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Overall, he's really a nice calf. To be super picky, he's got more "arm" than "thigh", which isn't perfect, but he's soggy and looks mild and would make a nice bull for lots of herds. I'd be proud to have raised him!

Do it, it will be fun. You will find cattle have unappreciated "pet value". Pick your calf, based on temperament, steer or heifer. If it's an "orphan" perhaps it has had some handling, some taming, some positive interaction with humans other than chute work. The calves will be happier, will...

How do you know when it's time to just sell the cattle, get someone to rent the farm, pack it in. I've thought about it a few years now, at this time of the year. I'd like to know what others are thinking. I LOVE MY COWS

I agree with all, at this point you have few options. But next year, if your cows are pretty tame, you can likely keep this scenario from occuring by teaching your baby bulls that they need to turn sideways to you always, and never "face up". We raise bull calves for breeding, and actually we...

Get a better dog, that will be the end of it.

If those are the sort of cattle you want, then I'd buy them. If you are only going to own a few, why not buy some young ones, fool with them and get them used to your place and system.

It's absolute foolishness to think you can change a bulls mind if he is aggressive . Some do their breeding via aggression, smashing calves and other cows away who are trying to ride the cow in heat --- some wait for their opportunity, get the job done with a minimum of ramming around and...

Don't ship him yet! It's likely the heat. Is he a Victor Domino bull?

We have a cheap pickup tank. It hauls 450 gallons of water. Take it out once a day. It waters 16 cows and 13 calves no problem.

Great info-thanks!

"20/20 vision is a good vaccine for pinkeye" -- means what? I'm retired 10 yrs. I didn't think the vaccine was particularily effective, it seemed to reduce the # of cases in herds that had it bad, but it was not all that great in my experience. The aureomycin in the mineral comes today...

My hired man and I bought a bull together, a fancy club calf bull, BW suitable for heifers (we hope!) It's now time for the bull to come to my house. He has pinkeye. Hired man gave him LA 200, penicillin both eyes, fly dope, patched the eye with a loose patch to keep sun out. My herd has...

Thanks for all comments, just an update. I am feeding the cow calf starter 2x a day. We have had a ton of rain and the pasture is terrific. The cow is getting fatter (she was in heat yesterday) and the twins are growing but they are thin. We have done no BST, but might in the future. The cow...

Thank you. I've been feeding her some calf starter twice a day. Will hold off on the BST idea, it was just a thought.

Were they huge calves? Wondering if maybe they'd all been calving awhile and no one noticed, they just couldn't deliver? Were they all just moved, the pecking order stuff (ramming on the mother who is heavily pregnant) that can kill a calf in utero--or just hauled? Did they get overheated...

Once, years ago, I had a super fat show heifer who had nearly no milk, no bag, I gave her BST 2x, and she did raise the calf, we sold her (the non-milking heifer). Yesterday, my worst milking cow gave birth to twin heifers. This is her 3rd lactation she has adequate milk for one calf, but...

Angus. Maybe she's a lowline! We have had some small calves from our clean-up bull. But a heifer born today weighed 99lbs, same sire. The cows are 1/2 sisters. I think this calf is a twin. There was evidence in the pasture that this cow had moved several hundred yards from water breaking, to...

I find the best stitch pattern is to use the umbilical tape, bury the suture deep, almost to where the hair grows on the sides of the vulva where the perineum meets the thigh, like 2" deep and 2-3 inches away from the vulva lips. Bury all the tape under the skin except where you tie your bow, a...

I wish I could send you ours. It is the coldest, gloomiest, wettest spring ever in Minnesota. Nothing but the weeds are growing well. Even too cold for morel mushrooms.

If the baby seems not to be afraid, you can stroke it a bit while it is resting. You won't believe how this early interaction with humans will change his attitude, sometimes for a lifetime. Keep your eye on mom, though. And also since you are new, don't go out there with a dog. Even a gentle cow...