Recent content by maverick33

I have never dealt with scurs before, but I have burned horns off numerous times. If you burn off the horns the most important thing to do is get the dehorner hot enough before use. I use an electrical one that plugs into an outlet. I always plug it in and let it heat up 15 minutes before use...

Has he always been like that? It could just be his personality. Every so often we get cattle that are a little more "dopey" than the rest. If they are little I am more concerned with illness, but since this is a grown steer I am leaning more towards this just being his personality, but it is...

I live in MN and want to know how you become a certified livestock judge. I would like to get into judging county fairs and was trying to find out how to get my judging license but I cannot find anything. I was on a judging team in college.

I have a dairy steer that always wants to play when I work with him. He is always trying to lick on me too. Even in the show ring he is trying to play and lick on me. Sometimes he tries to put my arm in his mouth. Is there anyway I can break him of this habit? I try tapping him on the nose but...

The trouble is he acts like an angel at home. Once he is off the trailer at a show he can get a little rambunctious but once he is tied up and settled in, he calms right down. Then when I take him out to wash him or show him he starts to act up again. He really is only a problem when he is...

Where can I find melatonin tablets? And how do I give them to him?

I have a market steer that is out of a red Angus cow and his sire is Believe in Me. He was halter broke and shown as a calf and then I bought him. He is worked with at home and is calm and docile most of the time. Sometimes he gets a little agitated if I practice setting him up to much. I took...