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My daughter, my neighbor's kid and 2 of my daughters friends have Apr. yearling Angus 4-H heifers that they want to show in about 75 days time.  These heifers are out on a small orchard grass pasture by themselves and are in good breeding shape.  They would weigh about 900 lbs.  I know that to...

Head to Alberta, Canada and talk to Robert and Ken Morison at Eionmor Shorthorns.  You will find what you are looking for in volume.  They have a pretty good website.  Google Eionmor Shorthorns and I think you will be able to find it.

I used TC Advantage on a bunch of commercial heifers and a handful of purebred heifers a number of years ago.  He did what I wanted, heifers all calved unassisted with average calves.  I have a couple of commercial young cows and one purebred young cow.  They are average cows with really good...

I am not a show cattle person.  I run commercial cows and a few PB Angus cows and run a small feedlot.  My daughter and a few of her friends have 4-H heifers at my place that are currently weighing 800 lbs in moderate condition.  These are PB Angus april yearlings that have been grown out on...

I worked as an AI/ET tech for 8 years after completing high school and 2 years of ag college.  Was a fantastic job.  Good pay, excellent people and exposure to more cows and people than you could shake a stick at.  I can't think of a better job for someone who wants to run cows fulltime eventually.

I always try to wean calves ahead of cold, dry weather.  However it is important that there is a moon in the sky as well.  Come to think about it, a sun is good too!

Pantyhose.  Slip a leg over the calf's head and cut the end of the toe off for the nose/eyes to go through.

Watch your feed.  Sounds like a mycotoxin thing to me.  Those of us that have fed hogs probably have seen a similar thing in gilts (or maybe I'm the only one who has ever had some crappy feed......)

I have had the best luck getting blue roans by using Black Simmental bulls on roan Shorthorn cow.  Using one particular bull that I own, I would say that I get 50% blues.

Thanks TJ.  I appreciate the advice on how to manouver through the site.

Whoops.  See if this picture makes more sense.

Thanks MVT Farms.  I just know enough about computers to be dangerous.  This heifer is out of a homo black Simmental bull I used.   On Shorthorn cows, he threw about 50% blue calves.  Used on roan cows, I'd get good blues pretty well every time.

Would love to post pictures of some blue calves but can't figure out how to do it.  Anybody care to help a computer idiot out????  Pictures are stuck in my computer and I need somebody to tell me precisely how to get them posted.