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Wow 4-H mom, your daughter is an amazing trooper for sure. I am so sorry she is having an unpleasant experience with her steer. Hopefully the steer will get more relaxed and more broke as you go along. It does amaze me that the sellers, especially if they are of any reputation and size would...

He sure has a nice rear end. I would love to see a profile photo!

What "insurance" does the Dex combined with Lutalyse or Estrumate provide for weaning heifers? Soory, I am a green horn when it comes to cattle :-\

I have Dex on hand for my horses!! Dex can be used several ways on horses, depending on dosage and intensions. I asked a logical question in regards to its use on cattle, That is all. I do believe that you are reading way too much in to my posts and obviously take me for some kind of idiot. Yes...

Yup I also have Epinephrine, Dex, Mineral Oil, Kopertox, Vetricyn, Corona, fungicide topical's, Blue Kote, gauze, gloves and various other topical's and already have pulling chains(we were mini horse breeders). What I see that I need is: Drenching Gun, Bolus gun, Nose tongs, Scour Guard, Empty...

Cattle, unlike horses in the US, are considered food animals and as food animals the use of drugs is regulated by the USDA. Therefore although you may have all these drugs for your horses, if none of the prescription drugs are labeled by your veterinarian for cattle - their use in cattle is...

Coming from the horse show world, chains are still used on halter and showmanship horses of every breed. In fact it is common to use the chain through the mouth in halter horses as well (in your stock breeds).

Being new to the cattle I figure I best get a "must have" first aid kit for them. While I am lucky to have my vet just down the street I do a lot of my own basic vet work on my horses and have worked as a surgical Vet Tech so I have some good basic knowledge(with horses). I already have on hand...

I think she is feminine and pretty. You will have a better idea of what she really looks like when you attend the sale.

Wow!!! Fancy set of babies there!!

This morning I spent some time watching her. When she gets agitated or gets cocky, that tail comes up and away from her butt. However, when she was relaxed and eating, the tail lays much flatter with no space between it and her butt, although probably still a bit high for maybe what one would...

When she is relaxed there is not normally space between her tail and her rear. She was agitated and swishing her tail a lot.

Some of you may remember that we just bought my daughter her first steer for our fair next Labor Day weekend. Well yesterday we decided to go with some friends to a sale( Leo Bright Bros) and we ended up buying a heifer. She is by Bodacious and out of a Angus cow. We think she is a pretty nice...

We have no plans to jackpot that much, just two or three shows to get my daughter and the steer used to the the show ring. If we want to jackpot heavier, we plan to get a heifer to promote. Again, we are new at this and are learning as we go. This steer is doing great so far in the few days he...

I may not have made myself clear, he is on 1 flake of long stemmed grass hay (high quality as we also feed to our horses)per day and 5 pounds of finisher am & pm (10 pounds total per day). We plan to increase 1/2 pound every few days until we get to our goal of 3% of his body weight. Hopefully...

Thank you all for the advise. So I am okay to keep him on the Finisher seems to be the general consensus?? He is getting one flake of grass hay a day, but he does not finish it. We are up to 10#'s of Finisher and he pounds it down. If we want to take him to some jackpots for fun, should I add...

We just picked up my daughter's steer from the hauler today. We purchased him from Trausch Farms Sale. He is a April calf. He is sired by Blueprint and out of a Hoodoo cow. He traveled about 1700 miles and looks pretty darn good for the long trip. We unloaded him and after a brief skiing, he...

Congrats!!! (clapping)

I believe ethical & reputable sellers/breeders come is all business sizes and I hope that one treats me as someone who they hope comes back to them. With that said, we bought a steer from Trausch Farms sale. We were told he was a very nice calf and would do well at our fair. My daughter loved...