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An update - the 5th heifer who I knew was going to deliver soon had a bull calf today. We had to pull it which was an incredible experience for us (myself and my horse friend who I called for moral support) - but it ended up fine. We thought for sure the calf was dead. Not having any experience...

I took 4 of them to the vet today - didn't take the 5th - she is obviously going to deliver soon, didn't want to stress her with the trip. The trip itself probably wasn't that stressful - loading them into the trailer - that was quite an ordeal - I'm glad she wasn't part of that. 3 of the 4 are...

Thanks for the replys and no I didn't buy one. Yes, working on round up skills. Rounded up all cattle yesterday and got the calf in with the everybody - today we will seperate him and hopefully get him in with the other calves - and I have help coming which should make all the difference in the...

I have an appt for the heifers to be preg checked monday... Jill

The herd is angus, I was told the cows were angus when I got them, but they didn't come with papers. The bull last year was registered angus and picked to be easy on heifers. The one who is pregnant is the largest in height and length of the heifers, don't know enough to be sure of her weight...

Wow - This is one of them people that comes on here asking for advice. They get good advice and then go and do the opposite and then moan and complain and cry when crap hits the fan even though you done told em so. That is my pet peeve. What kind of crap is that? I do take advice that I have...

Thanks for the replys. The one who is bagged up has the others signs also. I was surprised to see the bag since all the other heifers have no udder development at all - whereas this one has a bag like a cow. In horses, palpation in late pregnancy can induce early delivery - I'm assuming this...

I have a group (5) of 17-18 month old heifers penned, one is obviously going to calve soon - she's bagged up - none of the others have any sign of a bag. I took the bull out in late January this year. It seems like if they are going to calve, it would be before the end of October. I'm going to...

has anyone used this on cattle? After spending a day trying to round up the 1 bull calf I missed when I put everyone into the pen (in preparation for weaning) - I kept thinking I needed to shoot him - preferably with a tranquilizer and not a bullet - although veal (which I have never eaten) was...

Last year was my first year calving - I got the cows in January, and they started calving in February/March - my statistics were like yours - I had 6 bred cows (I thought) lost 2 calves in that group - one still born, one to coyotes w/i in the first few hours. I ended up getting 2 more from 2...

OK - thanks for the info - I think I will talk to my butcher to get their opinion on the flavor from last year. And, I will put my one steer from last year on grain asap - he's such a little guy (July calving) - I want to get this right because I got 5 bull calves this year. Thanks again - Jill

Packaged weight was around 750 pounds (I had two of them) a piece. I think they were around 1100 pounds on the hoof. Jill

The steers I butchered last fall had a pretty strong flavor - I haven't raised beef before, so I didn't know if this was normal. Some people like it, some don't. The tenderness was great - just a strong flavor. The beef was hung for 14 days, I finished them with pellets and corn. The other day...

I had a leased bull with my cows (and 1 heifer) last year from July to February this year - kept him a little longer than my 2 month agreement - wonder if they will lease to me again this year - anway I never saw him breed any of my cows. I also had a horned steer (pet) in with the herd, he...

Glad I'm not the only one. I have one cow (a different one) that was escaping 3-4 times a day until I fixed the barbed wire yesterday - she has a calf (who she always left behind) - if she didn't - she would have been gone weeks ago. The best was Monday afternoon when I looked over at my...

Something about spring and fences that fail. I spent all day fixing barbed wire fencing and tonight I was out again fixing the stupidest cattle fencing around - white stretching stuff that my cattle just plow right thru.. I do have a line of electric on that one section, but it must not be...

I was thinking today how nice it would be to have bionoculars with daytime thermal imaging to help me spot cows or calves hidden in bushes or trees - and in searching on the internet came across some reasonably priced devices that hunters can use to find downed game. Has anyone used anything...

The feed (ie: hay beyond gazing) requirement is probably the thing that concerns me the most - where I live, the cold is bad, but because of the pasture and drainage, mud isn't as big an issue, but flys definitely are a concern too. Demand for my calves, selling etc.. aren't a concern at this...

Thanks for all the advice - it sounds like I should lease one again this year. In fact, it sounds like I should keep leasing as long as I keep all the heifer calves (or most of them). Jill

Well, I did search on this one - I'm sure it has been discussed many times - but I didn't find good informaion with my search. I am in Colorado (near Denver), my herd (of 18) is black beef cows bred to Angus bulls. Last year was my first year with the cattle, My cows started calving in February...