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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...

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...

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...

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...

My cows have started calving - and once again, it just doesn't sound like I'm doing this right. My cows are on about 60-80 acres with lots of trees and brush. I check the cows twice a day, when I can't locate one in the herd, I search the property until I find her. If she has a calf, I get close...

Last year I leased a bull - which has worked out fine - my cows have started calving - even though I never saw the young bull do the deed.. But, for this year, I'm wondering what to do - if should just lease another one, or buy one. Since I am keeping most of my heifer calves, it seems the bull...

I was planning on weaning the bull calf, but thought maybe I could just leave the heifers with their Mom's who have been bred this year again? Thanks - Jill

Hi - I'm new to cattle (said that one before), and for some stupid reason, even though I had 6 bred cows due in March, I thought I had time to research the whole caving process. Needless to say, we've had 3 (or 4) calfs since Saturday. I really need to understand the birthing process better...

I had two calves born today, and was not expecting either one yet. One of the cows had been preg checked when I bought her, and the vet said she was 5 months along making her due in March, the other came from a group I bought and I was told March for the group (5 bred cows). I am new to catte...