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Born or bought heifer?

Just noticed you only had two heifers. If that's all you've got, then you wouldn't be eligible for cost chare. For two cows, I would see if I could do a short lease with a neighbor that you trust.

Patricia's good for A.I. If you're looking for a bull I would contact Calvin Bryant. He's the agriculture agent and extension director in Lawrence County. He should have names of people who have bulls. Also if this is part of the cost share program, you should let him know. To be eligible...

Dun's right. As long as she is improving, there is no reason to sell her. You'll just lose money by selling her while she looks like this. Give her some time. Your mom is just seeing how the calf is now and is overreacting. She hasn't seen how the calf has progressed.

Good point. I forgot to mention that I usually keep one short trough for babies in hot weather, just in case. They seem to figure it out after a few days.

I may have some calve in winter, but I definately don't want to do it as a herd again. I tried that with Boer goats. You can get 3 kiddings in two years, which means that every other year, a kidding will be in the middle of winter (as opposed to Fall and Apring the other years), and I've had...

She could be fine and you're worrying over nothing, but then again who knows?

I could be way off but her having milk means one of two things to me. 1. She's pregnant,and just really early on her milk, which is weird. and/or 2. She never really dried up from the last calving, but is now filling up with milk because of a nutritional increase from either grass or grain...

Is the udeer big, or full? If she's still milking a little bit from the last lactation, it can fool you sometimes, especially if she's got a large udder. Other than that, I don't know. I've had some good milking meat goats that would bag up a month early(that's on a 5 month pregnancy), but...

I was reading a book by Alan Nation (editor of the stockman grass farmer), and he suggested calving close to the longest day of the year, June 21. I'll try to recall his reasons here. 1. That leaves the cow open during the months of July and August. Apparently there is something called...

A decent growing freemartin would make a good prospect for freezer beef.

Now that is the best thing I have heard in a long time... LMAO Dun, thanks for that I needed a chuckle.. :clap: :clap: :lol2: I've heard that logic used more than once (more like once a week). Matter of fact, I don't even dispute it. So many people believe it, you look like the idiot when...

Based on my experience with it, I would collect him, and put the straws up for sale. Anyone that came and looked at cattle or bought cattle from you and likes your bull, casually mention that you have semen on him for sale. Anyone doing A.I. may want to pick up a few straws. That's just an...

Jeanne- It's gossypol.

I think cattle are cattle and people are people, and the two shouldn't be confused, but when someone has a cow/bull/dog that has been with them for a long time, I think it's rather rude to laugh at them when they show concern for a loss.

I can just see her riding shotgun, heading back to the barn. :lol:

Okay, so where do you suspect a calf gets its temperment from? Obviously, half the genetics come from each parent, but wouldn't you think that the cow would influence the calf more in terms of her temperment around humsns. For example: You have a calm cow and a nervous bull. Is the calf cam...

It seems if a cow/calf wants to live, you can hardly kill it, but if it wants to die, you can't do enough to save it.

I found something that was interesting. A southern dairy farmer, trying to make his holstein cows more heat tolerant, crossed them with Senepol(this was the first of a couple of different breed crosses he did). He said that the bull must have more influence than previously thought because he...

Tell me about it. This one was on the small side. You wouldn't think there is that much room just by looking at them from the outside.