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can anyone direct me to a site that details the procedure for hot branding cattle?

got a week old calf it's tongue hangs out of it's mouth about 2"..sucks ok and tongue doesn't hang out all the time..looks like it doesn't have good controll of the tongue

I am interested in this "too fat" idea...My heifers, so I am told, are always "too fat"...I push them from weaning until breeding, really until the last trimester, and then slow down, but keep them in "good shape"...I have even put some of them in rye grass the last month before they calf...I...

i know twins are not that rare..but how often can you expect them?

update on twins...as usual nature is best mother...What i have found out is that the mother is separating the calves...one sleeps while the other walks and sucks it's mother...every time i checked on the calves the same one was resting and, to me, seemed weak...I mixed it some milk, went to it...

Heifer had twins..one is weaker than the other..it was able to suck a time or two in the first 12 hours...would i be doing harm if i bottle fed it? it has a hard time competing with it's sibling for milk.... there is enough milk for both but the butting and tussling is to much for the weaker...

this symptom has come across here before..I had a young heifer that had loss of hair like you describe..it was something to do with her reaction to sunlight..it is a liver problem that causes a cow to be unable to absorb sunlight in a normal manner... photosensetivity or something like...

I can never get ahead of the "old heads" at our co-op...I asked one if he knew of anything for warts? He pointed to a small bottle of vaccine on the shelf and said, "use that and they will clear up in 90 days..if you don't they might linger on for three months!"

I've got a nice set of charolais heifers..They were all bred last Feb and March....The youngest is 20 months old and the oldest is 28 months...of the group the youngest and smallest third (5) are and have been for several months now making a bag..slightly swollen udder and teats... the oldest...

ask your vet to check for a liver disorder that will cause hair to fall out and skin to blister...the animal becomes very sensitive to sunlight...occurs usually on the white portions of the animal and especially around the areas you described..charolais, white face, holsteins... any white...

change the subject!!!I'm hurting :shock:

About 2 weeks ago I told you guys about a heifer I had bought that I thought had mange...Many suspected lice and I agreed with everyone, not having the faintest idea what was wrong with the gal...My vet (friend) gave a free diagnosis...Without looking he said she had photosensitivity (sp.)...

Bill, don't get me wrong..I would not consider adding her to my herd...On the contrary..I have her quarrantined (sp.)..I just picked her up to try to see if I could clean her up and sell her for a profit at the sale barn..Just a lark..I learn a little about them that way..thanks for the...

thanks for the info I've sarted treatment....Hey Running Arrow you'd make somebody a good wife you already sound just like mine ;-) I'll keep ya'll posted

the hair is all gone leaving a pink to red bald area..even the eye brows and lashes are gone..lice?

Do cattle get mange? I bought one that looks like it has a case of mange around it's face and on aportion of it's neck...Healthy otherwise...looks like a herford/holstien cross (heifer about 750 lbs looks to be about a year old..)...I know it was stupid, but I can't pass up a cheap...

I appreciate the info on last trimester feeding...that low feed intake will determine fertility/re-breeding is interesting...

Shipping fever...my vet says he loves to see a field full of calves tagged with sale barn tags...it's means plenty of business for him...