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My 10 yr old daughter has a steer that has been doing great up until now.  We are 1 week from fair and were leading him the last night and he just acted like he had lost his mind.  He was skittish and was pulling the rope out of her hand and running away from her.  He wasn't pushing or acting...

My daughters steer seems to be stuck.  I taped him on Jan 21st and I got 1045, taped him again on Feb 10th still 1045.  He was taped both times before I fed him.  He has been locked in a 16 + 12 stall until the first of Feb and now a 20 x 20 stall.  He seems to be filling out in the front end...

our 4-h show is really, really small, last year we had 26 cattle including carcass and market.  There were only 4 in my daughters cross-bred class and 5 in her Jr. Fitting and Showmanship class.  We are a blow and go type of show.  We aren't allowed to use anything on our animals that isn't...

Okay, not the best pictures, but was wondering what you think of my daughters steer.  He is currently 925lb.  Feeding 8lb of Honor Show Chow 2x a day, 1/2lb of Vita firm 2x a day, and 1 bale of clover hay a day.  He is growing good, I think.  Our fair is the last week of July and he has to be...

We have had my daughters steer since Halloween.  Last week he started going on a walk-about.  He started running through the fence and at first would stick around the outside of the fence, but Saturday he headed for the hills.  Luckily we were nearby and were able to get in  front of him and...

Last week a 17yr old young man with a very Bright future took his own life do to bullying and depression. His family owned the local Christmas tree farm.    Friday night a 15yr old young man, also with a very bright future died from injuries he received when his 4-wheeler hit a coal truck on his...

I am cleaning out my barn and plan on building 2 pens in the corner for the 4-h Calves.  I would like to cement the stall floors but was wondering if that is a good idea?  I know for horses its bad and I would have to put rubber mats down, but what about for cows?  I can leave it dirt, but the...

This thing is gonna drive me nuts,  don't quite know what is going on.  I can do anything with this calf but when my 9 yr old (who will be showing him) comes within eye sight he bolts. I had to tie him up to my homemade walker last night and i held one lead and she another and got him to walk...

Well I gave him a day off yesterday and I guess that was the wrong thing to do. Put him in the fitting chute and worked on him there for a while and he was a perfect gentleman, spent about 1/2 hour tied in the chute, got him out and tried to walk him and thats where the trouble started, he got...

Our fair isn't until July but I want this calf as calm as can be by then since my 9 yr old will be showing it.  Should I be putting him in the chute and clipping him now? and since we are blow and go type of fair what should we be clipping? I watched the fitting and showmanship video by the Jr...

My daughter is in her second yr of showing beef cattle at our local 4-h show.  I don't want to get into showing big time, just showing on the local level.  Well, we had a problem with our calf last night so I called another 4-h leader in our county, should have just come on here and asked, she...

My daughter and I have been working with her steer and are having a little problem with him leading.  When I want him to turn to the right and try pushing him away to turn, he will drop his head to the left, rubbing his nose in the dirt and will sometimes even drop down on his knees.  Even if I...

Finally got the halter on my daughters 4-H steer today and got some pictures of him.  Our weigh in is Dec 15th and our fair is the last week of July.  I finished the fitting chute today to, so I think I had a pretty productive day.  I think he looks pretty good, he is a hereford/angus cross and...

My daughter is 9, last years steer pushed her around because he thought he was a dog, didn't understand he was a cow.  We got him as a bottle baby and and lead him from the time he was little.  This years steer is already about 650 - 700 lbs and hasn't been lead yet or had a halter on. He is...

I am building a fitting chute for my duaghters show steer.  I have the dimesions for everything but for the bottom portion of the head chatch.  How far apart are the head catch arms to be on the bottom, I figured 10" but I would like to know for sure. If someone could tell me I would really...

My youngest daughter is going to show her second steer this year.  She is 9.  We showed a steer last year, but he thought he was a dog and wasn't finished well, needless to say he didn't do very well for her, he was pushy and kept trying to eat all the flowers around the arena, but he was free...