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I am  going  to  look  at  buying a  couple  cows  to  try  and  raise  some  nice  calves.  what  are  the  traits  that  everyone  looks  at  when  buying a  cow  for calving some club calves?  What  are  the  differences between cow A  and cow B? Just  adding  for  some  insight  on  what ...

I believe that it is the monopoly son.  Has anyone heard anything about him or seen calves from him or anything. I think he is only like maybe 3 yrs. old maybe

I was looking at a neighbors semen list and noticed a bull named SURE BET.  I was wondering if anyone has used him or have seen calves from him.  If so what did they look like and what type of cow would you use him on.  Thanks in advance.

The first picture is an I 80 calf that was born on April 1st. The second picture is an I 80 calf that was born March 19th. Not great pics but I was out in the field last night and every now and then I just take a couple pics with my phone.  LOL!

Thanks for the comments. I really like him. he has a lot of spunk to him right now.  I have another I80 calf coming soon and a Mercedes Benz with in the week. cant wait to compare them.  I have never put pics on here before but it is actually really easy.  again thanks for the comments

Never post a pic on here so i wanted to try it this year.  This is our first calf of the year pics of him were taken when he was about  8 hours old.

What is the correct protocol for using Inforce 3 on NEWBORNS.  Do you wait till they are a day or two days old to spray the Inforce 3 in the nostril or right after they are born?  what does every think about the Inforce 3, it is realitively new correct. Thanks for your input..

I was wondering what size of calving pen everyone uses?  I have a couple pens that aren't being used that are roughly 12' x 16' would that be big enough to use for a calving pen or not really?  Thanks for you thoughts.  one last thing, what is your take on having the calves outside instead of...

Curious as to a couple posts before that was talking about trouble with a few breds...... What kind of troubles are you talking about? ccurious was thinking about going to sale because of the breds.  A lot of them are bred to Goets I80 so I was wondering what kind of problems your buddies...

I have a pretty nice Amen Heifer and was wondering what ever one would breed to if she was in your herd???? Thanks!!!

I am possibly looking at buying a couple heifers to breed next year.  The first one in my opinion is a pretty nice walks alone heifer the only thing is that she toes out in her front legs a little bit.  I am not showing her or anything just looking to breed her next year.  What do you guys think...

I have neen wondering something so I thought I would ask.  Still learning and the only way you learn is by asking...... How long after a bull calf gets castrated could you possible take it to a show?  Thanks a head of time.  Someone else asked me this question so I thought asking here would give...

Never tried posting pictures of anything on here, so I thought I would try and see how it works.  Pictures of a couple calves we had this spring. Not sure how the pictures turned out. First calf Eye Candy born 4-22 Second calf I-80 born 3-15 Third calf Eye Candy born 3-16

So at what age should or does everyone try to start getting the calves to eat grain????? Also some of you so far have talked about making sure the feed has a sweet smell???? correct??? thanks for everyone that has posted and to anyone that may post later on.

I was wondering how all of you get your calves to to going to the creep feeder and eating out of it.  What are some of your tricks or tips that everyone can share to get calves on feed quicker?  Also was wondering how soon do you start put feed in the creep feeder for the calves???? how much...

First off, I would like to thank those that posted about the first shots to a calve. Now for I-80! I was curious if anyone has had any I-80 calves so far this year?  I saw a few last year and thought they were pretty nice. I also heard a lot of talk about him last year and lately I haven't...

I live in north central ohio and was curious if anyone on here gives shots to new born calves as soon as they are calved?  If so what do you give them?  I have heard that some give them a shot of vitamin a,d and e,  or a shot of just vitamin E,  then some give a vitamin E and also a dose of...

Good evening. I am going to try and add more finish to a steer we have I read some of the searches on cooked corn and decided to try it tonight.  I used 2 parts water and 1 part corn. Seems like an awful lot of water but will try it anyway. (Just learning)!  I put in in a crock pot tonight for...

Was wondering if there are any labor day sales or weekend sales in central or southern ohio? or northeast i guess?  if not where would I be able to view calves at different farms this coming weekend or on labor day.  Thanks in advance

I was wondering how the eye candy calves are during calving?  Is there alot of them that need pulled or are they unassisted for the most part? I have a couple coming here in the next week and is the first time I have calves coming from him.  I talked with a couple people and they have had calves...