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I've been e-mailing a breeder who posted goats (and cows) for sale on Craigslist. Out of curiosity I asked what breed of "mini cattle" she had. She has Sundog cattle? I googled them, but can't find out alot about them. They look really cute though! Does anyone out there have any experience with...

I'm thinking about getting a heifer calf....But I want one that's pretty young so I can work with her enough that she'll make a good show heifer. What time of year is best for getting young heifers (Like, 7 months old.)? Fall? Or spring?

I hear this term everywhere on cattle breeders websites.... I have no clue what it means! Pardon me, please--I'm still a newbie...Just finished my first year in steer 4-H and can't wait to learn more and do it again!

In your opinion, what breed has the mellowest temperment? The breed I've had an experience(and very little of it) with was a 3/4 Angus, 1/4 shorthorn steer. He was a little on the wild side, but that was probably from being ranch raised (never had a halter on until he was about 800 LBS) and...

Tell me all you can about Chianinas. I've never seen a pure Chianina, just Chiangus at the county fair. Are Chianina mellow? As compared to like, Angus?

I just sold my 4-H steer at auction on Monday. I miss him terribly, but it was a real learning experience and I want to be in Steer Project again next year. Anyways, no one at my county fair shows breeding cattle (even though their is a catagory for it). It's just not popular. My steer...

My county fair was this past weeked.I had showmanship and confirmation classes on Friday morning.We bombed both, but we were safe. The Jr. Livestock auction was Labor day.my steer was auctioned 15th out of 19 steer.Mine sold for $2.50 a pound.I've done all my calculating.I barely break...

my 18 month old angus/shorthorn cross steer, t-bone has a really big neck and head,the remnants on a scrotum and is tough to handle.I thought it was nothing...everyone's steer act this way.....right? Well I got him to the fair today,and the vet was immeaditly concerned. She felt both inside and...

The county fair is this weekend.My steer leader had an accident at work and broke his leg and never taught us how to clip. So I nave NO IDEA HOW TO CLIP! AND I NEED ADVICE! Confirmation wise, he's "okay"....Maybe look better after he's clipped. SOMEBODY GIVE ME PHOTOS AND INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO...

The county fair is this weekend.My steer leader had an accident at work and broke his leg and never taught us how to clip. So I nave NO IDEA HOW TO CLIP! AND I NEED ADVICE! Confirmation wise, he's "okay"....Maybe look better after he's clipped. SOMEBODY GIVE ME PHOTOS AND INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO...

My steer is a 17 month old black angus-shorthorn cross.he weighed 1000 lbs as of two weeks ago.he is eating 29 lbs of purina's fitters edge a day.when I asked the 4-H leader about switching him to finisher,he laughed and said that other clubs may do it that way,but thats not how we do it in our...

My 4-H steer is 1000 as of last weekend. I've had him since the end of march. He is 3/4 angus, 1/4 shorthorn. Everyone else I've been talking to have steer that weigh 1010, 1020,1040,1100,1180,1200,1300. They all got theirs in January at a big steer show in Phoenix. I picked mine out by myself...

I was talking to some other steer 4-H kids today, and two of them said their steer were "key-angus". But they didn't know what that is? Are they saying ChiAngus? As in, the breed that is a blend of Chianina and Angus? How is Chianina pronounced? Chee-a-nee-na or Key-ah-nee-na?

It's only two weeks (okay, 2 1/2) until the county fair :D . This is my first year raising a 4-H steer. I've had him since the end of march. I got him as a pasture raised, 800 LBS animal who had only had a halter on for two weeks before we brought him home. He's come A LONG WAY since then! Today...

When I went outside this morning, my steer had been foaming at the mouth. This worries me, because the only times I have ever seen him do that is when they got him in the squeeze chute to put a halter on him, and then on the trailer ride home from the ranch. He isn't foaming anymore, but...

I have had my steer about 3 weeks. He is a year old. And he moos ALL the time. Like every ten minutes or so. It doesn't matter if he's just been fed or not. He is an "only steer" with no other cows around for miles. He moos even more when he sees people. So does he associate people with food...

Hi, This is my first year in Steer 4-H and I got my steer a few weeks ago. Everything was going well--the steer is gentling down slowly but surely, and I was slowly increasing his grain consumation to three coffee cans full, like my 4-H leader taught me-- then tonight, my younger brother...

Hi, I'm new here, and am hoping to get some answers to my questions. I got my steer for 4-H yesterday. He was calved March 2007 and has been petted and stuff as a calf, but never had been haltered until two weeks ago. In those two weeks of dragging a lead rope around, he has learned to lead...

Hi, I'm new here, and am hoping to get some answers to my questions. I got my steer for 4-H yesterday. He was calved March 2007 and has been petted and stuff as a calf, but never had been haltered until two weeks ago. In those two weeks of dragging a lead rope around, he has learned to...

Hi, I'm new here, and am hoping to get some answers to my questions. I got my steer for 4-H yesterday. He was calved March 2007 and has been petted and stuff as a calf, but never had been haltered until two weeks ago. In those two weeks of dragging a lead rope around, he has learned to...