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    Dairy Steer 8th overall at Wisconsin State Fair? How?

    up here they gotta have papers and tattooes have to match. they also pull dna, and will test it for parentage especially if the steers make sale. if the tattooes aren't right they show as a crossbred for the beef steers or they go under unregistered for the dairy. if the dna doesnt match or...
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    Grazing corn stalks with lots of corn....

    as far as the corn being down i don't know for sure. but for post combining, we haven't had any knocked down, knock on wood, my grandpa has a pretty big field i would say its close to 20 acres+ not sure, but he has it all fenced in, hes got a big area some woods that field and then a grassy spot...
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    Dairy Steer 8th overall at Wisconsin State Fair? How?

    wisconsin state fair does actually have unregistered dairy steers. those steers cannot go in the sale and they are usually there for the performance steer contest, which is based on rate of gain, carcass, show, and theres a couple more things i think that i don't remember. ONLY the Breed...
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    I AM LEGEND march heifer. what do y'all think?

    thnx. here are some of the pics of her at state fair
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    I AM LEGEND march heifer. what do y'all think?

    being march 19 she will always be around that top half of division age wise, as her "class" is the big one the march and april heifers.
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    I AM LEGEND march heifer. what do y'all think?

    well she's home from state fair. and she won her class and was division champion of the low % AOB. I had a lot of people like her a lot. she sure was fun to fit too.
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    Relax Fit - how to use?

    jim the directions have changed, since they changed it to a pellet instead of the powder. i usually just feed it when im at a show, and the day before they go. in the morning of the day they show, i give them double so 4 scoops. otherwise it's 2 scoops am and 2 scoops pm, and i call bull, it...
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    Boss Blowers

    ive heard both sides of spectrum, people that hate the boss, and people that like it. the one that hates it, runs the air express and the boss blowers, he will always grab the air express hose before the boss, he never told me why exactly he hated the boss, i'm guessing the circuits, and too...
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    Wi state fair

    typically for steer classes theres around 10 in a class for the xbreds. same goes for commercial heifers. other wise they split up the breeds in to at least to classes. the herefords and angus always have medium sized classes, close to that 10, the other breeds mostly have 6ish animals in a...
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    Is there anyway you can determine how much hair a calf is going to have?

    dewclaws, do they have hair that stands straight up on end between the dewclaws, tail switch, do they have a smaller switch, ears, lots of long hair coming out of their ears. of course genetics, and environment, if theyve been under fans or in a cooler for a while and they still dont have...
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    Bed and owned division

    the bred and owned for me is huge. i have only been able to compete in bred and owned starting in 2011 at wi state fair. to me the b and o is proving what i have done. yeah there are kids that some parents just register the cow and calf in their kids name. but i know that i purchased all my cows...
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    I AM LEGEND march heifer. what do y'all think?

    i will be making my final decisions as to breeding next yr, if i still got her. what's that saying again. oh yeah. everything is for sale... for the right price. haha.
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    How is sale order determined at your county fair?

    we sell champions of the 3 species that we got in the sale. then they do swine, sheep and then beef, each species is randomized somehow don't ask me how they do it but they do. the only thing that sucks for that is our sale is the night of the beef show, so the sale catalogs don't get made up...
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    I AM LEGEND march heifer. what do y'all think?

    boomer is a full brother to sooner. he isn't a sooner. and being a full brother he doesnt have the same exact dna. also on her maternal side there is no milking problems. like i said. that cows udder can't handle over 4 days worth of milk in her yet, and i've been working on weaning for couple...
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    I AM LEGEND march heifer. what do y'all think?

    thnx for the input. i hope the judge on tuesday likes her as much as i do. the owned classes are important. but for the bred and owned is extremely important, obviously cus it proves. what i've been doin' with my maines.
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    I AM LEGEND march heifer. what do y'all think?

    she has been on full feed for about 2 weeks. and she is not totally weaned. her mom's udder can't handle more than 4 days of calf not nursing, so i keep her away for 4 nights now which will be perfect for state. i gotta have her totally weaned for county as that is like a full week. the i am...
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    I AM LEGEND march heifer. what do y'all think?

    she is a 2012 march heifer. sired by i am legend. and out of an ali cow. her ma ain't much by any means, i paid 750 for her in 2007. calf will be going to her first show on the 6th, state fair. her manchild maternal sister does have some purple behind her. and the calf is better than the...
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    farm facebook pages

    mine is SEVENDOWN CATTLE COMPANY. y'all can add me too if ye want, some pictures don't end up on both the farm and mine.  i own it.
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    Dirty hairy 2

    they've got it in there bull catalogs, on their websites, and they have the catalogs as a virtual version online also. RESEARCH!!!!!
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    Acepromazine

    are u nuts. that will have a steer knocked out cold for beyond several hours if not dead. unless u meant to have it as .2-.3. we have only used it a couple of times ace or rompin. the actual ace we used was from a vet and it was being used on a cow that was a bit of a psycho path. she still is...
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