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[mtnfarmer]

Finally...I don't have to search the net for articles on cow/calf production! Or health and nutrition, or just plain wacky questions!
So...I will start off with a wacky question...
I have a small commercial angus cow/calf program. A registered anugus bull (Bushwacker) was introduced to our 3 cows and 7 heifers around late april of last year. All have finshed calving (one stillborn due to calving problems we couldn't get to in time) except for one heifer. She looks pregnant, her utters are pronouced, but not full, and the bull certaintly doesn't seem interested. She is a daugther of 6I6, healthy, but a extremely late weaner (she kept sneaking back to her mama.) Could she have conceived that much later than her sisters/herd mates?
Or is she simply not a breeder?
Thanks for your help.

 

[certherfbeef]

When did you pull the bull out of the pasture? That will tell you the last possible date she could calve.

 

[sidney411]

Get her palpated, then you'll know if she's bred, an aproximate calving date, and if she open the vet can tell you if her reproductive tract feels abnormal, or if something is causing her not to settle.

 

[jerry27150]

there is always a small percentage that doesn't calve with the rest of the herd. my neighbor did the same thing with 10 cows, thought he had them all bred in a few weeks , but always has one freshen months later

 

[mtnfarmer]

Vet? Boy do I wish. There aren't any large animal vets around these parts. We would have to load her and take her for an hour or so ride. Seems that large animal vets are a dying breed around here. We give them their shots, pick low-calving weight bulls, give em good pasture, salt with wormer and fly blocks, clean water and plenty of lovin, and hope for the best.
As for taking away the bull, unfortunately our neighbor is running heifers on the line fence, so we are limited to where we can put him. We ususally get a new bull every 3 years so we can keep some kind of organized calving season, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
I guess if she doesn't calve by fall we will sell her with the calves.

 

[msscamp]

We give them their shots, pick low-calving weight bulls, give em good pasture, salt with wormer and fly blocks, clean water and plenty of lovin, and hope for the best.

Question: I have read several articles that discourage the use of daily wormers in horses as it promotes resistance in the worms. What are the chances that this could also be true for cattle? Thanks!

 

[dun]

We give them their shots, pick low-calving weight bulls, give em good pasture, salt with wormer and fly blocks, clean water and plenty of lovin, and hope for the best.

Question: I have read several articles that discourage the use of daily wormers in horses as it promotes resistance in the worms. What are the chances that this could also be true for cattle? Thanks!

I would think that it's the same. Although the parasite is different, we're still addressing the parasite resistance not the host animal.

dun

 

[msscamp]

That's kinda what I thought, too. But as I've stated before - due to my logic processes, anything that makes sense to me is automatically suspect. Thanks, Dun!

 

[dun]

That's kinda what I thought, too. But as I've stated before - due to my logic processes, anything that makes sense to me is automatically suspect. Thanks, Dun!

If I remember, always doubtful, when the vet drops off the minerals for his cows in the morning I'll ask him. It would be nice to get something more definitive then what my feeble brain conjurs up.

dun

 

[msscamp]

That would be great, but if you don't remember - no biggie. I have faith in your 'feeble brain'! :)

 

[jerry27150]

most anything in time will build an immunity to drugs. that is why in time we will have to go back to herbs for medicine

 

[dun]

That would be great, but if you don't remember - no biggie. I have faith in your 'feeble brain'! :)

Forgot to ask.

dun

 

[msscamp]

That would be great, but if you don't remember - no biggie. I have faith in your 'feeble brain'! :)

Forgot to ask.

dun

No biggie. I'll ask our vet the next time I see him.

 

[mtnfarmer]

i only use one salt/wormer block in the summer. After that, I only use strictly salt blocks. Should this be okay? I also alternate injections one year, and liquid wormer down the back the next.

 

[flaboy]

Vet? Boy do I wish. There aren't any large animal vets around these parts. We would have to load her and take her for an hour or so ride. Seems that large animal vets are a dying breed around here. We give them their shots, pick low-calving weight bulls, give em good pasture, salt with wormer and fly blocks, clean water and plenty of lovin, and hope for the best.
As for taking away the bull, unfortunately our neighbor is running heifers on the line fence, so we are limited to where we can put him. We ususally get a new bull every 3 years so we can keep some kind of organized calving season, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
I guess if she doesn't calve by fall we will sell her with the calves.

Just curious as why you change bulls every three years or so. I have one that is eight years old and I think he is just in his prime. Always does a good job. Only put in a clean up for grins. The clean up bull hasn't shown any signs that the old bull is letting anything slide.