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Does anyone know where to buy Oat Hay or Grass Hay in California? I realize in our area Oats are ready between May and June. I was always told not to give show steers alfalfa. I only have enough for one more day so please can anyone suggest anything

I was told not to begin tread milling in till the lamb weighs 125lbs is this true

i used fluid film that i found at john deer tractor supply. i simple sprayed it all over his body and 3 days latter  it was dead and the hair is staring to grow back after 4 weeks.

I have a heat wave x wmw 700 lbs calf that will not eat his grain but will eat oat hay all day long. we just got him this past weekend. i do not know what else to do. i have also tried wetting the beat pulp and no luck.

Does anyone know how to use this product called winners edge. I here it is great for holding calves but i donot know how much to feed and when. My calf weighs 1403 lbs. Our top weight is 1450 lbs. Our fair is not for another 36 days. We just got home from a jack pot and i am putting him on a...

This was my son's first year showing at the Hollister California surf and Turf livestock show. I do not want to sound as if i am a poor sport because i am not. My son took first in class, 1st in progress, 1st in prospect, and reserve grand champion. The judge made his desision to pick a 400 to...

We will be traveling to a show that is 3 hours from where i live. i am only taking one of my two steers and leaving the other one home. how can i make the road trip less stressful on him. is there anything i can do so that he will not stress and go off feed?

what would i use for fat and protein? I have a 5 gallon buckett of golden flo. would that work. I am sort of confuse as to what i can use for fat and minerals a and how much?

Do you mean a mineral block or salt block? He already has a trace mineral block and he does not seem to like it.

Is it normal for a steer to eat dirt? Or is he lacking something in his diet?

Both steers are at 1350lbs and our top weight for our fair is 1450 lbs. this is our first year showing steers and there is not much experience in the holding a calf from now to middle of september. We feed 6 lbs grain 4 lbs beetpulp.2 lbs high glo per calf per feeding and we feed twice a day...

would something like power phat work?

i have two steers one of them has an inch of hair then the other has about 7 cm of hair we want to go to a jackpot in a week our fair is in the last week of august its at least 100 degrees here everyday they go into a cold box everyday should we just not go to the jackpot and leave them in the...

Here in California the temperature this past week has been well over 100degrees. We keep both steers in the cool room all day at 55degrees and at night we rinse and turn them out into the pasture.. Lately we haven't taken them out in till 10:00 pm due to the heat and they are having a hard time...

Our fair starts the middle of September. I have two steers that look great they weigh around 1350 lbs our top weight is 1450 lbs. How do I keep them looking good and not to gain much more weight. They get fed 10lbs of grain 2 lbs of beet pulp and two lbs of high go.