we in South Dakota breed in this heat all the time; I think alot depends on if your cows have a place to cool off during the heat of the day; we have dams with deep water and the cows will go in those to cover even their backs and just stay in there to cool off; they do what they need to to be...
there is a nerve that runs somewhere in the pelvic area that becomes damaged when there is too much pressure on it for too long as in a prolonged calving or a difficult pull.
when this is damaged, it makes the cow numb in her back legs; usually it seems one is worse than the other.
with time and...
We are located in South Dakota; have 3 pb Simmi sons of Ebony's Premium Blend, one 3/4 son of 3C Macho and a pb son of BBB Ziggy; Ziggy is a Zinger x Black Max bull we bought from Chris Beutler from Neb.
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you could use a red angus bull and then the resulting calf would be called a Durham Red. Just for a first calf, this would be an easy calving choice.
Getting that first baby here safe and easy will set up your cow for the rest of her life. So important to make it a good experience and then go...
3C Macho
Duracell
Black Joker
Chopper
Montecito
Powerdrive
Upgrade
Explorer
Long's Steel Shot (gotta have alittle of something red)
also 2 bulls we have owned that are now deceased
Sir Nick5Y (Bold Future son, incredible EPD's)
BBB Ziggy (Zinger son out of Black Max cow; he's a show heifer sire)
talked to my ABS rep today and he said that I80 does have lepto and so does the Simmental bull Fat Butt and many of the other bulls available for A.I. that are on the market.
He says this is becoming a huge problem that these bulls carry lepto, BVD, blood detectable diseases; he said there is NO...
I hate hate hate twins.....
one year, has been some years ago now, we had 19 sets in our spring calving cows; we usually get 6-7 sets a year out of around 300 births;
that year we had so many, I am not so sure we even came out very many ahead of if they would have just had singles...
so many...
I have not ever had a problem with Cattle Visions; I order 200+ units there
each spring, get a really good discount for my volume order.
Have ordered from there this will be my sixth year;
but I mostly deal directly with Lance.
I would presume you have someone lined up to do this for you?
I have never worked with anyone that did not give you a check-off list of what
to do to what each day, marked with a.m. and p.m......
very, very simple that way and you know you are doing it exactly right.