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Calf was cool, even up inside the cavity. Legs were a little stiff, but spine and neck were very limber. Everything laid on the ground was very fresh. It had to have been during the night Thursday night. My farm guy says he saw the calf Thursday afternoon when he moved them. It rained most of...

On the other side of the argument. Wouldn't you think the incision would be longer before you pulled the intestines for a field dressing? Not if you are in a hurry, I guess.

Definitely no other wounds. With everyone's comments and time to consider things, it sure does point to a person killing the calf. If it were an injury while running, the intestines would have been strewn all over the pasture. The incision certainly was not an immediately fatal event. Creepy...

I blamed the lack of blood on a heavy rain around sunrise, but I thought the same thing. I had not considered the 2 legged predator. I will check again in a little bit for a wound.

What are your thoughts, kingfisher. It is crazy. It is as clean as a scalpel incision. Intestines seem to be spilled out, nor dragged out. There was not a mark on the calf otherwise. If something dragged it down (cat maybe), you would think that there would be other signs. Calf was in a group...

Mother was acting like she couldn't find her calf this morning. I didn't believe her. Went back an hour later, she had pushed through an electric tape gate and was next to this. The only thing I can figure is that the calf was running from something last night and hung herself in these bois...

So, you are in the same camp with agmantoo that does not have an issue with the bull calves breeding the heifer calves too early? You band them and leave them with the herd unless they are herd bull prospects? Thanks, Mark

Banjo, When and how do you wean the bull calves?

I love it when their eyes roll back in their head. :)

Go here http://www.anxietyherefords.com/ to get the contact information and order Jim Lents' book, The Basis of Linebreeding. It will answer all of your basic questions on the subject. Yes, there is a quantifiable difference in the definitions of "inbreeding" and "linebreeding".