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Add cryptosporidiosis to the list.

You will want to AI. A lot of the show pig type boars wouldn't be capable of natural service. If someone can show you how to AI once you could then do it yourself - quite easy. Gilts can be bred at 7 months, gestation is just under 4 months (114 days). Breed or crossbred doesn't really matter...

Your family did right by calling a vet, although probably should have called after the first hour. You don't want to start hooking on and jacking calves out if you have no experience. You have lost the calf, but an amateur attempt at pulling a calf could have left you with a heifer with a broken...

I don't think I have a post-weaning pic of the calf above. He grew good on the cow, but got passed up by other calves after weaning. He was very heavy muscled and big boned, but was too tight in his muscle pattern for me. He didn't have much hair. Disposition was very good. That's the only Maine...

Now the name makes sense.

That's a nice Limousin heifer. I like her capacity, hip structure, tail head setting, and rear leg set. She also appears to have plenty of thickness and is trim enough fronted. What's her pedigree?

I would suggest Gigolo Joe or GVC Special Delivery for her second calf, and I like the idea of Hannibal for subsequent calves.

Good looking bull, especially coming off pasture. Muscle, capacity, and conformation. What's his breeding?

In my opinion, I'd be feeding more protein. I'd want to be 13-15% for the ration. If you're feeding grass hay (which will not cause them to bloat) instead of alfalfa, you're most likely not even at 11% right now. I'd definitely go to twice a day feeding. Smaller meals will help with the bloat...

Feed value will be about 80% of corn silage, depending on the amount of grain present. Nutritional value of wheat silage will be less than barley silage and more than oat silage. Yield will run about 6-9 tons per acre. Harvest at mid-dough to maximize TDN per acre and optimize moisture content...

This is a 10 day old Maine Man bull calf out of a 3 year old Doctor Meyer daughter. He weighed 91# (with scale). Last year she had an 80# Grandmaster bull calf. This calf is improving every day as far as stoutness and body. Extremely clean fronted. His dam is high in her tailhead, one of the...

It will do no harm. It will insure they are open. If they cycle you can breed if you want (probably aren't more than 30 days along) or wait for a subsequent cycle.

What happened to rolling the dice?

As soon as that first check bounced, he should have become a "cash only" customer. By the sound of his management style, you better get that last heifer back ASAP if you think you have no hope of collecting. She won't be doing much on grass only. I wouldn't be concerned about his bluffing. If he...

I have not used the Nursemate ASAP (didn't know about it), but I do use the Nursemate powdered colostrum supplement when I have stressed calves, delayed nursing, twins, delayed milk letdown, etc. The Nursemate colostrum supplement is easy to mix, economically priced, and had a higher fat content...

$70-$80 per ton or $30-$40 per round bale.

If you want the sex of the fetuses they should be less than 110 days. I'm not sure how early they can tell sex. Check with your vet regarding his equipment and what kind of range he's comfortable with. Due dates will be very close, especially at 30-60 days. Nice to know about twins as well.

http://www.steerplanet.com/bull-bracket-2012-2/ Go to the above link to vote. Most of the bulls are pictured.

The electoral college gives the midwest more clout! If your state has less than 10 electoral votes, you're getting more bang for your vote. In South Dakota, our 3 electoral votes have 212% clout compared to California's 84%. It's more about a state's voice than an individual's. You can make your...

Nutrition. Feed costs are 65%-75% of your total expenses. The ability to feed well and feed economically huge. There are lots of people out there doing the genetics and doing it well, bu a whole group of them might rely on one person that's a nutrition guru.