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Okay thank you for the input and knowledge! Im picking up sullivans joint supplements this weekend and will use that (:

Yes we have, we just have a show coming up and wanted to try something else before the show to see if it made a difference. We plan on getting them on a supplement designed for cattle in the future, yet wanted to see if we could do something with human brand capsules/pills in the meantime for a...

Okay, our end show is not until Late july but for the time being I  just wanted to check how much I could give them millagrams wise or ounces wise. I know most supplements if not all have their reccomended dosage labels and scoops etc to measure but if not feeding a brand name glucosamine...

We just got over a bad case of fungus with our pen of show steers last month. We have them penned in groups of two and three and in the pen of two one calf acquired fungus. When we saw one calf had the fungus we started washing all calves with sullivans anti fungual shampoo as a preventative and...

Hello!  Does anyone know if you can overdose a show steer on glucosamine or MSM? If feeding glucosamine pills and MSM capsules together or seperatley is there a reccomended dosage in millagrams or ounces? I am not feeding a glucosamine steer supplement but was wondering if I bought...

Hello! Does anyone have any terms or phrases they know of that would be applicable to speak about a class of hogs that are all around 60lbs..in this situation to speak about there future growth or future use. look etc. I thought i would post it  in this area to see if it would get more use...

Love the website! My FFA Chapter has an account and we use it daily to practice for competition!  (clapping)

Now im really out of the loop!  (lol)  So does the ziptie cut off circulation to the tail as if your leg was asleep etc? Is this highly frowned upon? Is it used more on heifers or bulls than jackpot steers or market etc.

Can someone explain this more? So this is a trick when you are showing if you have a calf thatnswings there tail often to put a zip tie around the tail? . I have never heard of this trick but have a calf that does this...

They are getting a quality grass hay and oat hay, free access to clean fresh hay 24/7. What is the C&D anttitoxin you mentioned? What would cause nitrate or intertoxima from grain? Thank you for your help!

UPDATE: i did the math right now woth weight of gain As of last night this calf weighed 647lbs 1/7/13 if he continues at this pace his average daily gain is 1.86lbs a day.... I was told i need to gain 3lbs a day.... We have 151 days to fair as of today 1/8/13 minimum weight to be accepted is...

With years of raising club lambs and club calfs we have gotten many cases of ringworm and fungus. We have tried everything from tree tea oil, fluid film, vetrycin, DW 40, the sand exfoliating paste from sullivans, and covering it up out of light, exposing it to more light etc. What we have found...

This is the info from the online website -  Show Rite --Steer Throttled Up Crude Protein, min 12.0% Crude Fat, min  4.0% Crude Fiber, max  8.0% Calcium (Ca) 0.5 - 1.0% Phosphorus (P),  0.3% Salt (NaCl)  0.3 - 0.8% Potassium (K), min 0.7% Vitamin A, min 5,000 IU/lb Vitamin D, min 500...

renegadelivestock - Okay thank you, when they get to eating and cleaning up grain on a consistent basis I will defenitley add some salt. Would less than a teaspoon be appropriate? If it is stomach ulcers what are the causes of this as well as what do i look for as symptoms? We can give them...

Obie105- Thank you. They didnt like the first feed so we changes to a sweeter and higher conversion rate show feed. Both seemed to eat it up in the beg. they were on this feed. So vita ferm and sure champ are two different products? would you suggest/ is it common to feed this to them until...