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So yesterday I stumbled upon a cow who was at her due date after an embryo transfer with a small water bag hanging out (picture below). She didn’t appear to be pushing or even all that concerned. I waited and watched for about an hour or so and never saw any signs of labor but the water bag...

It’s been a rough year for pulling calves here at the ranch and until now we have been lucky. I noticed a cow in labor, due 11/19, close to bed time and had her in the pens already. I checked at 11 PM and she was starting to have some contractions but didn’t seem to be distressed so I set an...

My four brahman heifers are about six months old now and I managed to snap a couple pics I thought I would put up and get some opinions on. There are two calves, two pics of each

I'm relatively new to the world of showing but we plan to have our daughter start showing a brahman heifer born at home. With the commercial herd I have always used Covexin 8 and Cattlemaster Gold but I'm concerned about the lumps that sometimes pop up with Covexin and how they might impact the...

I’ve started working with the oldest of my brahman embryo heifers to get her gentled down and eventually halter broke. I took a couple photos while I was hanging out with her the other day and figured I would share them. She is about 2 months old and there’s three more a month younger than she...

One of my new heifers appears to have been born without a right eye. The eyelids seem fused together or just won't open and she has no sensitivity to any movement or light changing on that side. The eye is also runny/mucous-y pretty much all the time. I'll attach a picture although it may not be...

A few of the new calves. Most are my first AI calves from a charolais bull on my commercial cows, the twins are my first set and the mama was bred when I got her.

Well I've been wanting to get another blue heeler for several years after my last one got hit by a car in front of the house. Last night I finally found one that was pulling on the heart strings and went ahead and picked him up. His name is Gus.

I AI'd my first set of cows on Saturday. It was the first time since AI school last March so I should probably cut myself a little slack but I am still somewhat frustrated with how I did. I was only able to get through the cervix on 3 out of 9, had to have my buddy get the first 6. I am...

Two new babies born this week, I'm up to 8 this month so far. I'm definitely looking forward to seeing the big groups of calves out hanging out in the pasture. It always looks like a daycare with one or two babysitters and a mob of babies.

I’m going to AI my cows this year rather than use the same conventional bulls I have been using so I’m hoping to get some suggestions on sires. My herd is a pretty generic crayon herd with some brangus influence. There is definitely some ear present on almost all the cows. The calves will be...

So it's not like I drew it up but we got things mixed up and are going to be worming/vaccinating this weekend but the bull went out yesterday. The vaccines we are using are both killed (Virashield 6 VL5 and Vision 8 ) and both say they are safe for all cattle including pregnant/nursing. The...