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A teaspoon of liquid rennet (for cheesemaking) to a scouring calf will usually clear him right up. Rennet is naturally produced by the stomach of a milkfed calf. Stress will upset rennet production and can lead to scouring. Giving rennet allows him to properly digest his milk during the time...

They look like Angus to me. That sunburned hair will shed out and the new hair underneath will be black. Ann B BTW -- Black is dominant to Red -- Black can produce Red, but 2 Reds can never produce a Black.

All of his antics were funny the first few times, but after that it started getting real old! Heck the calves started scouring from getting too much milk! He's at a collection center right now. Posts have been set and the pipe corral tied to them and I changed all the gate latches, so we'll...

Some of the Mini's are polled, but Pvt. Pyle was dehorned when he was a calf. Ann B

And they don't have to be big to have those problems either. My Mini Jersey bull (43", 550 lbs, gentle as a kitten, and broke to ride) can push a fence over, can stick his head through a pipe corral, pick it up, and carry it away, and the little devil can open gates. (he's a pushover for calves...

Came home one day to a heifer turned upside down in the feed bunk. I've had calves stuck in the bale feeder and in the panels. Also had a steer get his head stuck in one of those net hay bags for horses, luckily he was halfway halterbroke so he didn't fight it -- but he wasn't real happy when I...

Raising heck about this situation will do nothing but get you branded as "that crazy Animals Rights person", you'll be the laughingstock of the salebarn, nobody will want to associate with you, and it won't change a thing. The "good old boys" used to love it when my mother would go to sales...

Excess heat will at the time of breeding can cause semen death, excess heat can also cause early embryonic death. (if the cow's body temp goes above a certain point in those first few days after breeding there will be no pregnancy) Ann B

I've had dominant cows show the exact same signs -- and they were bred. Here's the link to the folks that do the blood test, for $1.95 you'll find out for sure 27 hours after they receive the blood, and they're accurate at 30 days. http://www.biotracking.com/ Ann B

I really don't know how it works. I've used it for years in the rabbits' drinking water and didn't do a thing for flies, but it did cause a very high percentage of female offspring. I put it in the cattle water and all it did was make a mess. So I've started adding it to the feed -- in the...

"Fly Strike" as it is called, is usually pretty dramatic, with the nasty things boiling in whatever opening they've infested. My heifer calf had so many they were literally falling out of her vagina and rectum. While the animals can be successfully treated by washing (douching) with soapy...

YES! Maggots can kill a calf! and in a very short time. Under the right conditions (intense heat), the fly eggs hatch within minutes of being laid. While the "medicinal" maggots may not damage live flesh, these things release a toxin that kills the flesh so that they can eat it. I've had...

There are numerous states where the Bangs vaccine is NOT required, Nebraska is one, so is Florida, so is Missouri (from what I've recently been told). If a state is Class Free, it does not require a Bangs vaccination. It is a good idea to give it, but it is NOT a nationwide requirement. My vet...

Hi Bill I'm one those crazy people who ELECTS to buy baby calves and raise them. Without going into a lot of detail, let me explain why I do it by laying out one calf transaction. Last Feb I bought 2 calves at the salebarn, a RWF bull and a Black heifer. I paid $150 for the bull as a newborn...

A calf needs to work for his milk. For milk to be digested properly, the calf has to produce adequate amounts of saliva while ingesting the milk. If the nipple feeds too fast, he won't work hard enough to produce enough saliva. There's exceptions to everything, such as the weak calf who wears...

You'll always be able to see a rib or two on a dairy animal. As for his cough, is he on a bottle or nipple pail? If so, change the nipple ASAP -- the hole enlarges on an older nipple and will feed the milk too fast, causing them to cough after feeding. If the nipple hole gets too big, they...

Glacier Chateau is an awesome bull, never heard of the other one though. Ann B

What most people don't realise with Jerseys is that the vast majority of the bulls are raised in solitary confinement from the time they're born. They have virtually no contact with other cattle -- so they never learn how to be a cow first. How to be part of a 'pecking order', how to be part...

This is my current Jersey bull (Registered Miniature Jersey, 38" at the hip, 425 lbs). He enjoys it as much as the 3 year old riding him does. Ann B

They are adorable little calves, but if you intend to keep him, you need to lay down the ground rules and do some training with him. Jersey bulls have the reputation of being the meanest of all bulls. I've never had much problem with them, but then I start them like oxen when they're still...