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They are hard to 'knock out' once they get 6 months or so along... I had a group of 1st calf heifers about 5-6 years back that calved out in Spring and milked down so bad that almost none of them bred back.  Palpating them.... open, open, open... last one through the chute... was so thin that I...

I'm with Steve123 - betting they're bred- and that's why they're not cycling. Pregnancy has always been one of the main hindrances to catching heifers in heat to breed them... There is no reason to think or to believe that a dose of Lutalyse/Estrumate is going to do anything to 'damage' a...

Commercial herd here; mostly Angus/SimAngus, but some SHxAN cows.  Bred most of the high % Angus  & SH-X cows in the Spring herd to Patent last year... really liking the calves so far, but it's too early to tell if they're gonna be significantly different or better than calves sired by the other...

Kind of depends, I would think, on what you're wanting to produce... show cattle with lots of hair, etc... productive commercial-oriented cattle... superior carcass traits.... solid color, red/black, baldies...the list goes on and on. We've stacked Shear Force in our breeding program through...

Was used widely in heifer projects. Have seen more than one reference to him siring daughters that were inclined to savage and kill their own calves.  Anecdotal reports... but I've seen more than one.

Tetanus is much more common as a sequel to banding - but the first case of tetanus I ever saw was in one of my own steers, that I knife-cut two weeks earlier.  Lost a nice 5-month heifer to tetanus 2-3 years back... have no idea what her injury/exposure was - but since then, we've been using a...

Please.  Follow BQA recommendations.  Whenever possible, give any IM or SQ injections in the neck. Regardless of what you think of your donor cow, she is still a food animal... somebody's going to eat almost all of them at some point in time. I don't care if the embryologists or veterinarians...

Kinda depends on what you want 'em to do and what you want 'em to look like. We've been stacking Hooks Shear Force 38K for several years - using sons & grandsons on all the SimAngus and Simmental-influenced cows in the herd - Triple C Singletary, Triple C Bettis, Long's Shear Pleasure, WS All...

Yep. That's what I was expecting to see...vaginal prolapse. We used to (don't know if they still do) classify them as Grade 1 through 5 1. Out when they lie down, but goes back in when they stand. (Looks like yours would be a 1, right?) 2. Out when they lie down, usually goes back in when they...

White/blaze faces are kind of a crapshoot; hard to predict.  But I keep shooting for them. PRS Blazin Hot W192 has been most consistent for us, so far as getting blaze/white faces out of solid black and bwf SimAngus cows - and I'm really liking the calves as they're getting closer to weaning...

Pigmentation - or lack thereof - has nothing to do with pinkeye.  I see plenty of cases in solid black or solid red animals. Personally, despite claims that many make, I'm not totally convinced that periocular pigmentation really has any effect on diminishing the incidence of 'cancer eye'...

White cow in this photo is at least 7/8 Angus; making her Angus-sired calf at least 15/16 Angus breeding. Ancestors of the cow include a presumed Charolais-crossbred cow 3-4 generations back and a diluted-red SimAngus bull 2-3 generations back. This cow is hetero black...has produced red and...

Crazy.  There have been some articles in the last year or so about the UofFL 'white Angus' herd... which derived from predominantly Angus crossbred cattle with some Chianina, Brahman, and probably Charolais back behind them several generations back. I sent librarian a photo of one of a couple...

If she has the dilution gene(DL)...she should not be black; should be a diluted black... I have them in my herd, ranging from dark charcoal through various shades of brown to silver gray.  All courtesy of a couple of (diluted) yellow & white Simmental bulls I used back in the late 1980s... that...

Similar query on another list today... response  below may or may not be applicable, as showring is not a consideration. DL may be along at some point to weigh in. 1109534 Messmer Packer. Have 3 daughters frame 5.5-6.0 Very good udder's and are calving for the 4th time all within 365 days. Feet...

There's a lot to be said for a heifer just having the chance to deliver a live calf, mother it up, and learn what to do... then go for the ribbon with the next calf, if that's your thing. DL says those Above & Beyond calves will squirt out like a wet rabbit... and you go, "Why did I do that?" ...

We calve on pasture, so I'm not always there to see it, but I don't actively pursue them to take it away. Some eat it, some don't.  If they don't... or if I happen to be there and it's already been passed and just lying there,  I'll scoop it up and take it away... just one less enticement to...

Not a rat-tail.  They always have at least one gene for black coat color... hence will be a diluted black of some shade... gray/brown/mousy... not red, like this calf. Genes don't always 'read the book';  Haven't had any that topped 200 lbs here, but have had some out of extreme calving ease...

I know ABSOLUTELY NOTHING  about the club calf deal... but from what you've told us, I'm in the camp of recommending staying with an OCC-type Angus. Have a look at OCC Prototype... does what all the other OCC cattle seem to do, but is also a carrier of the M1 'double-muscling' gene... would only...

I know nothing of the showring - but had no idea that they had more stringent requirements than the normal, established drug/antimicrobial withdrawal time framework.  Sounds like you may need some clarification from the TX Show/Fair boards regarding these requirements. Your vet may be able...