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Hooves grown out on 600 lbs heifer.
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<blockquote data-quote="Ky hills" data-source="post: 1556770" data-attributes="member: 24816"><p>Like I mentioned in another post I made this morning, the weather wasn't freezing cold or rainy so I must have paid more attention to details this morning. When feeding our heifers and steer calves (most of them purchased) this morning I noticed a heifer that was walking labored like. Her front hooves were grown out long and the toes starting to crisscross each other. I haven't seen a calf that young have that kind of grown out hooves like that for many years. That was from a Hereford steer years ago that was said to have been foundered. The calf now is a commercial Angus heifer. I have been feeding them about 8 lbs roughly total per day since its been cold, little less before. Broken up into two times a day, This calf weighs 600+ and was purchased in a group of 8, the other calves from that group and from other purchases or homeraised ones don't show any signs of feet issues. I am hoping that it is just an isolated instance and will cull her out. I have seen older cattle like that but that young seems unusual.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ky hills, post: 1556770, member: 24816"] Like I mentioned in another post I made this morning, the weather wasn't freezing cold or rainy so I must have paid more attention to details this morning. When feeding our heifers and steer calves (most of them purchased) this morning I noticed a heifer that was walking labored like. Her front hooves were grown out long and the toes starting to crisscross each other. I haven't seen a calf that young have that kind of grown out hooves like that for many years. That was from a Hereford steer years ago that was said to have been foundered. The calf now is a commercial Angus heifer. I have been feeding them about 8 lbs roughly total per day since its been cold, little less before. Broken up into two times a day, This calf weighs 600+ and was purchased in a group of 8, the other calves from that group and from other purchases or homeraised ones don't show any signs of feet issues. I am hoping that it is just an isolated instance and will cull her out. I have seen older cattle like that but that young seems unusual. [/QUOTE]
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