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How do you slow down a steer without burning off finish? Our steer bound for San Antonio weighed in yesterday at a whopping 1433 lbs. The week before we cut him back to 25lbs of grain and increased the beet pulp and precon to 3lbs each. He was eating 34lbs a day with 1 1/2lbs each of precon and...

New BIM baby...No weight but she's a big girl. So in love with this little sweetheart.

What exactly are judges looking for in a bred heifer? We do a lot of jackpot/prospect shows leading up to majors and we love the feed back but we are getting a lot of conflicting information on what condition she should be in as she gets further in gestation. Thank you in advance.

We we to a jackpot show this weekend and this morning all of our calves have green, snotty noses. My husband took the kids to school then stopped at the vet and came home with a 2 boxes of Sustain III. I had to stop him from giving it because my kids attended a show cattle work shop a while back...

I have four American/American cross cows going to be bred this week and after a lot of thought I have chosen B.I.M to use on them in the hope of abc steers. This is our first time trying AI and I was wondering if he works good on American cows. I couldn't find any pics to go by. One has had 2...

Is it unusual for an open yearling pampered princess of a show heifer to "adopt" and orphan calf to the point she encourages it to try to nurse. Because this little drama is going on in my barn right now. We couldn't just kick this baby out on 15 acres alone so for lack of a better option we put...

Why would a cow die 6 days after calving? I googled it and number 1 reason was infection but she had no other visable signs of illness. We seen her walking around, nursing at 7am this morning and found her already dead at 11:30. Nothing to point to a reason why. My niece(owner of the cow)and her...

We had a new baby heifer born yesterday. Momma loves the baby. Very affectionate and protective but the will not let the baby nurse. The funny thing is she will let us milk her. She walks right in the shoot and stands for us to milk her but if we put the baby on the teat she kicks and goes...

What a weekend!!! We absolutely loved Ft. Worth. I know it may not seem like much to some but 3rd in a tough class at a Texas major...we will take it:)

Our steer currently weighs 969 and is eating 22lbs a day of producers finisher, 8oz of depth charge and a scoop of cooked corn at his night time feeding. We were recently told he is not as far along muscle wise as he should be at this stage of the game. Are there any suggestions on a supplement...

I haven't put up very many pictures here is the heifer we are taking to the scramble show in Houston.

Today we had our first ever baby calf. He was born to our former show heifer. He is just the sweetest little thing ever.

So proud of my son and his heifer. They have been working hard and it paid off. They won their class at the HLSR scramble progression show.

Is Kleen sheen the same a show sheen? Can show sheen be used the same way as kleen sheen mixed with vinegar?

Where do you start with hair on a new calf. Our calves are fairly young, just pulled from their mommas a few days before we picked them up. At this point they haven't learned all their manners yet. We can barely get in the stall to tie them up so we can rinse them. Are we suppose to clip off...

Picked up our new heifer yesterday and she is a beauty. We are so excited about this heifer and participating in the Houston scramble program.

Our target show has been meet and my son had his heifer donated back to him at our county sale so, now what? What do you do with a show girl that hasn't been in the pasture for seven months and looks at grass like it's going to kill her in her sleep? We would ideally like to breed her to...

So proud of my younger son. We had to twist his arm to get him to show a calf but he got second in his class and fourth overall out of 44 heifers in a very competive show. Working on getting a picture up. (clapping)

My son caught a calf Saturday night in Houston and has decided steers are not for him. He wants a heifer. Does anyone have any reccomandations on where to buy a really good heifer in Texas? Willing to drive anywhere in Texas to pick it up and we have a little money to add on to the scramble voucher.

Our first major at Houston went just as we expected with my son being sent back to the barn but we learned a lot. I mean A LOT. The most startling was the blatant disregard for the "rules" of the show. We will be more prepared for that the next time. It wasn't as bad as it could have been. My...