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I will say, the airplane thing can be an issue. We used to live near a local airport-right under the flight path. We had coverage for airplanes falling out of the sky. Now we live next to SpaceX testing facility-nothing leaves the ground (static tests), so no coverage for any damages incurred by...

Sudden and accidental tearing apart? Like, of body parts? Collision might have been an option if a vet would have said he had an impact injury. That’s tough…

Aorta rupture?

I love learning about new potential issues. Looked up an article from here in the US and it appears to be linked to mineral deficiencies and drought affected feeds or high silage diets. Any pictures of the affected calves?

That’s what I wondered-if she acted blind again once she got into unfamiliar areas at the stockyards.

Was the blind one recovered still or did she relapse in a new environment again?

Apparently I didn’t add enough salt….our wind chill got down to 3, but the milk jugs didn’t make it. One collapsed and the lid popped off, this one did like Mahomes’ helmet and shattered. Luckily our pipes thawed a little yesterday and we were able to refill some empty troughs. The kids were...

Did one yesterday using the Black and Decker-there are definitely technique differences between different vets. One went really fast (3 years ago)-zing! Flying nuts. One last year didn’t get the clamp locked in the chock very well and went really slow-some bleeding and swelling afterwards...

It’s a Henderson tool-clamp that attaches to a cordless drill to spin the exposed testicles instead of pull and cut. I think Buck had a video posted last year somewhere.

Might be an issue with ruminants vs mono gastric animals

Those don’t look much like ribeyes…how’s the burger?

Make sure you take a buddy with him when you head to the processor. Agitated beef can be funky

Can’t imagine that he’s going to taste too great when you finally do take him in, if he stays crazy

Did the vet say it was just an abscess or something else?

Just something I noticed this evening while feeding the butcher steer. Due to lack of rain and limited grass, he’s been on feed (probably about 8 of 10% mix and a scoop of corn a day) for close to 6 months. Interesting to watch the tree rings on the outside.

How’s your new project heifer doing?

Yep-Tribander made in Montana. Maybe I’m not getting it positioned right, but when the jaws were open, I couldn’t get in between and up high enough to make sure both testes were below the band on the little calf. Is there just a sweet spot for size? I had the squeeze closed to keep them a...

Well, my first attempts are epic failures. Maybe I narrowed the chute too much? Couldn’t get the tribander between the thighs high enough on the 2 month old to get scrotum AND both testes caught without repositioning. The 4 month old is already big enough to be too hard to get both through the...

Do weather conditions affect the decision of cut vs band at all? (Hot/muddy vs cooler and dry) fly season? I have an appointment to have 2 calves cut next week-temp is supposed to hit 100, with possible thunderstorms the day after cutting, flies are ridiculous with the rain we’ve had. Vet trip...

Love the built-in barometer on eared cattle