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    ear tags

    since the tag-in for steers.. both my steers have had some crusty stuff around the tag in their ears, so my thought is that i should put neosporin(sp?) around them thinking that they were getting infected? i hope i did the right thing b/c the crust isn't there anymore.. so i was checking my...
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    whatcha think of this un'?

    this is another steer i got the day of our tag-in (yes, i'm a last minute getter person hehe) anyways.. so i've had him for.. a week? or a couple days over a week. anyways.. he's a limi/maine cross.. couldn't tell you the breeding on the bull (limi)he's out of, the guy couldn't remember but the...
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    creep feeding

    im fairly new to this since we havent done it in the past. but, when do you start creep feeding? does it make a difference in their weaning weight? is it a good thing to do or no? i'm thinking of creep feeding some calves we have.. one of them, when i wean her, will be a show heifer and right...
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    setting up steer

    i have been practicing with my steer for quite sometime with a showstick (practicing setting up and what not). the problem with him is he stretches out WAY to much with his front legs, and when i try to correct his legs he'll move alot or he will just freak out altogether. any tips on how to...
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    showing cow/calf pairs

    i think im going to show a cow/calf pair for a while.. but my question is.. when traveling with the calf.. do you tie the calf up or let the calf turn loose in the trailer? it's only a bumper pull trailer and 2 steers will be in there with them. it's also intended for horses so it's not a...
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    steer questions

    this year is my one and only year to show steers. i wanted to run for tcca points for steers, but i have one steer that i thought could go aob but since i clipped him and what not.. ok he doesnt have any ear or any navel at all to him but his neck is kinda.. american lookin-ish. not a whole...
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    judges

    does anyone by any chance know what Dan Hoge of IL and Kelly Bruns of SD like in a steer?
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    dumb calf?

    my show heifer had a calf last friday and ever since then, when she runs and plays around or just runs the fence line, she'll run into it. is she dumb or something? today i let them out in the yard (never mow the lawn.. the cows/sheep do) and she tried to jump through the fence again. she then...
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    clipping calves

    this is my first year showing steers.. and i know how to clip heifers but how do you do steers? i know you don't do them the same way.. so whats different?
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