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Been following your post and from another MOM, is the calf worth if?  You are having your share of difficulties as an adult.  That calf is going to continue to grow and get stronger.  Ask yourself if you want your girl on that lead when he is 1000+ pounds?  Will she be able to control it not...

u Cheap and easy soakboot is a tire innertube cut in 2 pieces.  Makes 2.  Slide the foot in halfway.  Fill with the warmest water you can stick your hand into that you have dissolved a handful of epsom salts into.  Fold the other side up and duct tape around the tube above the dewclaws.  Leave...

So sorry you had this experience.  The leader sounds like a pickle!  There has to be some nice people that will give you a hand.  We were lucky to have a family member to help us. We have had some success and watch some of the others trying so hard to win using less than ethical means and still...

I would go at the essay from the "Green" point of view.  Everything is being marketed today as sustainable.  Show all the ways that calf is used.  There isn't much waste to a calf and people are all about sustainable resouces that stimulate the economy.  From his hooves/bones-gelatin...

Tutoring instrument lessons calf breaking pet sitting house sitting Ebay-got some things laying around you don't want or need? with christmas coming, lots of moms would love an evening to go shopping WITHOUT the kids.  Our son doesn't have a regular job, just does odd jobs for people and they...

Interesting.  That is the way we crossed a first time heatwave show heifer.  Had a Northern Improvement bull calf.  Calf carried her stoutness to the hip them had more of an Angus hindquarter and walked like an angus behind.  Just a county calf.  Good mama.  Had him with a bit of trouble but she...

Just thought I would share something else we do with cattle.  It is just plain fun to watch and addictive to do.  Thought I would share.  It's my boy at this years Congress.  He ended up Reserve in his class.  Fun to share something different.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7yEDRyAjSk

Just smile next time and instead of trying to sway her to your side, ask where she can provide the information she is giving you as you would very much like to research her ponit of view.  They usually stammer and say they don't know.  Have done this with PETA people and they scoot away pretty...

First line of treatment on out colts is to decrease the calories they are taking in until the swelling goes down.  No supplement will make the epiphysitis go away.  Has to run it's course a bit.  Bute can be used for the swelling also but give this time to get the growth plate area back down to...

Good news!  Epiphysitis is way treatable.  It is pretty common in the horse industry.  Often seen when a yearling or two year old is started into training for halter or riding and the feed is upped for say a halter colt or if a two year old starts it's under saddle training and or both. Did the...

It;s that pic that made me think of this.  You know when Shaggy aske Scooby if he wants a Scooby Snack and Scooby turns his head and makes that funny "aruugh" sound?  that is what the steer looks like in that pic.  So I vote for Scooby

Did he say it was Osterchondosis or OCD?  This is a common condition in young horses  from being fed diets high in calcium and phosphorus.  Alfalfa hay is often the culprit for us.  I have seen it enough to wonder if cattle could develope the same issues when we are trying to feed them a bit...

If you leave this up the families to decide be prepared for at least 1 ir 2 children to bring unruley steers to fair to be shown by a young child.  First year members(age 8-9) can bring steers to our county fair.  It is so hard to watch when the steer drags the child around the arena and the Dad...

Have 2500HD Crew cab Diesel -no duals- and LOVE this truck.  And no I don't haul every day but it pulls a 30 ft trailer loaded just fine.  It is my personal truck for Mom hauling and gets about 15 around town and about 18 on the highway without a trailer.  Did I say I LOVE this truck!  Have...

They do work when done properly.  Some better than others but what people don't realize is they are not a wuick fix.  Feed throughs take 4-6 WEEKS before you can really tell the difference.  Many naysayers feed them about a week expecting results and when they don't see it they deem them a...

I have followed your post because we were once in your shoes.  Total Newbies and had we not had the good fortune to have a cousin to help us and answer ALL our questions no matter how stupid they may have seem to him, we would not have learned.  KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS!!  And you will find people...

Yes I did mean that....fingers and brain not working together!

A clean, well fed broke calf will always make a good impression.  Can you help keep the shed clean?  Bathe as much as you can as weather permits.  Good clean hair=elbow grease.  No shortcuts there.  The more you work with them the better.  You will be able to monitor foot health if it is muddy...

A TX friend showed this to me and for us midwesterners this is pretty darn funny  Thought I would share http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIy6jRlRJdw&feature=related

We jsut wormed our calves with Ivomec.  It is the bit cheaper one we got at TSC.  Had no hair loss or skin trouble with any of them.  It has been 3 weeks since they were wormed and only saw a greasy line where we poured it on.