the bull was put in and he was after her. and the one that calved today(6mon). one off by herself was (5mon). eight cows were 7-8...
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    calving is over

    last calf born last night - done till september
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    outdated wormer

    my son won a bottle of ivermax plus at a cattlemans meeting. i was getting stuff ready to work cows and realized it expired 3/2009 can i use it or toss it :???: ???? also it is for liver flukes we don't have flukes around here does it matter??? i guess that is why they gave it away. :devil2:
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    vet check good

    i took some fall first calf heifers to see if they were bred back. 100% bred, only 4 head but that is good. my 2 yr old bull passed his BSE, i put him with 6 heifers (2 open, 2 calved early, 2 calved late) . it was worth the trip in the rain.
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    13th spring calf born friday the 13th

    13th spring calf born on friday the 13th, i am not superstitious just thought that was odd. 9 heifers & 4 steers, number 10 (and 11) born on the 10th, 12 born on the 12th.
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    blood in stool

    my son bought a bottle calf that is 6 days old, she is a fireball very lively. to day he notice blood in her stool it is dark not bright red. she eats very good and seems healthy. i know nothing about bottle babies, i haven't had one in 30 years. any ideas ??
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