Stepper":epo53btx said:How can you tell when a cow is in heat ? When ever you see one tring to ride another one doesnt that mean one is in ? I know this is a stupid question and i am going to get riped for asking it. 8) So have at it. ;-)
Stepper":v9lmwxn4 said:Thanks randiliana for the information. I have been wondering if you are still comparing weight measurements on the hoof tape verses scales ?
Stepper":36kdhpa0 said:So how long to they stay in heat when they come in ?
Stepper":1rz80rwy said:randiliana,
They were out of first time heifers but both were easy births. 77lbs is a little big for heifers from what everyone tells me. But other these last two that i am waiting on i have been lucky so far and have not lost any. But i only had 9 to begin with.
Stepper":r2nbxnnf said:Frankie,
I wonder if a person could use thoes K-Mar patches to tell when the bull bred them ? That could be a kind of iffy deal though because it could have been another cow that broke the patch right ?
Stepper":b9uxabwx said:Frankie,
No i have never herd of the chin ball marker but i am very interested in it. I seen an article one time where sheep farmers had some type of device they would put on a ram and after he mounted the sheep it would leave a blue patch on it.
But i did not know they made anything for a bull. My only concerns with putting some type of halter on a bull would be him getting it hung up on something and breaking his neck. That sometimes happens to horses. Alot of horse owners will not let their horses run loose in the pasture with a halter. A horse will even get its hind leg hung in a halter trying to scratch.
And another thing about putting a halter on a bull that i would worry about is it growing into the bull unless a person had the bull near facilities where the halter could be removed soon after his work was done.
Stepper":2svukszp said:Frankie,
How many cows will it mark before it has to be refilled ? I am going to look on nasco and see if they have them. I guess that they have worked pretty good for you to have used them going on 12 years now ? Does it mark them good ?
Stepper":1osgnejz said:Frankie,
How many cows will it mark before it has to be refilled ? I am going to look on nasco and see if they have them. I guess that they have worked pretty good for you to have used them going on 12 years now ? Does it mark them good ?
a gomerozed bull has been fixed so he cant breed the cows/heifers that your AIing.Stepper":3833mdn2 said:What is a gomerized bull ? I have never herd of one. And if i am understanding things right, the more that you catch a bull and put him in a head gate. It will tend to make him mean ? I mean even if you only have to catch him a couple of times a year to worm & vaccinate him ?