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Thank you pdf angus for your comment you are absolutely right I would rather have a steak that has grain fed then grass fed I think there are a lot of people that would agree. I am going to to stay away from raising grass fed beef unless I have someone that wants me to raise one that is grass fed.

I think that’s a good idea i want more gain, and more marbling. And yes it would be a lot easier to buy from a producer then from the sale barn cause I can ask the producer questions, like if they have been vaccinated already and other questions and I would have more time to walk through them...

Farmer Jan that is a great advice and gives me good ideas thank you very much. I will look in to finding some books on raising steers. That was another idea I had was buying the steers at 700 lbs and then finishing them out and selling them so I don’t have to hassle with raising baby calves. And...

Thanks I didn’t know that.

I think that is a really good idea and because me and my buddy would get free hay we would for sure make a really good profit.

Thank you Suzorose I was actually thinking about raising beef heifers instead of dairy heifers. Or another idea I had also would be to raise beef steers and sell them to people so they could butcher them. I know of a lot of people that don’t have property in the country to raise a steer to...

Thank you farmer Jan I have never heard of corid I just looked it up that looks like good stuff. Iam glad you brought up the topic about coccidoisis I have a question about that say for instance instead of using nurse cows to raise the calves and I was going going to feed milk replacer to the...

Because you brought this to my attention about there maybe not being a market for the springer heifers I have been thinking about other ideas to raise cattle. I don’t want to run a dairy I don’t have the money to build a barn, I don’t want to run beef cattle cause I don’t have enough acres of...

No you are fine Jeanne I appreciate everything you have said Iam glad you were honest when I raised calves in high school which was back in 1998 I was making bank off these calves raising them on nurse cows, the number one reason was the dairyman were giving me the bull calves for free and I was...

I have never thought about trying to let the calves just run freely with the cow that is a really good idea and a lot less work I like that, I have always Locked the cow in the lockup’s and brought the calves to her. And I can for sure understand that I need to talk to the dairyman and other...

That’s the way I always did it with my dad when I was younger, but if the calf got sick it took longer to wean it. I know with beef cattle you wait a lot longer to wean to get more gain, but with bottle calves I always thought it was a lot less time.

Ok thank you for your comment that is a really good idea about testing the nurse cows.

Thank you that helps me understand it better about the mlv vaccines and the killed vaccines, trying to understand what vaccines I need to give and when and why is like trying to learn a new language but slowly Iam understanding it. What I have figured out is that the reason that it is so crucial...

Thank you all for the advice I can for sure tell that I need to talk to my vet and get his advice on what vaccinations to give because I can tell that every state has different vaccinations to give. And thank you Jeanne I didn’t know that mlv didn’t need a booster shot I thought that both mlv...

I figured it would be better a week or few weeks before weaning but I wasn’t sure, I haven’t raised cattle in a long time and I can’t remember all this stuff, thank you for your advice any other advice you have is greatly appreciated. And like I said Iam for going to talk to my vet about the...

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Thank you very much that helps. And your absolutely right about talking to my vet, I planned on doing that.I just wanted to try to get a little more information before I talked to him. And when you vaccinate at weaning time do you vaccinate a few days before weaning or the day of weaning.

For vaccinations for the calves can you guys tell me what you use to vaccinate them, and when they need vaccinated. Iam going to start raising dairy heifers on nurse cows. I used to raise dairy heifers on nurse cows back when I was in high school, what I remember is when they are one day old I...

Thank you TC Ranch that’s exactly what I was going to get was sustain III calf boluses. Or teramycin scour tablets. I will check out the trusti tuber oral calf feeder. Thank you for your comment.

Thank you TC Ranch that’s exactly what I was going to get was sustain III calf boluses. Or teramycin scour tablets. I will check out the trusti tuber oral calf feeder. Thank you for your comment.