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Thank you. She is a Texas Longhorn so we are not talking about a standard beef breed. I estimate her weight between 1000 and 1100. Reread the box and you are correct on the dosage. Internet sight that I have researched, said you could give LA 200 inter-muscular for pinkeye. That would be much...

I have a cow with an eye problem, thinking pink eye and the next date the Vet can come in is next Fri. I got her in the barn and plan on squeezing her between two gates, put a rope around her neck, cinch her up to a post and injecting her with LA 200 in the morning. Done this many times with...

My bag of mlk replacer that I bought this summer when I thought I had a calf that mom wasn't taking care of was a 25lb of Land-O-Lajes Maxi Care.It ran me $23 24. RIght at the 1/lb. Luckly, I did not have to us it. We raised a couple of bucket calves about 10 years ago. If my memory served me...

You have it. That will definitely part of the agreement. Winter is approaching. I work a continous operation schedule it is 8pm before I get home. Don't like comming home and have to wade through snow in the dark to do my chores, They will be required to do the chores on my work days or their...

My son and grandson want to purchase 2 Jersy bull calves. The cost of the calves is $30 each. They will bring them out here and I will probably have to all the work. They promise they will help, but we all know how long that will last. I told them $40 per month per calf. I don't really want them...

Thanks all. It has been very hot and humid the past few days. It may have been heat related. It rained hard before I got the bottle ready. The cows and calf move to the back pasture. When I fed the cows in the front pasture, the calf stayed in the back pasture. I took the bottle down and the...

Thanks Alabama. We will see what other folks say. I don't want to bottle feed, but am tired of waiting until it is to late to intervene. Parinoid? Yes. I have always worried the first couple of days, but what is going on here is not the normal course of events. Would of rather had mom raise cain...

When we raised sheep, the ewe would have a waxy plug in the teat. On rear occasions, you would have to milk the ewe to free up the teat. Especially if the lamb was weak and couldn't suck the plug out. Does this occur in cattle?

I have a calf that was born Mon. Yesterday The calf was laying half outside the fence. After, 2 hours I went out and nudge the calf back inside. The calf went to mom and nursed. Today, I went out to give an injection of BoCee.The calf layed there and I gave it the shot. All the other calves at 3...

Heifer has been in the barn since Sat. She didn't get up for feeding at first. She finally got up and nibbled a little on the hay. Didn't take any grain. Layed back down. No heavey breathing nor did I observe any contractions. Not bagged near as much as most of my cows the day of calving...

1st time longhorn heifer. Noticed tonight, while feeding, my 2 year old heifer had a clear discharge and it was the first that I noticed she was starting to bag up. I have been watching closely every day. She had a one time exposure with a due date of April 3rd. The final turn out would put the...

Great looking calf. I don't think it has much if any longhorn in it. The shape of the head and ears and are all wrong for a longhorn. The hook to pin angle is to shallow also for a longhorn. If it is AngusxLonghorn you won't get any hat racks. That cross come out 85+% polled. I agree with...

A little late, but thanks for the replies. That was the information I was after. Now need to set grandkids down and see how much work they want to do. It is their project not grandpa's. I will expect them out here to help with their calves and chores.

The 2 Grandkids joined 4H and want to do a beef project. I won't have the money to purchase club steers for them to do a market steer project and thinking about a Dairy Feeder project for them. The farmer I buy hay from buys calves from dairy farmers and raises them out. He says the dairy...

My wife recieved a call from a man that bought a bull calf from and said he would be down Fri or Sat. to pick it up. My normal process is to pull the calf off momma and start it on grain and hay for two weeks before letting it go. This calf has been on pasture and hay for the last couple weeks...

Update. All advice was right on. Bull pacing the gate and working on it pretty good tonight. I will be home all weekend so I sent both cows and bull out to pasture after penning the rest of the herd in an adjacent pasture. Left them that way for a couple of hours. Opened the gate and let them...

It has been 2 years since I have sold one by hanging weight. The processeor was charging $1.45/lb hanging at the time for his beef. I charged $1.55 for mine. I think mine is better than his. The customer paid kill and processing costs. I do not have enough land now to raise them out. For the...

My neighbor lets his wheat straw get rained on before it is bailed. His theory is it gets rid of the gloss and is more asorbent. I tend to find his true, but this year we have had an unually wet summer and the straw has gone bad. I can buy wheat straw at $1.50/bale from hay provider. The...

I have always used wheat straw and order a load from the neighbor. He just informed me that he will not be making any wheat straw. To much rain on it. He will be making oat straw in the morning. Will the oat straw be more dusty? Which is better as far asorption when used for bedding? My hay...

Thanks for the advice. Both times have been more violent than the normal pecking order. The first time, I was afraid I would have fence repair if they kept it up. She was the boss cow before I removed her from the herd. Her mom was boss before I sold her. Maybe, they remember her? The present...