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Looks GREAT...LOVE that thickness and depth...I can see why Chris has kept him!! As for mounting something larger... have a funny story... we had a young bull that was out with the "ladies" for the first time and we laughed so hard because he went straight for my biggest cow... I think "where...

Great looking bull Carole! :)

Have a yearling bull that escaped with 4 other yearlings into a new pasture of fresh grass. They weren't "hungry" so grain wouldn't bring them in. Storm was coming in so fixed the gate and waited for them to come in under the shed & out of the rain to trap them. They were on grass less than 24...

Have a yearling bull that escaped with 4 other yearlings into a new pasture of fresh grass. They weren't "hungry" so grain wouldn't bring them in. Storm was coming in so fixed the gate and waited for them to come in under the shed & out of the rain to trap them. They were on grass less than 24...

Nice job Hays! As always... love Tony. We'll start dropping next month...can't wait!

Just a quick note on the beet pulp...hubby corrected me and it was a couple weeks ago when the beet pulp was mixed in the feed...so thats a non issue. Thanks Angus9259 for the reply... do it like I'm tubing? I won't risk shoving something into the lungs right?

Hey all, I have a yearling bull who I THINK might have a problem... This morning I put his grain in his stall and rather than "go to it" he stood there and spit out a hunk of partially chewed hay. I thought it was odd he didn't want his grain but decided to wait and see if it was gone tonight...

Thank you so much. I'm going to try later to get a video of her....just to share on her condition NOW vs. where we wind up. It might help someone down the road.

I did use the pitchfork to "motivate" her to move off a low spot so I could get her on deeper bedding. Last night I sat and watched her for about an hour... she was rotating side to side and MOVING her legs/feet/hip well. BUT...I didn't notice her chewing her cud at all... so I'm going to get...

Nes...you're a blast from the past too... good to see you're still here... I remember you being with me all through Granny's problems and birth of her twins... good to hear from you. Thanks for the encouragement.

Yes it is. I've had it twice now. Couple years ago my oldest cow had trouble with twins...we slinged her for several days but she started to prolapse and as she started to go further down hill we decided to induce labor and then put her down. Feel like I'm repeating the same thing...only this...

Sorry JMJ...I meant no disrespect to you but more a compliment to Dun...he's just been on here FOREVER!! I understand the concept..that it will PROVE to me whether she can get up..but just because she CAN...does it mean she SHOULD?

Dun, I know you've been on here FOREVER and I trust you... so let me ask... if I shock her, what am I looking to happen? With a shock she's going to jump up and then what? Tonight when the vet came at her, I would consider it the same as a shock... she lurched to the other side of the...

Thanks JMJ...no access to large floater tank... I WISH! The nearest one would probably be at one of the universities...we're very rural! No I have not shocked her. I don't own one. I'm not saying I WOULDN'T if it was absolutely necessary but she is moving all over the stall so haven't thought I...

More as I was thinking about it... Vet said if it was magnesium/selenium issue that I would not see ONE cow with this, but I would see several. This shouldn't be it because we have Wind & Rain mineral out 24/7...she also said with mag deficiency the cow would have a "shake" to her (not...