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I'm bottle feeding a couple of calves and one has issues with his tongue that affects his ability to nurse. I've checked some past related posts on this site and a few on other sites. Still looking for some advice. The bull calf with the tongue issue is not mine. We keep our few cows with...

Looking at some power and performance Angus bulls for a flush mating. Love the performance and phenotype of HA Cowboy Up 5405, but I'm a bit scared by his actual 99 lb. birth weight. I see that his CED is +8, but we we've seen some outliers in our herd pop up with calving ease sires before. His...

We are heading to the NE State Fair this week, and I'm curious who are the calves to watch for in the 4-H market beef show? We are also exhibiting in the open class Angus show for the first time and I'm excited to see how our tiny herd competes.

We have had an extremely unusual breeding season. Of note, we have a tiny herd and are hobby cattlemen. After 6 years of over 70% success with AIing our cows and heifers, we hit on only 22% of them this year. It has been a humbling and expensive lesson and I'm curious if anybody else has had a...

My son has an excellent steer project going, but he won't quit growing vertically. He is pushing nearly 1,200 lbs. and his target weight is around 1340 for July 25th. We plan to have him finnished early and shrink him for fair. If we could change one thing on this calf, it would be to drop his...

My son's steer strained his front right leg and is having difficulty. He has had two shots of banamine to keep the swelling down and make him comfortable. Most swelling is located between the shoulder and the knee. He likely injured himself riding a heifer that was in heat on a slick morning in...

We are making our first trip to Norfolk this weekend for this progress show. I've heard the quality of animals is outstanding with many top calves from Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota showing up. We love our late March market steer that we are bringing even though he will likely be a little...

We are constantly looking for options on improving our phenotype of our small Angus herd and need Angus bull options to improve them.. Our 3 cows trace back to Vermilion Dateline 7078/TC Stockman 365. They are low to mid 6 frame, big bodied cows with solid epd's and milk scores. All three throw...

We started synchronizing our small herd Friday and we were not able to insert a CIDR in our top heifer. The vet was only able to insert the CIDR a third of the way in and asked if she was a twin/freemartin? The calf is not a twin, has been cared for daily at home since birth, and has been...

Junior shows today including breeding heifers and steers! The show and sale has two to three breeds showing each day, including working dogs and ranch horses. Show starts on Tuesday February 19th and finishes up on Sunday the 24th. It may be small compared to the big shows like Denver, but the...

Maine Anjou/Maintainer and the National ChiMaine/ChiAngus shows and sales today. The show and sale has two to three breeds showing each day, including working dogs and ranch horses. Show starts on Tuesday February 19th and finishes up on Sunday the 24th. It may be small compared to the big...

Limousin, Balancer, Gelbvieh, and Shorthorn shows and sales today. The show and sale has two to three breeds showing each day, including working dogs and ranch horses. Show starts on Tuesday February 19th and finishes up on Sunday the 24th. It may be small compared to the big shows like Denver...

Angus, Simmental, Charolais, and Braunvieh shows and sales today. Royal Ice sale at 7:30 p.m. The show and sale has two to three breeds showing each day, including working dogs and ranch horses. Show starts on Tuesday February 19th and finishes up on Sunday the 24th. It may be small compared to...

Hereford and Red Angus show and sale today! The show and sale has two to three breeds showing each day, including working dogs and ranch horses. Show starts on Tuesday February 19th and finishes up on Sunday the 24th. It may be small compared to the big shows like Denver, but the quality is...

The show and sale has two to three breeds showing each day, including working dogs and ranch horses. Show starts on Tuesday February 19th and finishes up on Sunday the 24th. It may be small compared to the big shows like Denver, but the quality is good. The Royal Ice sale has become a cool event...