Search results

garybob, Nothing interesting today on Dr. Phil, so I guess I am going to spend my time getting into trouble. I realize that most of the pictures posted are posted by people ASKING for comments about their cattle. I have never made a comment, posotive or negative. I want to see that animal from...

Congratulations. My acceptance letter came back in 1968 but I still remember getting the letter out of the mailbox and carrying it all the way to the house unopened because I was too nervous to open it! One of my favorite quotes is from Abraham Lincoln: I will study and prepare and perhaps...

Chambero is right, Red is a tough farm lady. I have had the pleasure of meeting her in person twice, talking with her on the phone and communicating by email. Red is an itty bitty lady with a big heart of gold. She loves her farm life, her cattle and her family just like all of us on Steer...

Ruchian, I just took a look at the picture of your steer. Please email me and I will give you some specifics on clipping him that might help. Remember, I am not a professional fitter, heck I only rough mine out and let someone else do the fine tuning. But, I think I can help you out some. My...

Ruchian, I have learned more about clipping by sitting on a showbox and watching the good fitters work. Then ask a lot of questions.....Why did you clip heifer A's underline differently than heifer B? Why did you clip one's top one way and the other top a little differently? The biggest...

Hey garybob, Sorry I did not respond to your question sooner. I was gone for 6 days and am just today catching up on things. Conductor is solid red. Are you getting any of the much needed rain? Malinda

Hey Shortdawg, I bet your bull enjoyed his birthday party!!!!!! I have decided that if I ever run another ad on Dz,  I will call her 'The Stamp". I have 4 fall born bulls out of the DZ/Spike bull I raised, named Conductor. None of the cows are related, but the calves have a very similar look...

Red, Thanks for the nice compliment and for thinking of posting the pics of DZ. The calf pic was taken at about 10 months and the mature pic was taken as a three year old. Yes, Nobody's Fool  has a long list of good ones. The Dyaln Evans heifer ( Sull Dazzle Fool) just keeps getting better...

Nasc, I am about 25 miles from Chillicothe.....We're neighbors! I am 71/2 miles south of Bainbridge. You can get Betadine Shampoo at places like TSC or PBS, maybe even a vet. No diluting, just use it right out of the bottle. I leave it on for a few minutes. Use a scotch comb GENTLY and get...

Nasc, I have had good results using Betadine Shampoo. Good luck, Malinda

Hey shortyjock89, You might try a natural calf out of the bull you decide upon. Sometimes our best guesses work and sometimes they don't. With what it costs to flush, you might want to make sure she will work with bull x. I have a cow right now with her second calf at side. She has been bred...

I agree with ELBEE about first calf heifers. I am anal about using easy calving bulls on heifers. I would have bred my DZ donor cow to a Jersey if I would have thought it necessary. Even bred to easy calving bulls, heifers still drive me nuts. I time their progress and if they stop making...

Posting about my bassackwards calves got me to thinking about all the weird things that have happened during calving. Thought I would share a few. Just as I walked into the barn to check cows I saw a calf drop down into a 100 gallon watering tank. Still can't figure how the cow got the calf...

Hey DL, First of all, I must have missed something; I didn't know you had been squished by a cow. Ouch! Hope you are OK and on the mend. Is the cow still among the living? Not sure if I will have anything to take to the OBE of my own. I may be getting a heifer ready for some friends. A couple...

Some of you may remember that a little over a year ago I posted (before SteerPlanet) that I was having an extremely high number of calves coming hind feet first or tail first. I believe it was Cowboy that mentioned living somewhere where the cattle had to travel up and down steep pastures and he...

I live in Pike County but have a Highland County address, so I have been right in the middle of the EHD outbreak since about mid summer. I know of at least 5 herds of cattle that have been affected; some folks with as many 15 cases. None of the cattle have died but it has really hit the deer...

Please check out the cards, especially the Christmas cards shown on my web site at: easternskyfarm.com. Click on the gift bag. I will be glad to bring items to Louisville, to save postall charges. Thanks, Malinda

Hey Red, To answer your questions about where Ohio folks get their bulls collected: I have used Freeman Fry at Galaxy Genetics. I have known Freeman all my life, even went to high school with one of his daughters. Freeman goes to Maysville, Ky every week to collect at Chan Phillips' facility...

There is an on-line auction Tuesday Oct 30 at etcow.com. There are live heifers, embryos, flushes, semen. I am selling a package of embryos (lot 51, I think) out of Eastern Sky Louise 317 (CF Louise 69 X CF Trump X) and HD Bloodstone. The cow is only a four year old, but she will be heard from...

The Ohio Shorthorn Fall Showcase Sale is tomorrow (Oct 13) at 7:00 p.m. at the Preble County Fairgrounds in Eaton, Ohio. They are selling heifers, bred heifers, cows, steers and some embryos. Malinda