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tncattle, I'll bet the owner will let you do it if you'll ask. ;-)

Well Lon, that IS what I said! Thanks. Not having any kind of calf is also fatal on my place.

srbeef, I like your cattle. IMO your cattle get better than average care. I have no doubt in my mind that should you decide to sell this bull you would be honest and straight forward in how he was represented to the potential buyer. My method would be: "Here is the bull, his sire was ...

Caustic, Dun, Lon: Without a doubt having heifer calves is bad for a cow's health. My conclusion is about as scientific as some of the FDA's.

I've had a few one or two day old calves give me a real good butt on the leg. Usually when I have them up trying to resolve a problem. I think it's an instinctive self-defense mechanism they're born with rather than a sign of their future nature.

I think I would isolate the mom and her baby together for a few days to get them bonded again. It's possible that the calf has left her for the other cows and she will continue hitchhiking off them; thereby depriving their calves of milk. Should work itself out then. I used to get real ticked...

Good post! You hit the nail right on the head.

Like Caustic, if I'm in the market for cows, I get to the barn early. I get on the catwalk with paper and pencil and begin gathering info. Find cows that look to be prospects. If she has a calf, I then go to the calf pen and match up mama and calf by finding calf with number one higher than...

Dun, I got mine about a week ago. I chose blank tags. They sent the tags, marker and application gun.

It is real useful to the one seeking advice and the one giving it if everyone will put at least their general locale in their profile.

Good tip Randi. If a cow is not absolutely vicious toward a new calf, I've found that confining them together after calving is beneficial. Seems that the cows usually wants some contact with her kind. If I'm having trouble with her the only contact with her kind must come from her new baby...

Caustic can calves get coccidiosis through mama's milk? Reason I ask; I don't think my calves even drink water at ten days old. Maybe mess around with it if the other animals are drinking.

CC, you may want to check on when common bermuda is to be planted in your area. In my area, it is to be planted in July-August. Quite different to cool season grasses.

Several years ago, a local beef producer was taking a hit on the price of his Simmental calves. He's the type of fellow who puts a lot of thought in his decisions when he's ready to change directions. He began breeding his Simmentals to red angus bulls. He has kept some of his heifers. He...

Hey now! Jim's a nice guy. Don't try to turn him in to an axhole like some on here.

As others have stated, the hole needs to be taller. Also in general practice it is alway good to cut a radius at the corners instead of a square corner which is a stress riser that can lead to a crack beginning. If the hole is already cut with square corners; you can take a round file or a...

I think broomsedge is the uptown name for it. In my area it's sage grass.

Cattleman200, I guess I'm like the bumble bee which is not supposed to be able to fly but flies anyway. Hay in the winter, grass the rest of the time. Minerals year around. Produces way more than 400lbs at 205 days for me.

Pretty sure he's taken a whuppin. He's probably challenging other things in the pasture to lift his deflated ego, which Bulls have in abundance.

Misty just take your cattle to the sale barn and unload them as instructed by the people there. They'll sell them and you pick up the check. Information at this point about things like lights and heavies probably won't alter the outcome if you're new at it. Just stay for the sale and talk...