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  1. Red Boots Farm

    Third failed AI... Fat cow... now what?

    We're on our third failed AI on our huge Holstein x British White (now 4.5 years old) that took perfectly her first time, birthed at 95-lb. robust calf unassisted with zero problems, and was the perfect mother. Then began 2 frustrating years of trying to breed her back. I know now we made...
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    Disappointing butcher yield

    Our usual butcher was booked so far ahead we were forced to find another one for our British White beef steer. Picked up the beef today and was disappointed on a number of fronts, which is sad because this was the first calf we raised here and were really looking forward to great yield as big as...
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    Loading reluctant steer

    Not sure if this is the forum for this question, but here goes! This steer will be 16 months old at butcher time in December. He's our first cow-raised steer and we're used to easy-loading, bottle-raised 4-H animals. Unfortunately we didn't keep up on the halter training because no one was...
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    Transitioning from grain to grass/hay fed

    Looking for the best way to "wean" grain-fed animals off grain and rely mostly on forage, as we grow our own hay and have some pasture. We just raise a few beef each year for 4-H kids, then around 14 mos. we butcher for sale and personal use. Our open British White x Holstein heifer yearling...
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    One swollen and tender knee in 18-DO calf

    We have a large Holstein/Char. cross bottle calf (born Jan 5 @ 150 lb.) who was doing terrific up until today; big eater and likes to cavort around his stall and act like a big shot. Tonight we noticed he was much tamer and seemed to favor one leg a little. I palpated his leg and noted one knee...
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    Too much calf starter?

    Thanks in advance to any seasoned bottle-calf veterans. This is our 6th bottle calf over the past couple of years. We obtained a large Holstein/Char. cross calf (150 lb. birthweight) that is now 18 days old. He is a very vigorous and a big feeder and loved the calf starter from the get-go (about...
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    Ear sucking - calf with damaged ear?

    I believe our 3 bottle calves (4 & 5 weeks old) are past the ear sucking stage, and we took steps to stop it with vinegar spray, but the sucking has apparently caused damage to the heifer's ears (she didn't object to the sucking and just let them do it at first). The outer edges of her ears are...
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