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I've got to hear some more about this. If this is true, I've been in trouble for years and didn't even know it.

March, April, and some into May and September, October, and some into November.

One of the smartest things I've read on these Cattle Today Q&A Boards.

You should consider branding. Never heard of dewlap tags. Sounds like a recipe for infections/abscesses.

An interesting website with information on the genetics of coat colors of cattle. http://sask.usask.ca/~schmutz/colors.html

I think that you answered your own question. If you don't feel that you did, read the replies. If you decide to do it anyway, get at least a 3 year note, with yearly payments, low interest rate (no higher than 7%), and sink all of the income into paying off the note as quickly as possible. If...

I agree that Farm Bureau caters to the farmer/rancher. Reasonable "farm policies" for home and land which include liability for the cow that wanders up to the road and gets hit, as well as decent "loss" policies for livestock for reasonable prices (like $8 premium per $1000 worth of livestock...

What? :shock: As opposed to roaming a pasture and nursing its mama I suppose? :roll:

The cross will probably work well with dark red calves :?: , but are you sure that you want them to be calving in mid July?

Heck, if you are "real comfortable" with it, what's the concern?

If you can find where the bleeding is coming from, getting a pair of hemostats and pulling out the little artery will usually cause it to clamp off. The "blood stopper" powder usually works pretty good, especially if you can hold pressure on it for a few minutes after applying it. Remember...

The advice from Bez is sound and based on experience. Listen to it. If your boss/foreman is concerned with the health of the cattle he will observe you and make sure that you are administering the vaccine properly. If the cattle go down and you don't have neck access, remember that they are...

One of my favorites that I remember is "Almosta Ranch".

I've always heard that if you wean in the top half of the body that calves will generally bawl for 2 to 4 days, but if you wean in the lower half of the body, that they will generally bawl for an average of 3 days. ;-)

Medic, what does that mean? Maybe that's why your vet is so friendly?! :lol:

Small animals = easy work = Big $$$$$. Large animals = hard work = little $$$$$. One of the vets that we use also commented that most cattlemen consider themselves somewhat of a "lay vet", so they do most of their own vet work. They usually call a vet when a cow is on the verge of death...

Bez you're a cowman. Messing with cows is what you do. It's not a hassle, it's what you do. Just factor in the necessary couple days of assistance each year and then let her do her job raising one (or more) good calf each year. At least until she no longer breeds back in a timely manner, or...

That sure is a pretty barn and fancy rocks. That was a good idea. Apparently lots of work though. Ought make a good place for snakes to hang out.

As previously stated several times, they look heavily Angus influenced. They look like a lot of calves we have raised that were out of Angus cross (mostly "black ens") cows and red bulls (South Devon), or black bulls with a red gene (South Devon X Angus). They had that black coat with a red...

plb, Any word yet?