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    How can I calm a show steer?

    use calf calm from sullivans or melitonin tablets. the tablets are an all natural sleep aide for humans you get them in the vitamin section at any store. they arent an over the counter drug. if they are 200 mg tablets give the steer like 5 at each feeding the day before you go to your fair and...
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    Naming Breeding Cattle

    Thanks for all the advise! Our ranch prefex is BCR so that is what ive been doing along with the mothers name and then the calfs name such as "BCR Liberty's Ginger Snap". I was just curious because some people have just the same name they use over and over and i didnt know if thats what i should...
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    Naming Breeding Cattle

    My family has recently started a herd of registered herefords, and i wanted to know how people come up with the names for registration papers. like some have a name like "CHR Spirit" and they either add numbers or different variations of that name for the animals offspring. Im new to this so i...
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    Anybody Else Feeding hay in June?

    not feeding hay in California until the cows come into the smaller breeding pastures. but then again its Cali Cali so that explains it  ;D
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    pregnant cow not calved yet

    last year i had a cow that was bagged up for 2 or 3 weeks before she calved. she was producing milk too. the calf will come soon probably. but just to be sure consult your vet
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    Is this the thickest Shorthorn heifer you've seen?

    that looks like the butt on a 2 year old bull. really bad. that heifer needs to be butchered. do notttttt breed her.
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    Feeding show cattle

    cattle need hay. they are ruminents. i would suggest asking him about his feeding program and see if he really knows about cattle. he might just be a newby that is experimenting. which  could have fatal results. just politely find out his thoughts behind his plan and if it doesnt make any sense...
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    What to breed her too?

    SAV Bismark. this is a heifer I have out of him. shes a beauty
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    Heifer that wont eat

    drench her feed in molasses. that usually does the trick. also if you give her a lot of hay think about cutting her back. that will increase her appetite for the grain
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