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We use bark successfully on our Belted Galloway cattle.

School is out and the real work is beginning- First wash and a little clipping.  First show June 19. Beltie steer out of a Hannibal cow.  Weighs about 1200.  11 months old today.

Tested a 16 moth old bull recently that had a high % of sperm cells with bent tails and therefore did not pass the BSE. Seeking info on cause of the problem. Vet thought he just needed more time and might need less feed. Anything nutritionally (vitamin/mineral) can be done to help the...

Any insight on the mature frame score for I80? Any mature pics out there?

We are not show crazy so we don't feed the heifers very hard.  (I am sure most of you could do a better job feeding them than I can for the show ring.) Belties are primarily grass animals and many breeders wait to calve at three years of age. We grow our heifers and calve at 22-26 months...

Here are their dams and sire-

Here are a couple of late January Beltie heifer calves I weaned on Saturday morning (and tied them up first time same day.) Roughed them out that afternoon. Sorry for the lesser quality photos. Which one is best for the show ring?

Check out the clippers and folks at Sullivans Supply. They will do you right. I use Andis clippers with a flat blade for heads and also a blocking blade for body trimming.

Terry Johnson has a couple for sale on his spring club calf sale on Caldwell-Willoughby Bob Jon Farms

Have a 10 day old Angus X Charolais calf that is wobbly on his rear legs for about a minute after getting up.  Fell down this morning, made several wobbly steps and after about 100 feet seemed normal. Easy birth.  Calf was up and vigorous at birth.    Nurses well.  Seems to be growing OK...

Seeking info on using an 11 day Lute protocol (2 shots, 11 days apart and breed on visual heat about three days later. I have a cow I would like to breed Angus that may be bred to another bull.  Long story short< I had to wait about a month on the Angus semen and missed the time for another...

Deadliest Catch is owned by Skinner and is a crossbred bull. You'll not register them with the Hereford folks.  Maybe Chi-

I mean no disrespect to anyone who practices different management or wants to raise their children or cattle differently than I do.    You do your thing, I'll do mine. I totally agree that kids and their families should do their own fitting.  I call BS that 'they need to be able to watch...

Here is a video of Firewater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akQLl70rVQw&feature=player_embedded Here is Angus momma as a heifer And the baby

I bought semen with BW and CE numbers in the acceptable range.  I believe BW has gone up and CE numbers are not shown on most recent EPD data from the distributor.      I believe I read a thread where some folks were having some issues so I was pleasantly surprised to find a smaller calf...

Had a Mr. Firewater X Angus calf on Monday and was surprised by its small size.    The bull calf was small headed, slender and about 70 pounds.  He was very vigorous at birth.  Dark gray with black nose and eyelashes.  Based upon EPD data, I had expected a blocky 90 pound calf out of this...

Yup- Better consider calving ease bulls

My father taught AI to thousands of Illinois area cattle producers in his 30 years of work for Select Sires Took mine almost 40 years ago.  Cows are a little smaller today, but physiology is the same. His was a three day school with lots of hands-in training.

Have sent cattle from Illinois to NY and CA and received from SC for about $400/head. Mine added to a load headed that way.

Some folks can't help but want to breed or buy carrier animals for the perceived show ring benefits, and many carrier females are bred to carrier bulls. My thought process was to avoid the possibility of losing 1/4 of your calf crop by mating known carriers.      I know some folks that see it...