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I am new to raising cattle and have two heifers. Thankfully I have many helpful cattle people willing to help me through my first 2 years. I bought a Simmental heifer from a local farmer. When it came time to breed her(AI) her previous owner helped chose the bull. I was glad to have her...

I have a heifer. She is 23 months old and 7 months pregnant. She has always been very friendly and comes running for food and scratches. the past week she has started spending a lot of time laying down and has become very stand-off ish. She basically looks like a tired, crabby pregnant woman...

Ok ill try to make this short. My boss has 2 cows. Both around 8. Never calved(untame pets). The galloway has an udder problem. It has 2 swolen quarters and every farmer says that the scotch highland must be trying to scuck on her. 2 weeks ago i put my heifers in with them to graze summer...

Hi, I am looking for pictures of calves at different ages. I have two heifers of my own. one is just about a year, Simmental heifer. The other is 7 month simmental/holstein heifer. I would appreciate pictures that are good representations of calves at different ages/wheights. Please state...

I got this in an e-mail and thought you all might enjoy it. :D A Lesson In Political Science DEMOCRATIC You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. You feel guilty for being successful. Barbara Streisand sings for you. REPUBLICAN You have two cows. Your neighbor has none. So...

I am in a vo-ag school and have a 3 month old simmy/holstien heifer and a 8 month old simmental heifer. My origional throught was that i was going to breed the older one this nov. and have a calf next fall. My concern is that the 8 month heifer is only 450lbs. right now. :???: I was told...

I have the option of buying this red simmental heifer. She was a June 07 calf. I plan to breed her August 08 and have her first calf by April 09. I would love to hear your thoughts. Pros? Cons? Possibe bulls to breed her with, Simmy or otherwise. Thank You for your opinions. I am still...

I've have seen the ugly calf contest but i just can't get enough of looking at all those cute calves doing cute things. I know you have them.... so why not post them? :D

Hi, i'm very new with cattle raising. I'm raising a bull calf and a heifer. My plan is to hamburg the bull calf(cuz he's a holstein) and keep the heifer for a pet and breeding heifer. It's not really serious breeding but i would like to get a few nice calves out of her before i finish...