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    skinny cow

    the steer is still on the pasture.....but we feed him grain twice a day. morning and evening. The steer is still skinny
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    skinny cow

    i have a beef steer that has been on grain for a while...then switched to pasture ate 1000 lbs......now he is back on grain but he is pretty skinny and doesnt seem to be gaining anything even though he has been on grain for a while....whats the problem?
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    calf wont drink???

    Igot an angus heifer calf that was a little smalll....the guy shipped it to me ...and after that it was scouring.....it refuse todrink colustrum....so i had to tube feed it...the next morning i gave it Baytril and Primor scour tablets...it still refuses to drink after 3 days of tablets...and...
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    bumpbelly calf

    i got a 230 lb male calf at the sale barn the other day, for the description they said it was a bump belly calf. Im guessing it has a hernia or something, walks fine, really jumpy, looks like the is a bump right on the naval. what could it be? how should i treat it?
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    2 feed or not 2 feed?

    mainly calves ranging from 200-800lbs.
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    2 feed or not 2 feed?

    Bread.....oats.....wheat....soybean.... or could they be mixed with corn to be fed to cattle?
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    corn for calves?

    Last year i baught lot of corn, enough to last me a year for my calves. My calves are around 200Lbs, i have heard that it is better to feed calves some kind of creep feed, but since i already have bought the corn(my mistake) i would like to use it. is there a good way to feed them corn, alfalfa...
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    calf with wierd infection?

    i have asked this question before but have not really got any good answers, but i have a female calf with a lump under its belly (probably navel infection) i treated it for 8 days with something i got form the vet when i ran out he asked me to feel the bump to se if it was soft, it was, so he...
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    Draxxin?

    how old does a calf have to be to give it draxxin? because the other day i had a day old calf with pnemoniah, but i was scared i would kill the calf if i gave it a shot. the calf died anyway so i want to know if i ever have a day old calf with the same problem?
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    banding vs. cutting 200lb calf

    i have 200 lb. bull calf that is weaned... wanted to know if it would be better to band it or cut it.... is there a risk of infection if i cut it? banding vs. cutting? please share your opinions and expeirience
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    Draxxin for scours?

    i have bottle of Draxxin, and i was wandering if you can use it to help with scours? how good is it compared to Baytril? Also can you use it to treat navel ill?
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    infection?

    i have a female calf that i have been treating for navel infection for 8 days, but the it still seems to have a hard big lump under its belly (the lump is bigger is 3 times bigger than my thumb), the weird thing is that the legs don't seem to be swollen and the calf walks fine. what could be...
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    Navel ill?

    I have a calf who seems to be navel ill, i got some shots from the vet to treat it for about 7 days. today was the 7th day but it still has a lump under its belly ? What should i do? This calf also gets scours on and off for some reason?
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    Banding Castration?

    OK, the other day i tried to band two 1 week old calves. but i couldn't tell if i got both. i couldn't feel two. When do they drop ? how do you tell if you got both?
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    unknown scouring reasons?

    i have 5 bottle calves that are scouring. 1 is three weeks old who was scouring 3 days after she was born, i treated her and she was fine untile 2 1/2 weeks later i seen she had navel infection. when i started treating her for navel ill, she started scouring again? the other four were scouring a...
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    everything calves need to be able to breed in the future

    i am not sure how the cow died, because i got the calf from the sale barn. The guy guy who was selling it is well known for raising great cows/calves. and the calf is very healthy.
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    everything calves need to be able to breed in the future

    I have 2 female angus calves, one is a bottle calf, the other one is a weaned 200lb calf(the mother died a day ago) i want to be able to breed them in the future. I was wandering what is needed as far as minerals, vaccines, feed and etc.? (thank you very much for your help.......i am new at...
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    minerals and etc.

    a have a few calves from 200lb-500 (not on mothers). they are on the pastur and i was wandering what kind of minerals should i give them?
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    jumpy/scared calf?

    i baught a 2 month old 150 -200lb angus heifer calf, the guy said the mother died so he had to sell it.i am holding in a small square pen for now, It is really scared and jumpy, and its still crying for it mother. i thought about bottle feeding it for a few weeks but i cant get it to drink...
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    won't eat?

    no, it looks fine but i think the guy over fed it with corn?
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