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Recently identified genetic defect, Developmental Duplication, in Angus cattle, sometimes results in 'extra' limbs, but sometimes only manifests as abnormal flaps of skin.  Polymelia(extra limbs) is seen in numerous breeds, and sometimes is just an 'accident', as might be the case for your calf...

Where to start.  Rambling thoughts... As knabe said, cancer rates have been dropping, and cure rates have been increasing, for decades, despite what the MSM would have you believe.  When we have folks routinely living into their 80s-90s, instead of wearing out or dying in their 30s-40s, well...

I'll ask you not to be using my words to insinuate that I've agreed with anything you've posted/said. You posted a photo of a calf with white eyes and excessive tearing.  Photo quality is/was not sufficient to do more than list the most likely conditions - 1) keratoconjunctivitis, with...

Lost mine early in my marriage and practice career - but not in the cow.  Was replacing a big ol vaginal prolapse and slung my ring off somewhere in the heavily-bedded barn aisle.  THOUGHT I knew where it went, but couldn't find it.  Got a client with a metal detector to come out and help me...

SL, I've been here for years; didn't need to 'introduce' myself.  I'm a known entity. Didn't bring anything/anyone along with me, though there are others here who know your deal. Professional?  Absolutely.  But I, too am old,and crochety enough that I'll call BS on misinformation. And, since...

Hmmm.  When multiple people point out the errors in your faulty reasoning, your misinterpretation of data, and wild leaps to fallacious conclusions, those are 'vicious personal attacks'?  Tilt away at that windmill, SL!

And this...

Have seen a few.

Have had a few Bettis calves the past two seasons.  Small, easily born; using him on almost all of our Angus and AngusXShorthorn heifers this year.  It's still pretty early and numbers are few, but I don't think Bettis brings quite as much growth to the table as his full-sib, Singletary, based...

Have used Captain Obvious  & the Rob Sneed 034 bull on 2-5 yr old cows; calves came easily enough that I wouldn't squinch up too much about using either on heifers.   Have used Waukaru Goldmine 2109 for several years - enough so that I'd be comfortable using him on anything but the smallest...

Next door neighbors called us over on Saturday to have a look at a cow that had been laboring for a couple of hours with no progress.  Popped the amnionic sac, and felt a breech presentation - and it was immediately evident that it had been dead for a while.  While I was getting my chains out...

Never saw it happen, but had clients, decades ago, who swore that they had a cow that delivered two calves 6 weeks apart.

fsr, Using 4 different sons of Hooks Shear Force here currently - two on heifers, two others that we're reserving for use on cows. Have had two Sure Bet heifers calve to Triple C Bettis and one ANxSH heifer to Hooks Pharoah in the past week.  All small, came easily, and got up and vigorously...

B/R Destination 727-928 (ABS) - will add some frame, but not excessive.  Moderate milk - getting harder and harder to find in the Angus breed, Will add a heck of a lot of marbling and ribeye that you don't get with those Ohlde cattle - and he's barely negative on $EN.  Docility is good. He isn't...

Fun stuff, knabe. I used to play around with flintknapping - and still try my hand at making a point now and then when I find a suitable chunk of chert. http://www.hollowtop.com/spt_html/spt.html - Society for Primitive Technology http://www.reocities.com/knappersanonymous/index.html -...

I chased those 'free government dollars' for years, too - but they come with a tether and a cost. Swore off those programs several years ago - they still call me trying to get me to come sign up for my 'free' money.  No thanks.  The requirements and hoops usually end up with it costing me more...

We just made the decision, 20 years ago to buy in hay, not tie up $$ in iron, not have to deal with equipment breakdowns or worrying about whether it was gonna rain or not, whether or not the custom guy was gonna show up on time - or 2 months later,  and just graze the whole farm, intensively...

Last economic analysis numbers I saw indicated that if you weren't running at least 600 rolls through a baler every year, you weren't even breaking even on costs of the haying equipment itself, much less upkeep, fuel, repairs, twine/net.

Can't recommend a tannery - but the problem with the deer hide may not be your local tannery. Deer hair is hollow and brittle, and tends to break off/epilate more easily than cattle or horse hair.  It's the nature of the beast.

k, He may not have Upgrade or Shear Force, but Dream On and Legacy are back there a ways, so some of those same genetics are part of the package.