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Would you?
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Till-Hill » Tue Mar 19, 2019 7:47 am
Would you buy a bull that you knew had to be pulled? Found her calving at 3am and his feet were cold. Hard pull by hand, calf has everything else...
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Last post by Till-Hill
Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:30 am
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Last post by CreekAngus
Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:57 am
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Pregnant yearling heifer
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Katpau » Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:16 pm
I have a 387 day old heifer that is ready to calve any day now. I only leave bulls in 60 days and we Lutalayse heifers in the Fall, but it wasn't...
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Last post by holm25
Thu Mar 21, 2019 10:42 am
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Sure hate to jinx things but....
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Silver » Thu Mar 07, 2019 7:56 pm
7 days past our calving due date and we are 20 percent done and just over 100% live calf ratio. I am aware of what happens when you speak of such...
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Last post by 1982vett
Thu Mar 21, 2019 5:38 am
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Heat Detection Patches
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NEFarmwife » Fri Feb 08, 2019 11:03 am
Been using Estrotec for some time now. Been interested in trying Standing Heat patches. The Estrotec works for us but upon speaking with the Standing...
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Last post by NEFarmwife
Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:37 pm
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Last post by Silver
Wed Mar 20, 2019 8:03 pm
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Heifer Down after Pulling Calf
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T-Wacker » Mon Mar 04, 2019 9:57 am
So, first calf heifer down since Friday, March 1st after pulling a dead calf. Didn't appear to be anything out of the ordinary with the size of the...
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Last post by bird dog
Wed Mar 20, 2019 4:18 pm
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Little thieves
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mkb » Mon Mar 18, 2019 11:43 pm
I've had a couple of young calves that that are going around robbing milk from some of my first calf heifers before they calve and stealing their...
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Last post by Bright Raven
Wed Mar 20, 2019 5:47 am
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Last post by Lazy M
Tue Mar 19, 2019 10:38 pm
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Last post by hornedfrogbbq
Tue Mar 19, 2019 2:45 pm
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Calving Woes
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Randi » Mon Mar 18, 2019 9:48 pm
Long Read...
Here's a tale of 3 cows.... We are calving 400 head out, and we just got nicely started on the cow herd yesterday, with 11 calves...
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Last post by cowgirl8
Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:13 pm
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Sometimes the apple....
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Silver » Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:28 pm
....doesn't fall far from tree.
Had a heifer calve yesterday, it was supper time and there were feet showing so put her in the chute to pull the...
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Last post by True Grit Farms
Tue Mar 19, 2019 8:02 am
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Birth Defect
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Randi » Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:39 pm
Had this calf born the other day. It was alive, but died shortly
after.
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Last post by gcreekrch
Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:10 pm
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Birth Control for heifer
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moeplus3 » Mon Mar 18, 2019 12:16 pm
Hey all I just acquired a little 2 week bottle calf heifer. I have a 1.5 year old steer also. I know I have a ways to go and I am not worried about...
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Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley
Mon Mar 18, 2019 8:05 pm
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Dwarf?
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T-Wacker » Mon Feb 18, 2019 3:05 pm
So, I had a calf born back in June to a heifer that appeared to be normal. After about 3 or 4 months I started noticing that something wasn't quite...
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Last post by T-Wacker
Mon Mar 18, 2019 10:11 am
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Influence of MLV FP Vaccinces
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Bright Raven » Fri Mar 15, 2019 4:25 am
Anyone who is doing AI needs to be aware of additional research that is proving that administering MLV for the group of Fetal Protection viruses at...
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Last post by Aaron
Sun Mar 17, 2019 9:32 am
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Calving Seasons?
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Lucky » Fri Mar 15, 2019 7:36 pm
I'm sure this has been brought up but wondering what everyone is doing. Do you have a spring, fall, or year round calving season? Also wondering how...
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Last post by Bright Raven
Sun Mar 17, 2019 6:25 am
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Young cow
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lithuanian farmer » Wed Jun 11, 2014 3:28 am
Today calved 15months old heifer. Had a heifer calf. Not small for the dam. Needed assistance, but luckily calf is alive and young cow loves her...
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Last post by lithuanian farmer
Wed Mar 13, 2019 4:02 pm
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NEWBORN MISSING SKIN
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rosebudfarms » Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:36 am
Looking for some answers and I am sorry I didn't get a picture. I found a freshly born dead calf Sunday morning and the only thing I noticed was a...
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Last post by cowgirl8
Wed Mar 13, 2019 9:39 am
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red heifer calf
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rw77 » Mon Mar 11, 2019 2:38 pm
hey everyone , I raised black Angus cattle for several years now , but this year one evening I went to the barn and a cow was in the barn giving...
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Last post by TennesseeTuxedo
Tue Mar 12, 2019 2:12 pm
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Last post by Son of Butch
Tue Mar 12, 2019 7:59 am
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Aborting or early calving?
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Herford×Angus » Wed Mar 06, 2019 7:43 pm
I found a cow about a mile away from the rest of the heard, that where eating the hay I gave them a couple of hours earlier. Was in the middle of a...
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Last post by Jeanne - Simme Valley
Tue Mar 12, 2019 7:10 am
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Connealy Concord
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Tjm1023 » Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:31 pm
Anyone here used Concord for replacement heifers, if so how’s their phenotype and performance, thanks.
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Last post by Luckiamute
Sat Mar 09, 2019 11:47 pm
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What's up with his tail?
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TCRanch » Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:04 am
Bull calf born 3 day ago. Couldn't get near him until yesterday (fairly certain mama was going to eat me for lunch!) and got a good look at his tail....
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Last post by TCRanch
Sat Mar 09, 2019 9:04 pm
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Black Vultures Southern Oklahoma
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dbird33 » Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:37 am
Background: It seems like I have been fighting off Black buzzards this entire calving season. Last week I pulled up to the pasture and had about 15...
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Last post by cowgirl8
Thu Mar 07, 2019 8:31 am
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Any correlation????
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Bigfoot » Thu Feb 28, 2019 8:13 am
I’ve had 16 calves so far this year. I’ve had to pull 2 already. (Same bulls from last year). Every now and again, I will go a year without pulling...
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Last post by holm25
Mon Mar 04, 2019 10:15 am
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Last post by Splash
Sat Mar 02, 2019 4:51 pm
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And so it Begins
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Randi » Sat Feb 23, 2019 12:11 am
3 days ago we sorted the heavy heifers off to start watching them. They're due about Mar 4, and there's about 30 synched to start then. Mostly, we...
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Last post by gizmom
Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:21 pm
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First one is a bust
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slick4591 » Thu Feb 28, 2019 8:05 am
Drove up on a girl that was in labor yesterday afternoon that had the feet and nose poked out a little, but with the sac still intact. Pretty well...
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Last post by slick4591
Thu Feb 28, 2019 10:11 am
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Calving Record
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Randi » Fri Jan 18, 2019 2:03 pm
Here's what (more or less) I use at calving time to keep track of things. It's not my end record, but it keeps a pretty good running tally of what's...
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Last post by Silver
Thu Feb 28, 2019 9:09 am
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