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Well a hard pull but no vet assistance needed. Our 850-900 lb, now 18 month old heifer ended up with a 83.5 lb bull calf. A good bag, good mothering instincts and a big, vigorous bull calf. The only time I can get a picture is when he is laying down. Keeping her in the barn for 30-60 days so...

I agree @Ky hills. I did already make the decision not to abort- it is too risky this late in the term. She has more bag development than the heifers I have due May 6 and May 13 so I think I'll see a calf in 2-4 weeks. The lucky thing is I raised the dam, AI'd the cow myself, and sold the bull...

Well I purchased a heifer in early October (12 months old then), where the owner said she had been penned up for a couple months to avoid bull exposure. I hadn't seen any signs of heat and decided to sync her with a big group. Hubby was putting CIDRs in while I was giving GnRH. I did not...

Well... I wanted to dig this one back up. 11 years breeding cows and we are at our highest number of pairs now. Small potatoes for most folks but what on earth is with all the backwards calves!? Never had one until January and we have had 3 since then. Only have 15 pairs. 4 left to calve in...

We have a similar sling. If the calf is too big for me to pick up and put it on that sling then its too big to stay a bull. We have had a clubby 94.8 lb heifer and a 76.1 lb bull calf so far. We do register but I also want to know who is loosing the gonads. Banded two 100+ lb bull calves so...

I put one in the freezer for doing the same thing but her calf had the bag over his head and died. Was still steaming when I found him but it was too late. If she can't do her job then her job changes.

We had a friend who had triplet Charolais calves today. All live, unassisted bull calves. Some make it and some don't. Or when you have livestock you will have dead stock too. Hope your twins make it.

I am on the fence here. I think that bull would not be used on heifers for sure. I have also castrated too large calves even if unassisted. Genetics do play a roll here. Natural sire vs AI sire and what the intention behind the bull is. We had a 83 lb bull calf born to a heifer this year that...

I have heard a bunch of people having twins this year. Glad she is allowing both to nurse even if she's not sure Joan is hers. Its a blessing and a curse.

I found a local supplier for the Concept Aide loose mineral. We have them on a local blend loose mineral and put Availa4 tub and salt lick out at different spots. Will switch to the Concept Aide when we run out of loose mineral. Thank you for the advise!

I have never seen Vitaferm Concept Aide. Do you use the loose mineral or the tubs? Thank you!

If I got 2 weaned calves from the 4 embryos then I would be thrilled (of course 4/4 would be perfect!). I really only have 4 fall calvers that are mature enough to sync up so if not all of them are put in this year then I am ok with that. Our ET specialist has a 85-90% success rate over his...

We are very excited to try this. They are MG embryos from 2 completely different flushes. Each breeder put 2 embryos per cane so we bought one cane from each flush. One flush was done 10 years ago by a cow now deceased. The other flush was by a bull that has very limited supply of semen left...

My husband and I purchased 4 embryos this season and hope to use them this winter. We have used syncing to bring cows in for fixed time AI with moderate success 7/15 stuck on the first heat and another 6 on the second heat. Is this the same procedure that you use for ET? I can ask my ET...

I will sell her as a breeder if she proves to me that she can raise a calf and breed back right away. Otherwise she will still be good for steaks. Not sure why she got cystic and infected like she did but she is young and still has the potential to be a good cow. I will not retain her genetics...

I still have her marked down to cull/sell when able. A little different when it’s a first time heifer than if a cow would have come back open. She is registered and out of imported semen so she better be growing something good in there

Well she must have known she was headed down the road. 30 days with the bull and she is pregnant. I will leave her in with the bull next time so that she breeds back right away. I feel like I lost 8 months of time so she better start popping them out.

We are going to try a couple at less than 8% Inbreeding Coefficient to try to moderate several things in two Iines. Firefly (Cleo (Romance x Zander) x Boulder (Navarra x Zamora)) x Fantom (Excaliber (Cleo x Colt 45) x Cocoa (Zayna x Trojan) Calf coefficient 7.81% (4 generations) Gypsy...

One hormone treatment and Excede later and she started having normal cycles. She had cysts and a uterine infection. Still will not settle to AI but put her in with a new bull and we will see if that helps. Otherwise... We decided she is going to make some good steaks in May once the grass is...

I have an April 2017 heifer that we have Ai'd once and had with the bull for two cycles. She has short cycled (16-17 days) after each breeding. She was a single birth and I bought her at 6 months. She was a virgin heifer when she was AI bred at 14 months. She is now over 1000 lbs and moderate...