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Keep them dry is the most important. If your wrapping them be sure not tape/wrap to tight you want the blood circulating properly. I think Kane vet supplies sells an ear muff for calves. Although some of the effective methods I've seen is a beleclava tape over the calf's head or a "hockey sock...

Consistency is the biggest thing. Same time each day same quality each day. Clean bunks and dry ground are beneficial. Feeding a monesin product such as rumensin promotes a grazing mentality and helps keep the guts happy and healthy. Implants create appetite as well if that fits with your...

This is best discussed with your vet. We use bovi 5fp and 8way on out momma's along with scour guard. Then hit the calves at branding with bovi5gold+one shot and 8way then redo calves the same at weaning. Hitting the terminal calves with an implant as well at weaning. Outside calves coming in...

In this instance I would recommend calastrate bander. As cutting calves with prior scar tissue can be a pain in the but. That being said conventional knife castratrion will work fine. Its relatively unstressful and in experienced hands is quicker and safer than bands. As a feedlot worker and...

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Couple of quick pics at chore time.

The need for more commercially directed cattle has plagues the Maine's for along time. I feel the Maine's where uses in clubby programs to add functionality however the Maine's took on too many clubby traits as breed. It shows the importance of maintaining some of the older genetics be it full...

Too much fog for pics but got 4 good young red Maine's and a rwf maintainer all ai'd to Suh and exposes to mecm64z a good Suh son from a Canadian cow. Really happy with the cattle and excited for calving season

Just picked up new Kelpie pup and on the road to pick up some bred Maine cows picks to follow.

Not seeing either bull in person thinking we will breed a few to both bulls yo get our own take on their progeny. Any calf reports or  opinions are and would be appreciated.

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Any opinions on which of these bus would work best on high percentage maintainer hefiers with heavy full blood influence? They are bigger rugged type hefiers mostly red and white. We are looking at adding some muscle shape and hair without losing any performance.

I feel for you we had a pha calf a number of years ago. From a misrepresented bull we purchased. Its frustrating when it happens.

The sires a big stretchy full blood bull. By Gilcroft Dancer. She's been running on big pasture all year and is now on stubble grazing and haylage

Out of our fb bull DHK 683X and an unregistered black Maine cow.

Doc-son pmed you. Very interested

My wife has just recently completed her AI course we wondering on some suggestions for less expensive Maine sires she could use for practising that would not hurt our program in the long run. We are drawing one of our herdbulls for personal use that she can use. AMA 11A. But are still looking...

Best bet is to get in touch with local nutrionalist. I use an all tech rep with excellent results. Typical rule of thumb is to start at 1% body weight on concentrates like barley or corn and 10%dry matter total ration. Increasing percentage concentrate and total ration as animals intake...

Would be using on Feb cows. We are still big fans of fb cattle. We are trying to breed our small herd of fb cows up with maternal bulls to get our fb numbers up. Was thinking about using it on my wife's cow Jkr 921W. She's a bit bigger framed cow with fairly solid pattern for a fb. Its the left...