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    One of the new heifers I have...

    I'd love to have her in my pasture. Great looking heifer!
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    Tail raised after probiotics

    I had a cow act that way recently and she was mineral/salt deficient. Gave her free choice mineral and she was fine in a couple of days. I had bought her at a local sale tho.
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    Calf in the mud

    I have a straight jersey calf that got stuck in the mud around the pond some time over the weekend and was found Sunday night by the land owner. We checked on them Friday and this calf was fine and then we were out of town for the weekend. Anyway this calf was super weak. Couldn't get him to...
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    Blood in urine

    It didn't seem like clots coming out if that's what your talking about Ken. It's just seemed like urine mixed with blood. I don't have a head catch out there but if anyone has a IM recommendation that would help start treating it Id love to hear it. I appreciate all the input guys.
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    Blood in urine

    She calved the last week of September. She cleaned off real quick after calving. The blood seemed fairly dark. She's eating and drinking but she's not feeling good.
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    Blood in urine

    I was checking my cows yesterday and one of the cows peed while I was standing close and I noticed there was a significant amount of blood in it. She has a decent size calf on her and the harder weather we've had lately has her pulled down. Is a bladder infection a possible answer? I know I'm...
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    Murray Grays in TN

    Any TN people here run any MG cattle? If so where did you get them? I love the way they look and would like to add a few to my herd. If you put a black bull angus bull on them will they take the black gene to have a black calf or does it usually stay gray?
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    Horned hereford bull vs polled

    Why one over the other? A lot of people say horned over polled. Some say because of better body condition other say that the horned throws a smaller birth weight calf. I'd like to get a hereford bull but I want as many opinions as possible for pros and cons on both.
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    Would like to get rid of him

    I'm interested. Pm the details please.
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    Pellets or coarse feed and why

    Do y'all prefer pellet feed or a coarse/ground feed and why for both. I've used a coarse feed for a while because it seemed like my cows had squirt issues on pellets and the coarse seemed to "stick to their ribs a little more" as some of the old farmers told me. Keep in mind I'm not running a...
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    Short tailed calf

    It looks like one of my heifers calf's tail got stepped on and came off about 8 or so inches down from her hip. Has anybody ever had any that had any lasting problems from having a short tail or been docked at the sale barn hard from it? If she's good enough I'll keep her as a replacement and...
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    Wormer pellets in the feed

    Thanks for that link Bigfoot and for all y'alls input. I'm gonna try that safeguard out next time I feed.
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    Wormer pellets in the feed

    How many have tried that and like it? I thought about using it some feed in between times of working the cows just to try to maintain control of worm problems. I know a local guy here who swears his cows won't eat it but he's the only one I know who's tried the wormer pellets. The ones I'm...
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    Why AI?

    Thank you for all your input. I want to try it on some heifers when I get some ready in the somewhat near future. I do see the advantages and I want to make the most of them. What methods do most of y'all use to sync your heifers?
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    Why AI?

    I understand wanting to breed to the best bull possible to get good herd Bulls or replacement heifers. What I'm wanting to know is how can Ai be cost efficient when you still have to run a cover bull which is one that you like the genetics on also thereby meaning he won't be cheap either. Keep...
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    Black angus bull to beefmaster cows

    Alacowman all I can say is wow that's a beautiful calf and is a picture of what I want to accomplish in my herd. Is that from a purebred beefmaster momma and a black angus bull? How old is that calf? Beautiful just beautiful. What part of Alabama are you in? My wife is from Athens.
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    Age of breeding heifers

    At what age do most of you put a bull with your heifers. I've heard some say that if you wait till your heifers are 18 months or older they can have trouble getting bred and breeding back in the future. Also is it a age or size judgement? If your heifers are larger than normal at a younger age...
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    Black angus bull to beefmaster cows

    Thanks for all the replays they have really helped me a lot. I love the looks of beefmaster angus x cows and plan to keep my heifers to put in our herd. I agree with you graybeard I've never seen ear on a menu either. I plan to try to market locally soon and I'm sure that long eared steak will...
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    Black angus bull to beefmaster cows

    Hello all. I'm gonna start with giving some background info. I'm a small time beef cattle farmer with a cow calf operation that my father and I are partners in. Right now we have a mixed herd of black angus red angus Charolais and char x a couple of Herefords and even a short horn angus x. I run...
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