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Yep...the potential for bloat isn't your only problem here. Acidosis could be deadly, and she could also founder. You wanna take precaution against all three potentially dangerous issues. And the quicker the better! You should be able to treat her yourself, but I'd call a vet and get a...

Your calf died because the cow was in labor too long, and the presentation of the calf would not allow her to deliver. The fact that the calf had started to decompose by the time you were able to help deliver it means she had likely been in labor for a couple of days, and that would also examine...

My dad started with a commercial herd of cows just like you described. He and my grandpa farmed together and ran an Angus bull on very "average" English and English cross cows...Angus, Hereford, some black baldies and some had a little Shorthorn blood. In 1971, my dad started AIing to Simmental...

Ok...frame = height. The definition of "frame size" in cattle is height relative to age.

This really doesn't make sense. Do you mean short bodied? How can he big "pretty big framed" and "squatty" at the same time? Those are complete opposites.

It depends on what kind of "color" you want to guarantee... A white Shorthorn should make a roan. A Charolais will make a smoke or a yellow. A Hereford will stamp the calf with a white face... The traditionally marked Simmental bulls would do the same thing, and if you can find a Simmie that's...

He definitely looks heavier muscled to me in the first one, and I think he looks fancier. I never thought he looked short fronted with his head turned, and since he has a pretty head, I don't mind that shot at all.

I can't really comment on the Ranch Hands...I haven't seen enough of them. He's not "my type" I guess is all I should say... The common denominator I've noticed about the few Ranch Hands I've seen is that they were really short necked. I think he'd need to be used on a cow that was really long...

I'd be surprised if that calf averaged 3 pounds per day from now until the end of July... I don't think he'll get that big.

I actually prefer the first picture...maybe it's just me.

I like the looks of the Heads Up bull, and I've seen a photo of Uprising...he's a nice calf! If you want to protect yourself from extra chrome, though, I would stay away from any baldy bull and anything that's known to be a spotter. Your heifer probably carries a spot gene, and having that on...

She's nice! I like her quite a bit... And yes...a blaze faced bull is a HUGE gamble if you don't want more chrome than what she has. You could get a baldy, or you could get solid black...you could also get a LOT of white! White legs, belly & tail would not surprise me at all, and neither would a...

Ain't that the truth!... I think we do fairly well most years with AI and we also typically breed one time & turn out with the best bull we can afford for clean up. Those calves are sometimes better than some of the AI calves, so it works. We use Lutalyse and occasionally a few CIDRs, the goal...

She's not fat or "powerful" but I think a decent kind of replacement in decent pasture condition considering it's March and grass is right around the corner. My first calf heifers aren't carrying much more condition than this heifer...they have all summer to grow & gain before calving in...

Sounds like the same thing as Cystorelin. It causes her to ovulate which especially helps if you happen to be breeding a little early. If you're breeding on time or late, obviously she should be ovulating on her own, and you wouldn't necessarily need that. It's kind of a shot of insurance to...

I've always liked the Built Right calves...I wish he was homozygous black. I'm not sure about the color of this heifer we're all talking about, but I'd say there's a decent chance she's a baldy since both Lock N Load & Star Power are baldy bulls, and Lock N Load is also heterozygous black, so if...

Estrumate and Lutalyse are two different trade names for similar products that basically do the same thing. Prostaglandin shots are used to bring cows into heat  or to help synchronize heats for a group of females. It helps to group cattle together or to get cattle to cycle sooner than to wait...

There's no photo, but I'm picturing him in my head and he looks really good! ;-)

Sometimes it can be a little tricky to tell...they don't ALL go by the book. Usually, they start to bag up before there's much swelling behind. If she's two days from her due date, she likely didn't stick. But then again, that's not a guarantee! She could go ten days over, and occasionally we...

We had a few Bettis calves & some of them were pretty nice. No barn burners, and my biggest complaint was that they weren't really consistent. One bull in particular was pretty plain, and he was out of a really good cow. That was disappointing. In general, they can get a little tall and narrow...