Jerry,
No I did not contact the sale barn, pretty much thought it was a buyer beware/as is thing. But Thanks for the advice. I dosen't hurt to ask. I've learned a lot from you all here on C.T. But still have a ways to go. I've always thought if you stop learning, your proabably dead. I'm trying to build a little herd, got a ways to go. Would like to have thirty. At the moment I'v got 4 cows and six heifers. I pay as I go. the reason for the heifers is their a little cheaper (not much) and I have found that I can take a nervous one and calm her down as she grows. yes I have ten pets, but I also have 4 eyes in the back of my head. HA,HA,HA. The last cow that I bought was a limo cross 1st stage. (I think they bred her at the sale barn) 9 month to the day that I bought her, she finally had the calf. She was skinny but teeth loked good, and I liked her structure. Now w/plenty of grass/grain/water, she's proabably the best one that i've got. But on the down side I cannot get her into the corral w/ the others. Very seldom will she enter, even w/ grain. My wife's farther raised limosuine's in the late 70's, and said that he had never seen the most fence jumpin cows ever. He said " they jump like 1000 lb deer". The cow that died, her calf would not suck a bottle, I tried & tried a day, then decided to take a bucke & bottle of milk, trying to get her to drink or suck. I had her in a small area and she was pacing fast & knocked the bottle out of my hands into the bucket which splashed up and on her. she immediately went to the bucket and started to drink, I slowly brought the bottle up and some how got it in her mouth. It was all down hill from there. She is proabably close to 500 lbs now. So I learned a trick purely by accident. Another thing is that when I finally saved the money up to buy the panels to make a corral, ( have a homade chute & w/a head gate) I could have bought 2 or 3 cows. But when you need it, you need it. Again thanks ALL, still learning & enjoying it. Dan :wave: