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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...

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...

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?

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...