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I would give them ultrachoice-8 and pyramid 10 at a min if they were mine (heifers would get cattlemaster FP Gold FP5 L5). I would probably pour them also. Never know what they could be bringing into your land

If you want to be in WI, stay there. You can make it work and make it be profitable. You just need to understand the laws and your market... And there is plenty of market there. Not where I would choose but there's probably reason you chose there from family to job reasons. I don't know what...

Agreed. If you're worried about a tub for heat tolerance, you've gone down a wrong path genetically. Aside from that, the purina tubs are junk. Not a huge fan of most vitalix tubs either. A couple are ok. RIOMAX tubs are great, but the cost vs value added isn't there. If I'm supplementing dead...

It's not hereditary (although disease/parasite resistance is) They are caused by an infectious disease (papillomavirus). IMO there's no excuse for letting that take root in a herd any more than any other virus. Not a single one of my cows have a wart on them. If I moved next to other cattle...

Yeah I agree. There's about 10 of the cows I would keep bulls out of. She's not one of them. it's hard to say without being the one taking the picture. He could have just stood up and been stretching or bad angle or could be all of the above. I'll know more when I go take more pics. Would love...

See my response quoted above from another thread. That's my preferred rotation. Last year the Angus bull that was supposed to be run on this group failed 2 BSEs (post vesiculitis and he's in my freezer now) before turn out so I had to swap in a hereford bull for this breeding group. Ended up...

Most of my herd are the crosses and the rest are LHs so that I can keep making more of the crosses. I'm sure someone will come up on the line and tell me what I'm doing wrong, what's wrong with the calf, or why they aren't going to waste their time responding. That's fine. I like to hear all...

Most don't guess that the 50% ANG / 50% LH Dams do either. Using the right bulls on the right LHs and managing breeding groups helps a lot. The calves grow, finish, and grade well with good marbling...and they don't get sick. Always tell my direct buyers that finish them what they are, and...

Thanks. My experience with my calves each year is they really start looking good about the 5 month mark and start to gain a lot of thickness to them by 6 months. This guy will have considerably more thickness and size to him at 6 months. I'll take more of him at 5-6 months. I'm in CO

Thanks! I won't wean before 150 days. Typically wean in October and sell mid-December, usually 45 days weaned at sale time.

Calf is 50% Hereford 25% Angus 25% LH (Dam is 50% Ang 50% LH). Does that change your mind at all lol?

Wife was out taking pictures today of some of the calves and sent me this one. Little over 3 months old (I calve in mid May) calf. His 11 y/o dam is also pictured. No supplementation other than mineral. Not going to keep him, just curious of others thoughts. I don't normally take pics of them...

I have a Rennai brand commercial tankless. Won't ever go back to anything else. With a wife and 4 kids and 4 bathrooms I've never had a hot water issue or had to take a cold shower.

You might as well raise buffalo IMO. I hate wagyu with a passion.

I regret not buying 10,000 sheets of plywood and osb Jan of 2020 and selling it Jan of 2021 for a 1000% gain. Does that count?

Nice to see you on here Bob. Welcome to the black hole of mainstream ideology 😂

Pretty much every vaccine I've seen from 8 way to BVD says to give a booster annually, and you need to time it to where the calves are bred at the time to give passive immunity.

When do you vaccinate your cows? As others have said, the calves should have passive immunity through the cow.