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Loading up my group of fall calves later today to haul to the auction barn for the sale tomorrow. The most even group I have ever raise. 75% were born in the first 21 days of calving last year, so they should sell in bigger groups. Only 1 dink in the whole group. A years worth of work for...

My son is now 8, and I am coaching basketball to him and some boys from a larger town at the local YMCA. This evening at practice, a couple of them were running around wild and not paying attention. So I raised my voice and told them to quit running around like a chicken with its head cut off...

I have had a little rough start to calvin this year. Just getting a good start, and have had to pull 2 that were coming backwards and one that was breech, tail first. Was only able to save one of the backwards calves. What are the odds that 3 out of the first 15 calves would have abnormal...

http://cal.vet.upenn.edu/projects/poison/plants/ppyew.htm Evidently I was not awake when we covered this in college, it wasn't covered, or I don't remember it from 13 years ago. My father-in-law dumped some of these Yew clippings in the pasture that he owns, which is also where I winter my...

Anyone ever seen anything like this? This calf was born awhile back out of a group of heifers I bred much earlier than normal, and had golf ball sized blood filled tumors under each mouth. His teeth were literally popped out of his mouth. It would not suck, and had no will to live. I tubed...

Need some opinions. I currently have a fall and spring calving herd, both with 40 cows. I currently have 2 bulls to service these cows. The older bull will be 5 in the spring, and the other will be 2 later this fall. The 5 year old is a very average bull, the 2 year old is a much better...

This is the first year I have a "fall" calving herd. I use the term fall loosely because it is really the middle of summer here. I purposely held 15 cows away from a bull last year and switched them from spring to fall calving, and I also was able to find some more pasture this spring and...

Curious what hay is going for in your area. Good quality brome hay around me is about 40-50/ton. Brother and I have a huge pile of hay to sell. Advertised it at $35/bale for 1800lb cover edged net wrapped bales and sold only 50 to a guy who had bought from us in the past. I know this about...

Anyone ever seen contracted tendons in the rear legs on newborn calves? Have seen it on the front legs, but it has been several years. Had one born last night that has contracted tendons in the rear and front, but worse in the rear.

Did I miss anything good?

Last May, I Synchronized and AI'd 22 cows as I normally do every year. Last year however, I did not time AI the cows as I have had some bad results with that. I put the CIDRs in, gave GnRH and pulled them on day 7, giving a shot of lutalyse, and then heat detecting and AI'ng. I was able to...

Finally got moved into our new house, and got high speed interent. This is great.

This year hasn't been all roses to start. First calf had to be pulled 2 weeks ago. He was about 4 weeks premature and very dead. Second heifer to calf had to have some assistance. She didn't stick AI and got bred by my brother's new bull who was supposed to be a low BW bull. Calf weighed 90...

Went to ValleyVet.com today to order a couple new mineral feeders, and saw something new. http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=a1847b18-3bef-4c75-bd3f-aa8ed1238085 Looks like a pretty slick deal, was curious if anyone has it or has tried it. Looks like a real easy way to get...

4 year old Balancer bull for evaluation. He hasn't seen a lick of grain since he was two, just pasture and hay. Again I apologize for the poorer quality cell phone pics. I was real high on this bull when I bought him, but the older he gets, the more faults I find. Side profile is OK...

Took some pictures of the bred heifers this morning after feeding some alfalfa. Pictures were with my cell phone, so the quality isn't the best, and none are really posing properly. Just brought them in off of corn stalks this past weekend, and are giving them some brome hay, 2 lbs of...

Have a first calf heifer, due Feb 1st, that has this condition. Never seen it before, so it is a new one to me. She basically has a swelling directly in front of the udder, a little bigger than a softball. Vet said it is more common in dairy animals. My vet said it will more than likely go...

When I sold my calves last week, I had one that I held back. He is a 600#+ steer that is walking very strange on his front legs. He acts as if it hurts to take a step, and appears to have a lot of flex in his front pasterns. He puts his feet down like he is walking on eggs and trying not to...

Brother and I sold our 08 calves Wednesday, and I was just tickled pink. Our calves are all managed the same and fed together after weaning, so we sell them together for bigger lots. Sale barn divides the numbers up from different ear tag numbers. Works out real well. 698# steers brought...

Well, I have been looking for a mobile feed storage wagon for some time. One that I can pull to the feed company to get DDG's, feed, etc. There is a co-op about 45 miles away that has exactly what I am looking for. It is mounted on tandom axles, and is a gravity flow with a small spout at the...