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I have 11 head grazing freely on 55 acres. Yesterday I found one of my older bull calfs dead. He was closing in on a year old I believe. I'm not experienced with cattle so I don't know what to look for, but I couldn't see any obvious signs of what caused his death. This of course raises several...

I have 3 longhorn female calfs, right at 6 months old. They graze with the others (8 heifers and a bull) but I do still see them sucking on the momma as well. To sell them privately I need to know the weight, but I have no clue. I've searched online but didn't find anything specific to...

Thank you so much everyone for your responses! Very very helpful.

I look after a neighbors land and longhorn cattle, which includes hauling them off to sale a few times a year or as needed. He has 60 acres and likes to keep the heard at around 10-12 head. In May, 3 calves were born and I need to sell them or take them to auction. My brother-in-law expressed...

castrating them... how would I get that done... would I have to carry them to someone for that, or should I be able to find someone locally that can do that? Thanks so much for the info!

Pretty new to cattle, taking over for father-in-law who passed recently. I take care of some cattle on a neighbors land. Here's my question... Have 9 cows, 2 heifers and 1 Bull. The heifers are the Bull's offspring. Should I sell the bull so he doesn't mate with his own offspring? If so, do...