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If I was buying calves I’d like that too. But i think if u are going to keep them 30-45 days you might as well keep them a bit longer yet long enough to put some money in your own pockets

I am not sure he said they are freshly weaned. That would make a big difference. I’ve found that I have to keep them longer than a couple months to pay for weaning them. Thats actually pretty big cost to keep them for 2 or 3 weeks with no gains.

Wish you the best. If you can slowly switch to steel panels that would be a lot easier to adjust the design. About double the money but worth it in the long run.

I don’t know that I gave it a good enough test but I found it got way too expensive.

My drawing skills are terrible but just throwing an idea out there. So that it’s easier leading up to the chute. This would be crowding tub

Not sure if I’m seeing it right but I would think you need either a proper crowding tub or a bud box to get them up the chute. Also I would add that the space is too big heading into your crowding tub area. Should have a working alley maybe 14 feet wide leading up to crowding tub/ bud box. Just...

You could take a sample of the grey stuff and send it in to actually get tested to know for sure. But I would suspect coccidiosis.

This winter our cows are getting about 14 lbs hay 8 lbs S01 oats and 10-15 lbs oats straw and free choice mineral. Sold some oats to a guy who’s been feeding just oats and straw for 25 years. With the drought hay prices have sky rocketed making one of the more expensive feeds.

what all do you test for?

I helped a neighbor preg check his herd. 700 one day and 600 ish the another day. He’s always buying and selling cows. Seems to be working well for him but yikes sure have some special cows. Only had to climb the rails 3 times one day to get out of the way. I’m used to my own smaller herd where...

Years ago while expanding the herd we bought at local stockyards bred cow sale and have had a terrible time with sick calves scours coccidiosis etc. ever since. I believe we finally got a handle on it but it has me hesitating to buy cows that way again. Had me wondering how paranoid everyone...

I know it’s not on your list but I’ve really liked the stunner X net worth calves I’ve seen

So then what is the perfect milk epd to ensure a heifer or young cow doesn’t get run down too hard while raising calf. I always look for 20-30 range but i wonder what works for the rest of you.

I use the medi dart crossbow. It fires a 30 cc missile. It works good on fleshy animals but on something little skinnier it’s harder to get the needle to stick without bouncing out. Also the distance has to be fairly exact. Thinking of switching to pneu dart gun. They only fire 10cc dart but I...