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Looking into installing some pipes in our washrack to tie between.  What have you all found is the best way to install these into existing concrete?

What can you use to get cattle hooves to grow longer? May seem like a strange question, but I have one that needs some more toe to set her down some more.

I have a heifer that's really hairy all over, except for her tailhead.  Our hair management program is good, we brush ALOT, use conditioners, keep them clean, blow them out correctly, etc.  She simply just won't grow tailhead hair to match her body hair.  Any ideas or techniques I could try on...

Just curious if anyone has tried a 6 day CIDR protocol? We all see the 5 and 7 day protocols and both seem to  work well but we never see a 6 day.  Has anyone tried it and if so what seems to work and what doesn't?  I'm about to try it this week due to some unforeseen scheduling conflicts and...

What are your experiences using weigh tapes to measure birth weight on newborns, especially continential cattle who usually are bigger footed and boned? Seems to me like their would be some inaccuracy, but I don't have any experience with them. How do they compare to actually putting them in the...

Where can you buy a black nose ring?  I've seen them in cattle but can't seem to find them to buy anywhere.

I have a heifer that has been in the showbarn since the end of Sept. As far as blowing and washing, she acts fine. However, when you try to lead her she drops her head. She doesn't run or balk, just WILL NOT raise her head off the ground.  I've halterbroke 100s of head and most of the time they...

Oxy-gen and it's parent company have tons of products listed on their website.  I remember the popularity of Oxy-gen a few years back, but don't hear much about it now.  Do many people still use their products?  I would specifically like feedback on the Femininity supplement, if it works, or if...

Just pondering some things today as I was checking cows.  I was wondering if you have a recip cow that is a genetic defect carrier and set an embryo in her, can the resulting calf recieve a genetic defect from the recipient cow?