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No rain. No grass on my little place. Expensive hay. Sold an angus cross yearling with scurs last Monday at the Decatur auction. Weight 780. Price $2.20. Keeping one for the freezer. On a positive note, the peanut skins I am supplementing their feed with really makes them look good.

Well, it's horn fly season here in North Central Texas. I bought four heifers that were just covered with them. I had been using Wind and Rain with Fly control (Altisod or s-methoprene) which does a good job but is expensive. I recently bought Amdro's mosquito control "bombs" for my water...

My wife was wondering. If we call young cats "kitty-cats" and young dogs "puppy dogs" why don't we call heifers "calfy-cows"?

I just called to get the hanging weight on a Charolais heifer I brought to the processor yesterday. I weighed my truck and trailer before and after dropping her off and she weighed 1190lbs. They said the hanging weight was 570 lbs. That seems very low. Anyone have an opinion? I was expecting at...

I am grain finishing a heifer using a home-made automatic feeder. I have used it three times previously with little or no problems. This girl is different. She bumps the feed chute trying to dislodge additional grain mixture so much that she knocked off some of the nuts and washers that keep...

Grain feeding for freezer beef. About 30 days in and feeding 18 lb/day of a mixed whole corn/12% sweet feed with hay available to a 900 lb Charolais heifer. Had to go out f town for 4 days but have a home-made automatic feeder that feeds 9 lbs 2-times per day. Isolated the heifer where the...

I would appreciate any help identifying this weed/vine that is invading my pasture, garden, chicken yard and my lawn. It really can bog down the brush hog on my little tractor. It doesn't respond to regular strength glyphosate. A recent visitor from the Austin area said it was there, too but...

People sharing experience on this forum helped me this week. I bought a couple of calves last week. The next day, I noticed one had a persistent cough and both were drooling, sticking their tongues out a lot and acting lethargic. From this forum, I realized signs of a respiratory infection that...

I have a good Charolais cow with a big 2 month old calf. I need to sell them both and am looking for some insight as to timing. Should I wait until the calf is weaned in a couple of months or sell them as a pair now?

My Charolais calf is 2 1/2 weeks old and we are expecting temperatures in the single digits this week. I don't have a barn or a lean-to just lots of trees and a large brush pile for a wind break. Should do something special to protect the calf? Thanks!

My family, 10 of us, did a taste test during the Fourth of July weekend. I had rib-eye steaks from three different animals that I raised on my small place. They were an angus heifer(~1000lbs), and angus steer(1200lbs), and a jersey/limousine cross(1350 lbs -yes this is based on weigh tickets)...

I just gave Ivermectin pour on dewormer to two steers. I checked on them about 30 minutes latter. One was fine but the other was unsteady on his feet and actually laid down with his head stretched out. When I approached him he jumped up but was actually listing sideways. He was drooling much...

I posted pictures back in March of my steer that was losing hair around the eyes and neck. Many forum members suggested possible ringworm with the majority recommending that time and sunlight would fix my problem for me. Here are some before and after pictures. While I don't think it was...

This steer was taken to the vet for shots and castration three weeks ago. Vet said it had lice and gave it IV Ivermectin. The hair loss around the eyes looks strange. Otherwise, he still looks a little mangy but not any worse than at the vets. Could it be ringworm? The others don't have the same...

I am 2 months into my first attempt at raising a couple of heifers on my small place NW of Ft Worth. The 4 month old has developed a cough and I see some green snot at times on her nose. Also, she does seem to be getting a little thinner. I have no records of previous vaccinations or worming on...