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<blockquote data-quote="panhandle_rancher" data-source="post: 73275" data-attributes="member: 1380"><p>I lost 4 calves, all were doing well till I brought home the last calf I was going to buy....heifer, I paid anywhere from 150 - 300 for my calves, anyway, this particular one brought home some sort of air born virus, we didnt catch it till late in the game, I took her to town to the local vet he gave me some shots to give and said right away! So I raced home to find that 2 of my more expensive bull calves were already dead. The next two died the next day...I had posts done on them....there was nothing left inside, the virus had eaten their lungs...it was awful. I fought for 2 weeks to keep the rest alive, it was a battle, I did lose money....the two that are being raised for butcher are still only about 300 lbs, sad when the average of my herd was 575.....in October of 2004. I've learned a hard lesson on buying calves at the sale barn...I look them little cows over good before they get in ring. They also get shots before they hit the stalls.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the tip on food....I'd really like to raise my bucket calves up big this year....our herd is at 100% calving right now so chances are I wont get to keep them for very long...probably lose a few more, we are only half done. </p><p>I do love constructive critisism...</p><p></p><p>I enjoy this forum very much, its nice to talk to people that actually know what I'm talking about and dont smother my with questions about this or that because they've never been on a ranch before...lol...sometimes it's fun to brag but it gets old after a while...anyone know what I mean??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="panhandle_rancher, post: 73275, member: 1380"] I lost 4 calves, all were doing well till I brought home the last calf I was going to buy....heifer, I paid anywhere from 150 - 300 for my calves, anyway, this particular one brought home some sort of air born virus, we didnt catch it till late in the game, I took her to town to the local vet he gave me some shots to give and said right away! So I raced home to find that 2 of my more expensive bull calves were already dead. The next two died the next day...I had posts done on them....there was nothing left inside, the virus had eaten their lungs...it was awful. I fought for 2 weeks to keep the rest alive, it was a battle, I did lose money....the two that are being raised for butcher are still only about 300 lbs, sad when the average of my herd was 575.....in October of 2004. I've learned a hard lesson on buying calves at the sale barn...I look them little cows over good before they get in ring. They also get shots before they hit the stalls. Thanks for the tip on food....I'd really like to raise my bucket calves up big this year....our herd is at 100% calving right now so chances are I wont get to keep them for very long...probably lose a few more, we are only half done. I do love constructive critisism... I enjoy this forum very much, its nice to talk to people that actually know what I'm talking about and dont smother my with questions about this or that because they've never been on a ranch before...lol...sometimes it's fun to brag but it gets old after a while...anyone know what I mean?? [/QUOTE]
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