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Did some research on this out of curiosity. Looks like Vit. E can be fed to increase myoglobin which in turn makes the nice cherry red color. Possibly a vit. E deficiency? Most info I found was on problems with darker cuts caused by long periods of stress and high levels of adrenalin pre...

I only showed 1 steer the rest were heifer, with the exception of a bull once, and I can say that the steer was my most difficult project thus far. I worked with him every day and had him broke like a dog with me but the second he was around others he was a basket case. Had to have help just to...

Thank you all so much

we are only about 4 weeks out. If I get her done now will that be enough time?

Thank you guys I feel a lot better about what to do with her now! Any tips on slick shearing? I have never done it on cattle, lots of sheep back in the day.

Showing a pair next month and while the calf still has nice hair despite the heat the cow is definitely  in her working clothes. Shes got good cover and I like her BCS shes just really slicked out. Should I just clean up any rough spots and leave her at that? We have started just brushing her...

BLOOD STOP POWDER!!! --- Had a young horned heifer pop a horn cap off in the chute on the way out to the show ring, talk about a mess!! Handy for any other last min. cuts you cant get to stop bleeding. Thermometer--- Had another heifer get stressed and sick at her first show. I wanted to check...

AAOK~ At what point to you make the call to build or not? This calf I am working with this year has the most hair of any I have shown. However its not "lived in a cooler, implant, club calf" long.

What always works for us is day 0 GnRH and CIDR day 7 pull CIDR and Lute then we watch for signs of standing heat and breed 12 hours later at 54 hours ( give or take two ours to work around scheduling) we breed any that did not fall into the above rule. pulled CIDRs monday at 8:00am and today...

In the past when fitting my calves (Herefords) I always just pull the legs and clip. However in trying to grow as a fitter I want to learn to use ultrawhite or the Pro enhance to build the leg and add more dimension ( pros and cons or each are for another day). However I have never seen any...

Thanks guys, the stall I am going to use isnt really big enough for roaming so I was thinking of keeping them tied

This will be the first year I have access to a barn that I can fan and mist my calves. When you guys bring them into the barn do you leave them loose? tie like they are at tie outs? or head up? I plan to start them on building endurance standing with their heads up but one is a pair so I don't...

Just had to share a few pics of this years show heifer. I am a young rancher just starting out with a very small herd. This little girl is not yet 4 months and she is a TANK. Born in Feb. at a 100lbs out of a first timer, thought we were going to loose the cow but she bounced right back. Sire is...

Went to the local sale barn last week just for the hell of it, getting ready to take some calves and wanted to see what was going through, prices, and what not. And I noticed that they had a new program going on where cattle were producers could label their cattle "Natural". Now I know natural...

have a link to the pic?

Haven't watched Food Inc. since it first came out and we only saw part of it in one of our Ag. Classes in school so I don't have a lot to add there but as a young cattle producer from a non ag family I can definitely agree with how hard it is not enter the ranching world. Not only is the cost of...

OH the toil of training curly hair O0 Like what was said above we use a rice root brush and work it all down first to get the kinks out then comb up or at an angle. Invest in some wave tamer from sullivans for the really tough spots. Use to train and on show day. Another thing helps a lot is a...

Yeah its been cold here too and everything has been heavier. So on mature cows with low birth weights we shouldn't see anything to crazy or off the charts? 

Sorry didnt even think about it the club calf bull

What kind of BWs can you expect out of Young Money Calves?