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Wondering if anyone has any or knows of any steer calves for sale in eastern ohio or western Pennsylvania for sale off the farm? Looking for late march early april.

Our county fair is a slick fair. 1/4" max. But we do show at several jackpots that allow grooming. I myself am on the fence as to which is better for the kids as this is really what this is all about. I understand the hair side. It makes the kid spend countless hours brushing, blowing, rinsing...

We have a MAB steer this year. Got him the first of October and he had his week of getting used to his new home and since then he has been a puppy dog. My daughter who is 8 can get right in the pen with him halter him and lead him right around. Only knock on him is, is he loves to lick you and...

Thanks guys for all the help! I guess I just wasn't sure as we never had ringworm before. We weren't sure if this was going to be a recurring problem every so often or just a one time thing. The guy we bought the carrier steer from had said it was just a one time thing so we just weren't sure...

I have researched past posts on treating ringworm with fluid film, and bacon grease, and the fung all from sullivans but am still wondering what is the best treatment and what is the best way of ridding this stuff? Is the shampoo worth using and what about the pen? Is there anyway to get rid of...

Just curious as to what weights are winning the steer shows? We had a 4-h meeting last week and everyone that's been showing longer than my two years said its 1300 or so. Kind of curious what the averages are across the states, both county fairs and state fairs? Thanks!

Thanks again for all the replies. My target weight is 1250 and he was right on track but the recent hot weather has slowed him down. This is only my second year with a steer so I am still new to all this. We do have a fan on him and rinse him twice a day with cool water. But he still has slowed...

Thanks for all the info so far. As far as worming goes I rotate between ivomec and the safeguard pellets that go in his feed. Is there one that's better than the other? His adg was 2.86 from December to april and since then has been 3.13. Maybe I am just hoping for too much. I would just like to...

I currently have a steer weighing 1130 pounds and will be showing him the first week of august at the county fair. I have been giving him 28 pounds of show rite throttle up feed a day and about one flake of hay per day as well. I have read on past topics some say to decrease the hay to increase...

For those that have used showrite, which product are you using? We have been wanting to give it a try but wasnt sure of the results. I see that they have the cruiser accelerator and throttled up, and nutribase. Looking for any pros and cons on these showrite products. Thanks!

Thank you for the replies. Our fair is not until august so we have some time yet. He is only getting shown at our county fair and unfortunately it is a slick shear show, so we dont worry too much about the hair. We may end up showing at a local jackpot show but it is just a blow and go show. Is...

Got a break from the deep freeze and got some pics of the sons steer. Any thoughts good or bad are appreciated! Not the greatest pics SORRY!!