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    Best way to re-fit legs

    blowing out legs and then just flicking off any other wood chips with a rice brush works really well. just do a quick mist of paint to cover up any remaining dust. for belly hair try to comb it down the best you can with a scotch comb, that you really cant do a whole lot with. works for the most...
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    Any suggestions on what to do for show steer with runny loose stools?

    you could try giving him chorid. he could have picked up coccidia in the pasture, that usually causes loose stool. it is probably his feed. but the chorid might help some. my steer stays on a maintaining dosage of the chorid as well as my show heifer, because of going outside and being in the...
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    How can I calm a show steer?

    only thing is sometimes its not the different place that freaks em out like my steer hes fine in different places. but its the different stuff, the people in the bleachers, the little kids running everywhere. my steer sidesteps away from little kids that are within 5 ft of him, i think he thinks...
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    Show Barn Bedding

    negative on the sand. it might work for dairy cattle but it would get in there hair way to much you'd be blowing and washing constantly. and it'd be way to dusty. we use wood chips. i dont even know what kind they are. they work really well tho in the show bed packs and in the other pens. we...
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    How can I calm a show steer?

    we can use it it was meant for shows and yes the the show cattle calm is the sullivans paste. i dont see how they can consider it medication, there is no with holding on it, and its natural ingredients as well. we can use it at any show i've ever been to and i've been to shows on every level...
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    How can I calm a show steer?

    it is essential relax fit. essential is the brand name of the company. you can probably google it. the mill by us that had it sells kent and showmaster feeds. also all the products that i mentioned have no withholding time on meat or milk.
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    How can I calm a show steer?

    there is a product called relax fit, it's all natural. and it's a feed additive so they can't say you medicated them its not medicine, and it's not in a syringe or has a doctors label on it. it works amazingly. we get it at the feed mill. i think either kent or showmaster makes it, i can check...
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    Professional Fitters

    i have now problem with professionals. i won't lie i've got a couple that i use, whether it's clipping, fitting, or both. but i still know how to clip and fit. i clip and fit for other kids at shows too. theres more than 2 counties in wisconsin that only jrs and parents can touch the animals...
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    red hairs?

    well you need the shedding comb anyway. and its not like a shedding comb is a one time only thing. the comb stays with my blowers or in my tackbox as i use it at least once a week to make sure that there is no dead hair in my cattle. and it takes more than one bottle of dye to dye a 1300 lbs...
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    Favorite Clippers for Shaving

    i meant kool lube in a general term as in the spray you use for cooling your blades. sorry for any misconceptions. the sharpener also said to use ANDIS OIL not any of the other ones, he also has his own that he's devoloped that he likes and i really wish he sold it cus i would have bought some...
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    Favorite Clippers for Shaving

    i got andis 2 speeds. but anything with the quick attach type blades would work, and ive always used the ten blades. or t84's on heads. we got a different blade we do steer necks with and my white heifers neck with. and your motor should be fine as long as you OIL your blades ANY time you kool...
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    red hairs?

    i use the shedding comb, cus i usually don't have the money to spend on dyeing them, and i rarely need to anyways.
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    Any interest in Red Purebred Maines

    ill agree with ye there, and i realize that most just dont get shown, and the maines used to be more moderate framed back when they first came out, it would be nice to get the full bloods back to the easy doin, moderate framed cattle they were originally. and yes i know that some have galloway...
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    What class do you show your Shorthorn Plus in? AOB, Shorthorn, or cross

    in wisconsin a lot of the shows hav a high% AOB and a low%AOB classes. or sometimes they just have aob, depending on how many animals they have. alot of the shows also like state fair if there is 10 or more animals of a breed they get their own breed classes, or they go in aob. ive only ever...
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    What class do you show your Shorthorn Plus in? AOB, Shorthorn, or cross

    thnk you for clearin that up i was not sure on the app short deal
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    What class do you show your Shorthorn Plus in? AOB, Shorthorn, or cross

    maines you can show ik that for a fact cus my heifer is 25% maine and i had her at jr nat so is my steer he was also at jr nat for the maines. and im pretty sure shorties you can still so cus most app are 25% to 50%
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    Pet peeve - Out of...

    i usually actually say she/he is a manchild out of a ali daughter
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    Heatwave Daugthers

    jody good job, on lightening the mood a bit. and carlson do your research before you start asking questions, they have a search bar on here for a reason. look up bulls, search what genetics work with heatwave genetics. avoid linebreeding her she has enough front end problems, hun unstoppable is...
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    Judging ?

    DING DING DING we have a winner, theres your point so drop it matt doesnt judge cattle or buy older cattle, unless its a donor cow or bull. just saying
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    Pet peeve - Out of...

    jim is saying that he cant stand it when someone says this calf is OUT OF heatwave. you say this calf is out of a ali cow and sired by heatwave. then you know the maternal grandsire and the sire.
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