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Yep, ditto that. It can take a while to reach that stage with your herd though. With registered cattle one can always look at BW EPD's but even those are no guarantee of a trouble free birth. It would be interesting to hear what everyone looks for when buying a heifer or cow in-so-far as...

Testing is smart and the deal may work out well for you. Cottonseed is popular down here for protein and have met a couple of breeders who use it in their own custom mix.

I think your right on the mark. You had them on feed, offering free delivery and giving yourself a little wiggle room on the price too.

Good luck! Remember when the ag folks said to use Amdro? Didn't work. Of course that was mainly for Fire Ants but the larger ants were supposed to pick up on too. The only two things I've seen work, besides spending a whole lot of money on pesticides, is ground tillage or planting WW B-Dahl...

I was just wondering if the 'toxic fescue tolerant' part was a selling point. Don't know anything about fescue. Are most cattle up that way tolerant or is there anything special about getting them to that point?

Dun, how do you market those toxic fescue tolerant cattle that you developed?

Caustic, I had a group of them land just a few feet from a newborn calf. The afterbirth was still on the ground. All but one of the buzzards flew off except for one and the shotgun took care of him (BTW, don't point your stockless shotgun like a rifle and fire. It's a good way to loose some...

Looks like it's time for you and the wife to wade in there with a net!

Caustic, I remember those huge syringes for deworming. We called them drench guns. I believe it was a green stuff and if you didn't get it down their throat just right it came right back up all over the person doing the job. A few years ago I met a guy that worked cattle for others on...

I have the WW squeeze chute too. The only thing I don't like about it is the rear slide down gate - it's not tall enough to always prevent the next cow waiting in line from jumping up on top of it. Haven't had the problem with the Beefmasters but the Brangus were longer legged and a bit on the...

I don't get it Alan. A guy shares an experience that everyone who reads about it learns from and yet some feel there is some sort of need to castigate him. He lost a cow. The operative word is "lost". He's already been hurt by the experience so why kick him some more? We all learn from bad...

I think you did pretty good, Hook. You figured out a way and it worked out.

It must be a full moon out.

Am I wrong or does this study just run through 1994?

I was just reading about that yesterday. I guess many of them contain a lot of salt too. Never used one and never knew about the control possibility until reading up on it. Their sold in all of the feed stores.

No, but you can take a tape measurement to get a general idea. Here's one of the links: (it does not matter that your cow is not piedmontese) http://www.piedmontese.org/GettingYourC ... aScale.htm

Nice pictures Alison! Interesting breed of cattle too. How's their demeanor? And that cat......don't they all act like the foreman?

Candeejo, you might go this link http://www.vet.cornell.edu/consultant/consult.asp which might help you to figure out your calfs problem. The more information you can provide about the symptoms, the better. For example, just inputting "inability to stand" will net you over 350 diagnoses...

Oh, no I recall the yellow cotton dress Foaming like a wave On the ground around your knees The birds, like tender babies in your hands And the old men playing checkers by the trees

I'm not sure allowing cattle into the septic system would be a wise choice. Not sure whether the grass would be harmful but I do know that allowing the cattle into the septic area also allows them to compress the soil, and this soil compression can inhibit oxygen access which is is critical to...