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Will she take one if you pull the other away?    We frequently get several sets of twins every year and some cows just never do want that 2nd calf.   

I have noticed that a lot of children being raised as vegetarians have a pasty pale complection with dark circles under the eyes.  They look anemic.  Do their parents not see this?    That's pretty much how my kids were..  dirt & dog hair are just another seasoning for whatever food they are...

(clapping)Great Topic!    We have a vegetarian in the extended family and my mother in law always makes a special non meat dish for them..  I think this is wrong.  They come to dinner, they eat what we eat.  I can guarantee they do not make a meat dish when we visit them. 

Here are some of my canidates for the #1 issue...... PETA, HSUS, growing movement towards vegatarianism, increasing control/movement by environmentallists?? 

I think like CAB says, that 60 days is a rule of thumb.    However, there is not reason not to ask your embryolgists opinion.  I know plenty of people do put them in even sooner than that.  I was chatting with another SP member and we were talking about going sooner to get the cows pushed...

We've done it before but its not a real effective method.   The best investment you'll ever make for winter calving is a calf warmer.   You can either buy one or make one.    http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_detail.html?pgguid=30e07c47-7b6a-11d5-a192-00b0d0204ae5

I would think that someone would want to try to get a good picture of the clone as the main picture we see of WMW isn't that great.

We've had the best luck keeping Z-tags in the ear.    We noticed that the pen ink will fade but the bottle ink stays readable much much longer.

I agree with the others..  is this cropland? is there rented pasture?  Can you hold onto that pasture lease?    What about your equipment, do you have enough to do the job.  How are you set for your initial capital outlay for expenses til the first $$ start coming in?

Good point..  show lines vs working or other lines..  Show Aussies are going to be bigger, bigger boned, bigger coated, etc.    Show corgis are going to be lower, bigger boned, and heavier coated.  Show Border collies are goign to look like a show Aussie with a tail. 

We've had border collies and they can either be so good you can't be without them or so bad that you wish you never had them.    Their instinct is to gather so you have to remember that when training them.    Kelpies..  all the kelpies I've been around are like bad border collies on steriods. ...

Is this the deal where a battery from a skid loader got accidently thrown into the TMR mixer?  The cows died of lead poisening.  Here's the link to that.http://talk.newagtalk.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=206688&mid=1539940#M1539940 ...

We've used MGA & Lute to synch groups of heifers with mixed results.    Consumption can vary so if you are feeding a group of heifers, you almost have over feed it to make sure they all get enough.    You can also get a bad or old batch and it won't work.      When it works, it works good, but...

We used to have Mirafounts in our feedlot but have gotten away from them for this - along with some other major reasons.  When there are adequate numbers drinking and the float is set right, most would not freeze hard.  We had only a couple that would freeze no matter what and they were the...

I went from a blackberry to a droid.  We have verizon.  I had the blackberry for 3 to 4 years and I hated the tracker ball in it.  I did learn to navigate the BB pretty good..  So now I have this droid,  the keys are bigger and the screen is bigger but I am literally at the top of my...

We develop a lot of commercial heifers with very little to no corn in the ration.   You need to feed a protien supplement with your grass hay and you'll be fine.   Now remember that these heifers won't be show ring fat,but they will stay in good condition.    

You could also increase the fat % in her ration to about 4%.  You can do that  by adding something a fat supplement that any of the major feed companies provide for cattle. 

We had all bulls too..  so maybe he puts some better heifers on the ground.

I'm not an expert on this bull for sure as we've only had a few calves.  We used him on some pb simmi cows that had some frame.    Overall, I was not impressed with what we got from him.  He might have downsized frame just a touch and I thought he took away some thickness.  I'm not saying he...

We are not going this year. Jill, if you want to stop on your way, I could send a kid and some crackers.