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I'm sorry the first picture is sideways....I thought I had fixed it.

Here are two pictures.

I've checked his temp every other day and it's been normal every time. I'm going to try and get some picture attached.

We have a steer who is currently weighing 1180 and gaining an average of 1.92 lbs/day. He was gaining about 3 lbs a day up until a few weeks ago. He has stopped eating consistently.  In other words, he was cleaning all his feed up at both feedings. Now, some days he will clean it up and others...

If someone were to tell you that a steer needs to be fatter and softer, what would that mean to you? I understand the fatter part, it's the "softer" part I need clarification on. I guess I'm just trying to see what that means to others. Also, how would you go about getting an animal fatter and...

Ever since we brought my daughter’s steer home, he has had watery eyes. I’ve been treating them with the Vetricyn Pink Eye spray twice a day for two weeks but it isn’t helping. It’s so bad that his face below his eyes are wet all the time....and the flies are starting to cover his face as well...

Thank you to everyone who replied. I have been around cattle for a good 20+ years so I am well aware that they are herd animals (I'm not claiming to be an expert by any means but I do know that much  ;). We've raised cattle alone and with others.....both ways have worked out fine for us in the...

I wanted to start a thread where everyone could share a few tips and tricks that they use when bringing new show cattle "home". In my case, our steer will be the only one in the barn for a few months so that may be a little different from others who have more than one head in the barn together...

My daughter showed her steer this weekend. The first day, he tried to mount two heifers- I assumed it was because they were in heat. Then yesterday, he tried to mount another steer. What would by the reason for this? I’ve been reading and one thing I came across said that implants can cause this...

We have a steer that’s super long so he doesn’t look deep enough to me. Show isn’t until March so he may be fine with more weight but what can I add to his feed to help add depth? We are currently feeding finished and cotton seed hulls.

Thank you both! He stands completely still for her after she sets him up, he just wants to throw his head around. The last few days have been better. She isn’t strong enough- she’s only 9- to keep him from doing it but she tries. Thanks for the advice!

When my daughter gets her steer set-up, within 30 seconds he’s throwing his head around towards her. He’s not doing it trying to “get” her he’s just throwing it around. She can’t hold his head still and straight for more than 30 seconds. He doesn’t do this with me. What can she do to correct...

I went ahead a slicked him yesterday. He didn’t clean his feed up at either feeding today but I’m hoping he will get back on track soon. I’ve taken the CSH completely out of the mix. Once he is back on feed good I plan on trying to add that back in.

Stool looks normal- not too loose or too hard. I thank ive decided to just slick him and see if that helps- along with trying some of the advice on here. He still isn’t eating his feed quickly but he’s finishing it eventually without the CSH. I think once I get him back on feed good, I may try...

Several things are going on with my daughter's steer. I need some advice as to what I should do. About 2 weeks ago I gave him Banamine and Baytril for fever/respiratory junk. He was still running a fever for over a week past that. He hasn't been eating like he was either (I also gave probios for...

I have tried adding watered down molasses to help with the dryness of the CSH - I will see how that goes. I'm used to steers cleaning up feed within an hour of being fed - but this one eats on his feed all day, then ends up eating his afternoon feed overnight. Maybe I just need to pull back and...

Since we brought him home about a month ago. He was eating them just fine, then he started leaving more and more feed behind with a majority of the cottonseed hulls. If I pour straight feed on top, he will eat all of that until he gets back to the part with the CSH.

We feed cottonseed hulls along with finisher. This year’s steer has started not eating all of his feed and I think it’s the cottonseed hulls. What can I do to get him to eat them? Is there something I can substitute for them?

Gave Baytril and Banamine Saturday morning. Steer is acting normal- eating and everything. Just out of curiosity I took his temp a few minutes ago- it’s 104.2. Should I be worried? Will it take a while for the meds to effect his fever??

Is there a feed supplement that you use that helps prevent show cattle from having respiratory issues like shipping fever?