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Kind of like that steer but hard to tell in the photos.  Do you have more pics?  What are you asking for him? 

I, for one, appreciate your honest opinion.  You sound like you've given a set or two or reasons yourself.  This is an interesting thread and my kids don't show in TX but these guys do tend to show up other places.  It does sound like Callis is the go-to guy and will take that information to...

I don't know that you can say it is a bacterial infection without a culture but....  Anyway, you can give her some penicillin, LA, or antibiotic of your choice, and I would treat with ringworm/fungus medications.  If it doesn't respond to the athletes foot spray, switch meds. Go to that section...

I think you would get some hair especially this time of the year.  Calves start putting it on in late summer so maybe he'll hair up pretty nice in a month.  I guess it just depends on how much you want to go to state.  Just give it a shot.

Bingo!

Had a reserve champion maine steer in NM last year at the state fair.  Breeder said he was a hard core out of a double stuff bred cow.  Loved the calf.  Red, soft middled, ate good had good hair was about 49-50 inches tall and 1250 lbs.  Finished like a dream.  I would buy them like that all day...

that's a BIG angus steer......

A 400 lb calf is still a baby.  I would back off of some of the corn and put him on some probios to help his tummy out and feed him a starter ration.  Purina makes some starter feeds and I am sure there are others out there.  That small and they are usually still on creep, grass and mama's...

I agree with others - calves that don't eat hay are generally sick. 

I know I am not there, but I would keep a good eye on this calf.  It sounds as if he might have had a bug of some sort and is working through it.  It's generally bad if a calf won't eat hay.  I can tell you that you can throw the yuckiest old bale of sticks and leaves out to some cows and they...

you might try the corrid because he may have, or had, a touch of coccidiosis.  I would also feed him a bunch of hay becasue it's good for the belly.  Feeding at night is a good strategy.     

Boy, if the critter doesn't gain 4+ pounds a day eating all that something is wrong!  That's a lot of food!  I want the calf that will gain 4.2 lbs a day on about half that amount!  Feeding 4 times a day is a good idea though. 

There are several things you can do.  No. 1 is insure him if you can! ;D    I don't know how far out from show you are and what he is weighing, but I would keep feeding him and getting him fat.  If you have to cut back on anything, cut back on the feed and make up the volume in grass hay.  (Make...

Gotta love that! (clapping)

We buy a product called PDZ (or something like that) that horse people use in stalls.  Check your local farm and ranch stores or feed stores and they probably carry something.  They are not expensive products either- which helps.

I don't think 75 days is necessarily to far out.  It's just a matter if you have the time to put into it each day.  Putting ice water in the swamp cooler or foggers is fine, cause it does help drop the temp in the cool barn.  The idea with ice water though is to chill the hide.  If you just put...

If you're not looking to add lots of weight I would add barley and power fuel to his diet.  I don't know how far you are from show, but the last couple months try replacing up to 25% of the show chow with barley and it will add a nice finish to him.  Add a little power fuel and you should have...

since you are on this track, I'll tell you that yes, you can use ice water to promote hair growth.  If you will just take a bucket of ice water and brush the calf with it during the last 30-45 days, it will really get the hair going.  Especially if you do it a couple times a day.  You don't want...

Hang on fellas.  Heifers can get bred at very young ages.  It doesn't happen that often, but it does happen.  You didn't tell us exactly when you purchased this heifer.  And, the calf sounds like it could be a preemie.  So, the question becomes, how good are your fences?  Could she have gotten...

I agree with the the video.  People trim feet way to much.  Unless you have skilled trimmers working on them, you run a very real risk of hurting your animal more than helping them.  You can ruin a calf real quick with a bad trim job.  We trim ours about twice before show.  Once in the spring...