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If he's been sick and is on the mend, you'll likely see compensatory gain for the next 2-3 weeks. I'd get him up to 13 lbs of grain/day and a flake of good quality grass hay as quick as you can without scouring him, and you'll see him gain 4, 5, 6 pounds per day for those 2-3 weeks. Weigh him...

I would have to say it is most important to me that the kids learn something, enjoy themselves and build relationships.

Vetericyn is a 1% bleach + 99% water solution with a little bit of salt. They put the same solution in bottles with different labels.

I've seen some pretty cool Sin City and Vegas heifers out of JPJ cows.

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Got my calf shown everybody! He was the 3rd place steer of 5, and with him I was the champion beginner showman and the reserve over all!! Thank you guys so much for your help and advice for my project!

Weight yesterday was 1170, clipped on him some today. I need to blend his face better, take more off the front side of his neck and his rump, but will do that tomorrow.

My county steer is a hairy blue roan with hereford-esque marking (white belly, legs, tail switch and face, blue roan body). He already is carrying more weight on his front half, and I'm afraid pulling his legs up will add to the problem. I've seen kids in my county pull all the hair up and...

Just ran out of Ez-all in the 32oz "trial" size. I'd hate to throw away such a cool bottle. Does anyone know how to get the top off to refill it?

My steer is developing warts. He has 4 or 5 pea-sized warts on his face and a couple on his neck. They are too small for me to take off with pliers, so I read on here to put iodine on them and they will dry up and go away. Anyway,will I get warts from working with him? (I should have known...

Thanks, I'll put some revive on him tomorrow.

I left Sullvan's stain buster on him for too long today and his knees, flank, belly and sheath are a pretty color of purple. This has never happened before! Will it eventually go away?

First two are November shots at 500 pounds. Next two are first of April shots at a little under 800 pounds.

Gosh I hope they are visible now. I'm a little technologically challenged.  ::)

Nobody has anything to say? Really its ok to be honest. I won't be offended.

He is an April 2011 calf sired by Sin City on an angus/hereford cow. Weighs 1110 today, target weight 1200-1250. I weigh him weekly, and his ADG is right around 3 pounds per day, county show is in 30 days. He hasn't been clipped since November, so please forgive the weird tailhead hair.  :) Oh...

In livestock judging, they tell us to use the cod (if present) as an indicator of finish on a steer. I've never seen an appropriately finished steer's cod, only ever in calves at sales sometimes.

It is in 45 days. Should I start increasing feed?

When you weigh on a scale, do you weigh in the morning before you feed when they are empty or a few hours after their first meal? What time of day gives the best representation of how much they actually weigh?

I forgot to mention he's getting 2 flakes of hay per day also.