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We induced once, murray grey cow with a shorthorn calf. Always calved 278 days, this one went 290 so she got the jab. Turns out it was a backwards calf. We pulled him and he made it so alls well that ends well. I can see a use for it when upsizing a commercial herd using crossbreeding.

We usually use a 7 in 1 vac which covers those things plus a few strains of lepto amongst other things. Problem for people with a few cows is trying to get hold of small amounts of vaccine. Smallest vial is 20 shots so would need around ten head because it needs to be used within 30 days from...

That is actually a really good idea using a cidr and Lute, i didnt even think of that. That would certainly even out her hormones. Ill try one natural breeding and then a cidr. Ill check her teats, i know the slimy feeling you are referring to from when trying to get calves to have their first...

She has never been observed doing it and never looked like the udder had been sucked.

She would have been vaccinated as a six week old and 4 weeks later but no boosters since. She will be bred to speckle park. They tried angus first time around but i have cheap speckle straws because its a bull i had collected so will use those to keep costs down.

I wouldnt think so because it slowly filled over a month then decreased over six or so weeks and now increasing. She has regular 20 day cycles.

Yeah has me stumped too. I dont think mastitis as the udder filled only about four inches deep but across all four teats. It then dried up but now about a two inch deep but might go further. Other than that in full health and udder not hot and teats loose. My thoughts is some sort of hormone...

I agree with your sentiment but you know the story, only calf, pet, young girl! Definitely hasn't been sucked as she was bucket reared in her own yard and later in a paddock with a few horses. Its something ive never encountered but i only work with beef so good to hear from dairy men and women...

I had also wondered but we are at end of winter so no flies around, which makes you wonder where they all go in winter. Also no chance of being sucked as bucket reared with no other animals other than some horses. We had considered false pregnancy too. Good to know not normal, that was my thoughts.

Bulls are good for the dodgy ones. I had a young naughty bull who got two of my cull cows in calf when he was nine months old. But i sold him a couple of months ago and no young bulls coming along. I am 95% a.i. She should come in heat next week or two so will give it a go.

Long story short my niece bought a jersey calf and has raised her to now 19 months old. The heifers udder starting filling and watery milk could be milked out. She only did one squirt from two teats as they were dripping. Vet checked her and she is open. She now wants to get her in calf and had...

I've seen a couple of herds that linebred and to me all it did was make the cattle narrow. Maybe they selected the wrong lines to focus on, I'm not sure but i think it is fraught with danger especially if you have an eye that overlooks faults in trying to achieve goals.

If i catch her in a good heat and the insemination goes straight foward and im confident the placement was spot on after two times and two different a.i. sires i send her to a bull, if she misses next cycle she's gone. Not having a clean up bull is difficult because it can be operator error or...

My thoughts exactly. We had one like that, vet said he feared it was upside down as felt all wrong but couldn't be 100% sure. Straight to cesar, he was right, upside down with one leg back. Was the cows sixth calf. I decided to cull her but she had been such a good cow who you only had to walk...

Around here they make good money on the hobby self sufficient type scene along with dexters. Not much use for them other than that and need a bit of special handling due to temperament. Speckle park do well in the cold i am told, can be quite fury. Even better if you can track down a black bull...

Has she been wormed recently?

Get rid of both of them, your life will be so much easier.

Twenty odd years ago there was a herd of exceptional cattle up the road from us and i wanted a bull from them but couldn't afford the prices they got at the sales. I asked them if they ever ended up with a bottle bull calf could i buy it. One day i got a call, picked up the calf and he turned...

To me he seem excessively narrow going by his feet placement. I'd like to see some width in his chest and hips.

Some cows over mother their calves, but they do it whether you're watching or not and 999 times out of a 1000 they figure it out for themselves. Worst ones are the ones who turn around and get a fright when they see the calf and bolt. Had one like that a couple of years ago, she went straight on...