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    Hair growth products, implants, powders, liquids

    Hi all, gearing up for our sho season to start in a few months. I have been doing a bit of research on melatonin supplements, wondering on every ones opinion on the implants, how well the human tablet form works, few poeple told me you can crush them up and put them in their feed. Has anyone...
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    Hair care

    Hi all prepping my steer for a show in a few months, wanting to know what you all do to promote hair growth and daily hair care etc, I rinse 3 times a week wash ones with volumizer shampoo, blow him out then kleen sheen and rag oil and under fans, how long should I leave him under fans, and do I...
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    Stubborn steer! Hhheeelllppp!!!!

    Hi all! I have the stubbornest steer every!! Just won't walk, tied him to the ute and pulled across the paddock using pressure and release, works fine and he had grwat with that but as soon as I go to walk him he just plants his feet, if he dies walk he bolts, he is perfect tied up really quite...
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    Help! Show heifer trouble

    Hi all, I have a cracking heifer that I am taking to two shows, one next week and then one the week after. I have had her for 2 mths and have been tracking her in for about 1.5 mths. No matter what I try she is just really nervous, swings around won't stand still, breaths really heavily. I have...
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    Heifer breaking trouble!

    Hi all have a cracking Angus heifer that I am breacking in currently, she is being a bit hard to get on with. Swings around to look at you when working around her, I recon its a trust thing any tips on helping her trust or just to teach her not to swing around when I'm brushing her?!
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    Heifer crab walls

    Hi all, having trouble with my heifer crab waking, when I set her up and do one comes or walks near her she crab walks away from them, how can I combat this!? She is quiet as a mouse and has been to 2 shows already and I have a really big show coming up in the next few weeks. Any help would be...
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    Cheeky show steer help!!

    Hi all I ha e a Brahman steer for a project steer for school this year, he only weighs around 270 kgs, but is really stubborn to work, when I pull and he finally does come he kinda lunches at you. He is perfect tied up, dosent pull back on his halter, as he is at school I can only work him once...
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    Maximising weight gain

    Hi all i have a 250kgs poll Hereford steer he was December drop, I am hoping to take him to a hoof and hook show In September, the min weight is 360kgs their is 83 days to the show,he is going on feed tommorow so by the end of the month I should have a good idea about his daily weight gain...
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    Help! Show heifer break in

    Hi all I am breaking in a cracking heifer for a July show, and having a lot of trouble with getting he to stand still tied and while working, when I tie her up brush up one side the move to her other side she always swings around and doesn't stand still, when I walk her and go to stop her she...
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    Aggressive bull calf please help!

    Hi all I have a 9 month old cracking bull calf that I am breaking in at the moment and he is quite aggressive  :( Could you please help me and give me tips on how I would get this out of him? Thanks heaps!!!'
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    show steer pen/stall (post your pictures here)

    hi all, would love too see what every one has to stall their show cattle, and wash racks. just would like some insparation for mine. And would be good to share what you have for everyone else to look at. thanks regrda annie attacthed is my heifer calf last year at the show.
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    balling tails help

    hi all me again, i ahve a show coming up in a few weeks and i want too ball my steers tail, it makes him look better, but just need some help on how you guys do this, and how you recomend me doing this, i can do it but not sure if it is the best way. thansk for your time, kind regards annie :)
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    USA farm visit

    Hi all I am coming over to the us the end of next year ( i live in australia) and would really love to visit some farms eg show steers, angus and herefords, and any one willing to give me a tour and hae a chat about cows, if anyone has any ideas of who would give me a tour of their farm, it...
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    Australian show steer example

    hi all me again, thanks for all your advice in my last post. This is my steer, his name is BoonARKM atta boy Maverick or 'Maverick' i have attatched a picture, could you tell me waht you think of him, keeping in mind that i live in austaralia and i dont keep him in a cool foom/ shed ad i dont...
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    hair growng product!

    hi all saw this product and wondering if any one has tryied it looks amazing! -show coat thansk
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    tranning a show steer to stand

    hi all me again, i have in a lot of trouble with getting my show steer to stand still and let me set him up. he just keeps moving around me and walking like a crab no matter what i do he just keeps moving even when i scrcth him with the show stick, or in spots he loves, i have tried tying him up...
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    Show steer grain ration!

    Hi all I am having trouble getting my steer to finish his grain, he has a few mouth fulls and then refuses to eat any more I have tries me molasses but he dose my like it, some on e told me to put lolly snakes or Licorice, and mix some molasses with water and squirt it down his throat to get...
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    Breaking in steer tips

    Hi i am haveing so trouble getting my steer to stand still to set up his feet, he just dances around and No matter how hard I try I just can't seem to get him stand still, he stands good when I tie him up. Any advice would be appreciated! Please :)thanks
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    please! someone help my steer kicks!!

    hi my steer is a bit of a kicker, he is great most of the time, i brush and sometimes blow him 2 a day, he just kicks at little things like being brushed down his back legs, or being blown, or a hose going over his foot while being washed etc. it is really annoying because he is my steer in am...
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    Show steer help

    hi all in Australia it is compulsory to have nose rings in bulls, and nose clips in heifers. would any one have a good way to introduce nose clips nicely!?!? thanks all :)
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