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Worried- My Bull is walking slow, looks tired and sad
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<blockquote data-quote="TexasRancher" data-source="post: 1810617" data-attributes="member: 8359"><p>Thanks for all the help CB and the great links..I did check them out. Update...due to the drought and lack of corn stalk hay, hay, milo, sudan...my bull most likely had acidosis and standing laminitis (his feet hurt and were directly under him, instead of apart)...Jan 2nd he stopped eating heartedly until around March 1st...2 months he was in pain. Had chains in my truck ready to drag him...figured he might die. I was too ashamed to take him in to the auctions..he lost 800 lbs. But once the green vegetation came in...he quicly came back to running along side my truck and started doing his mountings...and quickly gained back his former 1,900lbs weight. I'm blessed to have him back. I almost destroyed him...it was my doing...I had to learn things about droughts, hay suppliers and grains my own way. I did get to test a lot of grains and mixtures..so i know what works and what doesn't (experience).</p><p></p><p>Out of the drought came a new supplier of hay...have my 50 bales all lined up for winter and my new 5 ton hay trailer. Lots of new equipment and enhancements to make life easier. This year i'm in the black..will turn a profit. Can't keep up with hauling calves...they're being born and getting out to 13 months (i need to be taking them at 6 to 8 months) faster than I can move. Never imagined the cattle getting ahead of me..but they are. Mr Bull didn't miss a lick even with his two months of downtime.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TexasRancher, post: 1810617, member: 8359"] Thanks for all the help CB and the great links..I did check them out. Update...due to the drought and lack of corn stalk hay, hay, milo, sudan...my bull most likely had acidosis and standing laminitis (his feet hurt and were directly under him, instead of apart)...Jan 2nd he stopped eating heartedly until around March 1st...2 months he was in pain. Had chains in my truck ready to drag him...figured he might die. I was too ashamed to take him in to the auctions..he lost 800 lbs. But once the green vegetation came in...he quicly came back to running along side my truck and started doing his mountings...and quickly gained back his former 1,900lbs weight. I'm blessed to have him back. I almost destroyed him...it was my doing...I had to learn things about droughts, hay suppliers and grains my own way. I did get to test a lot of grains and mixtures..so i know what works and what doesn't (experience). Out of the drought came a new supplier of hay...have my 50 bales all lined up for winter and my new 5 ton hay trailer. Lots of new equipment and enhancements to make life easier. This year i'm in the black..will turn a profit. Can't keep up with hauling calves...they're being born and getting out to 13 months (i need to be taking them at 6 to 8 months) faster than I can move. Never imagined the cattle getting ahead of me..but they are. Mr Bull didn't miss a lick even with his two months of downtime. [/QUOTE]
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