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We have a 12X12 room we built for washing calves several years ago. The walls are all insulated and so is the ceiling and the walls are all covered with the kind of plastic sheeting that is used to line semi trailers. We are thinking about turning it into a cooler room by putting a large window...

depends on the calf for us. We try to get tem up eating feed as soon as possible. We have found putting our potential show calves in the barn during the day and feeding them and keeping them in all day then turning them out of an evening to nurse all night works really well if you have the time...

The feed company we get our feed from has a barley based show feed that they recommend the last few months before a show. They claim it really helps put on a nice finish and fill in some holes in a calf. We have not tried it yet because we showed a fall heifer last year but this year we have a...

Here are a couple pictures of our march Hereford heifer. What do you think of her ? Your opinions are appreciated

I agree comb straight down then brush straight down the comb at a 45 degree angle then cb straight forward then blow dry. When they are completely dry we blow a mixture of sheen and Sullivan's hair linament in and comb in the desired direction. May sound like over kill but it works well on our...

We had a great hereford heifer out of and About Time cow bred to Purple Milsap. This calve had it all, she had that clubby look to her. On the down side though she had a 115 lb birth weight so I wouldnt suggest using him on heifers. Anohter hereford marked bull you might consider is Carpe Diem .

Brought my sons heifer home after a show and now she has a cough and the scours. We nasaled her about 5 days before the show as advised by our vet . Any suggestions on what to give her ? Thanks in advance

Would Sullivan's hair liniment mixed with my sheen work? I usually use that when I am finished with my daily hair work? I blow that in and then use a comb to help train the hair to lay the way I want .

Thanks for the tip. I always thought the pink oil was supposed to help with clipping I will give that a try

He had just been washed and was completely dry. And I blew a good shot of pink oil into him before

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Our steer has pretty good hair but it is more like fur than hair and is really difficult to clip. Seems to just kind of ball up on my clippers, first thought was blades were dull but put a new set of blades on and still the same thing. Any tips,tricks, or suggestions? thanks for the input

It was very congested saturday in the vendor area , but I liked that setup better than the way they used to do it. Made the barn a lot less congested and allowed for more people to be stalled in the main barn instead  of scattered over 3 or more barns. That being said if the weather had been bad...

Under Armour or Nike compression base layers. Usually can find the Nike stuff on sale a lot cheaper than the UA stuff. For boots I like the MUCK brand boots, easy to move around in very warm and comfortable.

For sure go with angus cows and hereford bull. There are a lot of good ones out there. In fact there is one for sale in the SP classifieds. He is not a show bull just a good herd bull

Thanks for the opinions. I still have my old neck sweat from 20 years ago but got to looking on Sullivans website and Weavers and saw the new ones and just wondered if they were any better. Sounds like its time to oil up my old leather sweat and put it to work.

my sons heifer needs to be cleaned up a little . Been told to get e neck sweat. Any suggestions? Looked online Sullivans has a few different choice but not sure which type is best. There are the traditional leather and wool sweats and then there are the neoprene sweats. Id one better than the...

I showed cattle for about 12 years when I was younger, now my children are starting to show. It is the same now as it was 15 years ago, there are those that produce very nice cattle, do the work at home ,and go out and win by playing fair and there are those that don't. I'm trying to teach my...

Appreciate the feedback. The rear pics dont really do her justice ,just cell phone pics and my son kind of has her legs up under her a bit in the first pics. We are really happy with her. Will make a really nice addition to my sons cow herd. I will post some more pics on here after this...

We have tried it all. Beet pulp shreds, depth charge, and a product called Full and Fresh. Personally we like Full and Fresh better than the Purina Depth Charge seems to put more guts in our show cattle. You can buy it at Rural King stores and it usually on sale for around $9 for a 40 pound bag...