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Thanks for the info. Actually this was prior to our using a new mineral that has been doing us really good. We've had few problems with the cows since then. I really appreciate your comment though. You are right. We are in a seriously deficit area for selenium (and copper). We have to...

A neighbor of ours had the same problem. It wasn't long before he realized he didn't want it. You can't compare cows' production, you can't sell for as much (too small of groups), and you really can't tell the fertility of the cows--all bad. For the sake of your finances, I would have all the...

I did that with a cow that I purchased. She was 3-6 weeks--years ago so don't recall, but short term pregnant. She didn't breed AI that year or the next. The following year, after calving, she had a stuck placenta, and I took her to the vet. Someone there thought it good to pull on the...

Mine don't stay. I have kept the cows at the home pasture for the first month for several years. There are no trees. By April breeding here in CA, most of my cows are pretty slick haired, and I don't need to shave them. If they are really dirty, I do scrub the dirt off, but most are not...

I'm not sure if you resolved your problem, but you might try this if not: http://www.flashcardexchange.com/cards/major-causes-of-bovine-abortion-2356515

Years ago, I was drawing blood to test for heat cycles. I used the same needle and syringe, and I kept getting the same results. hmmmm NEVER USE A USED NEEDLE OR SYRINGE. I love Biopryn. Once you learn how to get the blood, you get results back quick, and we had our cows tested to see...

Have you tried this website? http://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/AS/AS_575_W.pdf It should help you make the right decision on what you need to do.

So your oldest are yearlings? Have you bred the heifers yet (if you kept any)? How was fertility? If you have calved his daughters, what are they like as mothers? Udders?

I saw some exceptional bull calves from him. Naturally they were from a really good herd just north of Sacramento, CA, but they were exceptionally nice. At $40 with 60% conception rate, the semen is a little high for me. And with his milk and $EN, he is surely a terminal sire. Looks like a...

Basin Angus will be doing the same for a full refund or replacement. I don't see how they can do this, but I suppose it is far better than having no sale that you might have preped for all year.

Pretty bad really. In the Char breed, the calves sometimes live for a while. In the Angus breed, two carriers mated together 1:4 average will be dead at or shortly after birth. 2:4 average will be carriers. 1680 represents bloodlines in at least 65 of the top 100 $60 $Beef value AI studs, and...