Recent content by ColdWthr

Slick her off.  You'll be glad you did.

I had one do the exact same thing.  All her angles were right but she knuckled bad.  Trim his back heels lightly off every 2 weeks, put him on natural stride extreme, and hope for the best.  It'll help but may not solve it.  There's nothing worse than having one that is awesome and sound looking...

Looking into installing some pipes in our washrack to tie between.  What have you all found is the best way to install these into existing concrete?

What can you use to get cattle hooves to grow longer? May seem like a strange question, but I have one that needs some more toe to set her down some more.

I have a heifer that's really hairy all over, except for her tailhead.  Our hair management program is good, we brush ALOT, use conditioners, keep them clean, blow them out correctly, etc.  She simply just won't grow tailhead hair to match her body hair.  Any ideas or techniques I could try on...

Really? If anyone has ever used banamine you know how it upsets the stomach and 95% of the time causes show cattle to slow down or go off feed.  Sure, if the situation is bad enough it will help with inflammation and pain relief but rarely will make any slight difference with structure issues...

Since when did Banamine become a miracle drug to fix all lameness issues and give you that "competitive edge"?

I inserted cidr and gnrh shot on day 0. Pull cidr on day 6

Just curious if anyone has tried a 6 day CIDR protocol? We all see the 5 and 7 day protocols and both seem to  work well but we never see a 6 day.  Has anyone tried it and if so what seems to work and what doesn't?  I'm about to try it this week due to some unforeseen scheduling conflicts and...

Since when should performance be penalized? I've got a dang good April that'll beat 1000 lbs now and that's what she is, an April!

It really gets under my skin how you people talk problems structure off of a cell phone pic. I guarantee you I could clip that bull out and make it him look however you want with the amount of hair he has. A leg can be clipped as straight as a fence post, but if that calf has the right set to...

What are your experiences using weigh tapes to measure birth weight on newborns, especially continential cattle who usually are bigger footed and boned? Seems to me like their would be some inaccuracy, but I don't have any experience with them. How do they compare to actually putting them in the...

Who were the real good ones that didn't win their divisions in the crossbred show? Surely there were 10-12 that were as good as the champion in there

Just a correction and a common misconception dealing with the new rules on Chi registrations.  Any cattle can still be registered in the ACA regardless of percentage. The only time the 6.25 rule comes into play is with the national shows (naile, naile Jr show, ft worth, Denver, njhs) where only...

We've had a few Momentums.  They're right on on frame, not too big or small.  He probably didn't breed as stout as he looks, but the females are sure making good cows with moderate bw's. I think the Momentum's bw's  with I-80 added to the equation have made for a nice new alternative for a club...