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We had luck with Vita Charge by BioZyme, it is in a tube.

Does anyone know of any top club calf bulls that are having calves under 90 lbs.?

What kind of birth weight does Monopoly 7 have? 

We have used five different Maine bulls over the last eight years and kept over 40 heifers. Our ranch is at about 7000 feet and our summer pasture is at about 8000 feet, we have never had any probelms with our Maines at altitude.

Thanks everyone for your help and support! 

I have a similiar looking cow that we flushed to Hairy and Ali. The bull and the heifer calfs were outstanding out of Hairy.The Ali flush calves were nothing special. Select Sires has Hairy Semen.  Does anyone Know if Hairy Bear would work about the same as Hairy?

The calf died last night.  I really appriciate all of your help.  I think he might just have been to cold and weak to recover.

DL,  He is on some dog beds with a space heater close. I will go put some pop bottles by him. Thank you so much for the help!

Thank you for the replies. He did receive enough colostrum, he has been sucking twice a day until he is full. He is a dumb calf he can not find a teat by himself. He is not dehydrated He does not have an elevated temperature; it is to low to register on the thermometer. The calf is in a heated...

We have a calf that was a couple of weeks early; he is about 5 days old now. He has not been sucking on his own, he have been putting the cow in the chute and putting him on a teat Tonight he was lying down about half dead. We brought him in to garage and tubed him with some milk. We gave him an...

Thank you for the replies!  I have two Point Taken's coming in a couple of weeks, I hope they are not that big. I guess after they are born that will help with the decision.

I am trying to decide what to breed some 1/2 Maine Draft Pick cows to.  They are medium framed with decent necks and sholders. I need a bull that will not downsize. They need more rib and thickness. I thought Point Taken or Smooth Sailing might work. Any opinions or  other ideas would be...

We have a lot of coyotes; we shoot them when we see them. We have lost a couple of dogs to coyotes but never a calf. We have lost a few calves to mountain lions. One good thing about coyotes is they eat prairie dogs!  Elk have become a huge problem for us. They tear the fences down and eat all...

we had a foot of snow in the last 24 hours - it was cold and windy today.  I will pray for everyone to great through the bad weather safe!

Chambero, Nucla - 20 miles down the road was was were the prairie dog hunt was held.  It lasted about three years and of course there were animal right activist protestes. I am not sure why they stopped the hunt.  There are still thousand of prairie dogs around here, shooting prairie dogs is a...