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I did something dumb this morning and I need advice. I have 2 show heifers and a show bull, all 11 months old. I was in a hurry to get a heifer clipped this morning. The bull got in with the other heifer. She wasn't showing any signs of heat so I, like a fool, left him in there and took the...

I live in Missouri and I have someone from IL buying one of my heifers. What all is required to get the heifer across state lines? I am assuming health papers and a brucellosis shots from a vet. Anything else? I've never sold cattle to someone in a different state before so tell me all you can...

I was wondering about the simmental bull 3C Sturdy. Has anyone used him on heifers? What do his calves look like? Does he do any good in TAI? I was thinking of using him on some pb simmental heifers and maybe some simangus heifers. I noticed he was old and had pretty accurate EPDs so I figured...

I got two bales of Winning Fill recently. I have never used this product but have heard great things about it. I noticed that there are no feeding directions on the bag other than you can feed it leading up to the show or just on show day. Since I only have two bales I will use it on show day...

I decided to try dyeing my show heifers this year. Two of them have a red-ish tint to them and usually it seems like the dark, shiny black ones place a little better. I went to MFA this morning and they had 5 bottles of it left so I bought it all. I have been searching old topics on steer...

I noticed a product on Sullivan's website called Wave Tamer that is supposed to take the curl out of hair. Has anyone tried it? If so, how well does it work? I have a bull with way too many waves in his hair and I need something to help me get it out. The best thing I've found so far is a...

I'm thinking about getting some of my cattle AIed for next year and I was wondering about some simmental bulls. I've been looking at SVF/NJC Mo Better M217 and HTP SVF In Dew Time. I really like Mo Better because he looks good and has a white face and I've heard good things about In Dew Time...

This doesn't relate to cattle but it does relate to livestock but I'm posting it anyway. My mare had her foal today.  ;D I have a few questions for the horse people. My mare is a registered appaloosa horse. She's a red roan/leopard like the traditional appaloosas like you see on those old...

I was just wondering how many people try to breed calves to look almost identical to one another? I don't know of many people in real life who do this was curious if anyone on this site has a uniform herd. I have my three simmental heifers (half sisters - same sire) bred to the same bull. I'm...

This might seem like a strange question but I'm going to ask it anyway. Is there a trick to getting your calves to eat out of a creep feeder? We just got this creep feeder last winter and the calves last year loved it. We used to always feed them on the other side of an electric fence so they...

I have been having a lot of trouble getting a certain heifer bred and was wondering if someone here could give me some advice. It's a long story.. I got this certain simmental heifer when she was about 11 months old to show and breed, she is my oldest heifer. She was an April 2005 heifer and...

I was just wondering how many people showed cattle in FFA? I've been showing for four years now in both open and FFA shows and I love it.  (cow) Tomorrow I have my last show for the year and my simmental heifers have been doing great so far this year. Last week I got my first champion even.  ;)...