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We bought a bred heifer in July, she calved in September....she never was very big, but the day she calved and thereafter she looks so skinny. We have wormed her and she is eating as well as the rest of them, even gave her some range cubes for a few days. She acts like she feels good. Should we...

We have a first time heifer that had a low birth weight calf saturday, she still has the placenta hanging. Will nature take its course, or do we need to have have vet look at it?? She had a really HUGE bag before she gave birth, stuck out her back legs, and her navel seemed to really hang low...

I have tried to answer your post about where in Arkansas I am but it wont go thru. I am in the Russellville / Dardanelle area. What town are you in??

what kind of bull would be good to use with angus brangus mixed cows that would give good growth and acceptable birthweights???

if you had a cow for a year and she and the calf died from delivery complications, how do you figure the value of cow and calf to turn in on taxes??

Friday at 5 pm we found a first time heifer down with a hiplocked dead calf, we got the calf out but the heifer has not been able to get up. Saturday morning at 8:30 we gave her a steroid shot that we got from vet, so far she has not seemed to improve, except she is eating grain good. We have...

does castation at birth affect the growth? What is the best age to castrate? I have heard that they will not grow off as good if castrated. What do you feel is the pros and cons of castration?

have a 3 mo old bottle fed calf. The last few weeks her stomach seems to be swollen or droopy looking. She doesnt appear to be sick or in pain. Does this sound like a hernia?? She was a huge calf and had to be pulled.

is a bull's EPD a reliable way to determine the size of calves he will throw, or is it more a myth??? People tell me that a Simmental bull with CE of -5.5 should not be used on cattle, he weighed 98 when he was born. Do we need to get rid of this bull or wait and see?? He is being used on angus...

WE HAVE A SIMMENTAL BULL WITH EPD AS FOLLOWS: CE -5.5......BW 6.7.....WEIGHED 98 AT BIRTH AND WEANED AT 678. WILL THIS BULL THROW BIG CALVES???