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poor bugger, good thing you dont need tails or ears to make a good bull/steer.

prayers for sure, such a sad thing to happen on christmas, our family knows the devastasion, we lost my motherin law dec 21, several years ago. it still affects my husbands family and our kids.  praying for strength for the family.

Pa farm show is only pa residence, kile is anyone. kile first week in Oct. no steers show just prospects and then they sell. also heifers, there are breed shows for them at KILE.

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VCCP has one end of jan, harrisonburg, VA. rockingham county fair grounds.  beef expo in statecollege march look up the pcla i think i will do some checking and get back i know they have several shows march april and may.

just wondering if you looked at Wilson

the young man that stepped in front of the semi did it aprox 5 miles from my home. since then we have lost a 32 YO 5th grade teacher and a 31 yo neighbor both to suicide. WoW the state of the world and the impact these people have had on our kids, the teacher was teaching for aprox 10 years...

showmanship for dairy is NOT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. you have to make sure they are moving slowly, stop with that back foot back to see udder, keep the tail down if she pees, several differences. oh yeah and you walk sideways  or backwards not forward.

That's just great, JT thanks a lot we just pick up a Heatwave, the the first family was scared of him when they got him home.  He was snottin and snortin in the trailer. we had second chance on him and took him. no seriously my daughter is 16 and has halter trained her own steer the last two...

how much do you give them. per hundred ?

WOW how times have changed!

last winter my daughter was getting a heifer ready for Pa Farm show it is jan 5 thru 18 or so. she rinsed every day untill the water froze on the floor. then she just blew her out each day. she got right up to two weeks out. we had several bad spells as long as its safe the calves do fine just...

focus on the next year's steer, when the time comes it will be hard but remeber you are not the only kid that has cried thier eyes out and decide on if you can  walk away before the trailer hauls them away, if you have to load him, or if you need to say goodbye at the end of the sale and go home...

check out the hall of fame posts for tips on conditioner

instead of shutters-- shade curtains?. they help with sun  but also slow down air flow double edged sword. we have large dairy type fans just below the rafters we are also in pa with fair the middle of august.

was going to mention the small games of chance license. also we have a silent raffle with donated items. fayette county fair gets really nice gift baskets from local merchants, from gift cards to soaps and what nots. i know i watched some of them go for $50 plus.

ours used tobe in dec now it has moved to nov 13 doesn't interfear with any hunting seasons holidays, etc. the weather is realatively good. oh yeah its a sat.9 to 11 lets anybody go early archery hunting if they want to. i guess if everyone knows when it is going to be so they can plan ahead its...

all that does is teach him to be afraid of someone behind him and get her run over. maybe even teach him to kick. definitely does not need to learn that!

depending on how moiste the feed is 2 1/2 5 gallon buckets weigh about 60 to 65 #s divided that is about 4 1/3 #s per steer he should be getting 3% of his body weight. more like 15# if he gets cut back on hay he will want/eat more grain. do they also have a good cattle mineral available to them...

our county requires the 4H and FFA leaders to check the steer and kid. prior to fair if they cannt walk them safely and have good control they dont come. on the other hand ive seen calves that are perfect gentlemen at home,  because of the time in confinement get very pushy and unrulely at fair...