If he's been sick and is on the mend, you'll likely see compensatory gain for the next 2-3 weeks. I'd get him up to 13 lbs of grain/day and a flake of good quality grass hay as quick as you can without scouring him, and you'll see him gain 4, 5, 6 pounds per day for those 2-3 weeks. Weigh him...
Got my calf shown everybody! He was the 3rd place steer of 5, and with him I was the champion beginner showman and the reserve over all!! Thank you guys so much for your help and advice for my project!
Weight yesterday was 1170, clipped on him some today. I need to blend his face better, take more off the front side of his neck and his rump, but will do that tomorrow.
My county steer is a hairy blue roan with hereford-esque marking (white belly, legs, tail switch and face, blue roan body). He already is carrying more weight on his front half, and I'm afraid pulling his legs up will add to the problem. I've seen kids in my county pull all the hair up and...
My steer is developing warts. He has 4 or 5 pea-sized warts on his face and a couple on his neck. They are too small for me to take off with pliers, so I read on here to put iodine on them and they will dry up and go away.
Anyway,will I get warts from working with him? (I should have known...
I left Sullvan's stain buster on him for too long today and his knees, flank, belly and sheath are a pretty color of purple. This has never happened before! Will it eventually go away?