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Missed the butthole part.  Davidsonrach, the calf that I saw had the description you are talking about, so thanks for the info.  I agree now it sounds like coyotes or maybe a dog.  Have you had to deal with roaming wild dog packs?  I know from experience they can be way worse than coyotes...

Attitude tends to be another reason for many people I know.  Heifers have ovaries and well enough said, lol.

Had something similar happen.  DNR thought it was a bobcat according to the marks on the back.  Eaten the same way you have described.

I kinda skimmed the replies to this thread, so forgive me if I am repeating anything. I am ok with 100lb bw, but if you experience one year of a few dead calves because you were gone for just a two hrs here or there, backwards calves (the bigger they are the harder they pull, and lower...

Could be lead or arsenic in those bricks then.  Cattle love the taste of lead and keep going back for more, same for arsenic, it makes them eat more.  While arsenic isn't as harmful to livestock as it is in humans, it is like anything if you get too much your in trouble.

Lead or arsenic in those bricks?  You by any chance don't have any old batteries laying around do you?

The other thing we do is pour with Cydectin...A LOT!  Every time the calves are exposed to other cattle (shows) we pour them. Good lord that can be a lot of pouring.  You worried about lice?

NO they appear more like hens.  Never had capons but it would be no different than eating a modern day broiler hen really.  Capons only existed because of the slow growth and if you have ever butchered year old roosters or two years olds as I have done you understand the definition of tough.

The victor 719s are great females.  They are going to carry more brisket than you want though for making show calf mommas. Used him on a bunch of commercial angus and they are calving as heifers this year.  Owners are beyond pleased.

What about Rumensin?

Sir Loin welcome to cattle feeding issues that showed up 8 plus years ago.  Testing distillers is tough because of the huge amount of variation from truck to truck even from the same plant.  Remember Histophilus Somni causes the same symptoms and there are strains out there now that...

XBAR Are you in an area where no 5weight steers bring $2?  Around here some 5weights have been over 2.20 with some at 2.25, just wondering.

I wouldn't worry much about proud flesh on the calf, it tends to be a major horse issue, not seen all that often in cattle.  I wouldn't use peroxide since peroxide destroys good cells and bad cells and slows the healing process. I would clean with chlorhexidine solution which is very easy on...

Yeap frozen ground can puncture foot causing an aerobic environment which the fusobacterium that causes foot rot loves. Penicillin is very very effective.

One of my very knowledgeable professors at school warned us about expanding cowherds over 600 head.  He said there is plenty of data (which I have not taken the time to find I will admit) that shows after 600 head a lot of your important benchmarks start to fall.  Most important being conception...

The inches represent spoilage on the outside.  I will vouch that these numbers reflect the area where I live.  Never done a study myself but from seeing neighbors bales and spoilage on twine bales the net wrap seems like a no brainer.  The speed of the wrap makes it economical also.  If you live...

I can see Mill Iron's point, it is the same concept as to why cells can only get so big, makes sense for cows in cold environments also.  I notice that from South Dakota on north cows tend to get bigger with many Canadian cows being monsters compared to many midwestern cows.  I agree with...

I would agree xbar that the lowest feed cost producer pry doesn't have the best profit margins if that producer is extreme with his feed costs.  I don't play the extreme game with cattle.  I like my crossbred cows and bulls.  However to maximize heterosis I would have to have a brahma in there...

True coffee shop talk here. Do you think you 1500lb cow has higher nutritional needs while milking?  Nice study in beef magazine a few months back on how cows that milk more don't necessarily do it more efficiently.  Energy needs skyrocket after a  (x) amount of milk.  I will have to find the...

bahahahaha Feed costs not weaning weight determine profitability.  I know which cow ate more feed.