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    What club calf, Shorthorn or Maine bulls have good dispositions?

    I have a heifer out of Here I Am who is wild as the wind her mother is one of the tamest cows we have walks right up to you and licks you is this normal for Here I Am calves
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    Living in Montana

    We live in Dillon, MT which is in the south west tip. We have been raising hay for 30 years here and if you have irrigation you can get 2 cuttings a year here. There have been a couple of years that we got 3 cuttings but you have to have an early spring and a really late fall then it is still...
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    Denver '15 bulls

    Here is a picture I took of Sweet Baby James in Denver sorry not the best photographer
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    Black steer end of tail white crusty

    Shapley's MTG gets rid of any mystery skin problems quickly smells terrible so wear gloves or your hands will stink for awhile even if you wash them
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    Balancing feed rations

    yes here is one that I have used its really easy. http://beefextension.com/new%20site%202/sccalc.html Oklahoma state university beef cattle ration calculator 2013
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    I-Deliver

    Here is a picture of I-Deliver that I took.  I thought he was the best non carrier bull there may have to try him out this spring.
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    AI calving dates [variation]

    We want to do some AI this year sounds like you had good results what do you mean about giving a shot of estrumate  on heat detection? You give the shot then heat detect and AI when they come into heat?
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    Need help with heifer breeding decision

    I've gone back and forth about that and thought we'd have her pelvis measured and see if we can give her a chance.
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    Need help with heifer breeding decision

    Here is a pic of her as almost a year old and the second one you can't see her very well but it was taken last summer.
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    Need help with heifer breeding decision

    I have used Gigolo Joe on the black & white heifer's mother for her second calf slid out quick and easy didn't know if he was calving ease enough for 1st calf heifers. Also doesn't he throw reds.  Here is a picture of the Gigolo Joe steer at the county fair he got a blue ribbon I think needed...
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    Need help with heifer breeding decision

    I like I-80 was worried about the ali one she has tons of bone weighed 105lbs and was a hard pull out of a third calver.  Do you know if he is homozygous black. I think I saw that he was scurred. 
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    Need help with heifer breeding decision

    He looks really good.  Good EPDs good docility he should have calves on the ground how have they been?
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    Need help with heifer breeding decision

    Help I have 3 heifers to AI and am having a hard time deciding on who to use. Have been looking at I-80 or Mercedes Benz. Have been hearing a lot about Jesse James so have been considering him as well. I wanted to breed to a bull that the offspring can be registered. Here are pics of the...
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    Itchy Calf

    I would use something for lice first.  Our calves have had the same symptoms this time of year the 1st year we had a vet check them and it was lice so now if they start losing hair and are itchy this time of year we treat for lice does the trick.
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    Denver 13 bulls

    I just got back from Denver saw the bulls and have to say that ready 2 rumble was a standout in the club type bulls I also really liked chain reaction have wanted to breed to eye candy but with semen so high he might be an alternative. Some others were sugar rush, springstein, fu man chu, fever...
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    Our first freeze branding experience... (3 weeks later pics added)

    We also have used freeze branding because I think it is easier on the cattle but Montana does not recognize it.  People have brought it before the board of livestock to make freeze branding recognized but the board will not change it. We are now thinking of changing to hot branding because of...
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    which two heifers would you keep? New pics of 2 and 3 and parentage

    I have added a couple of better pics and the parentage of the top two heifers the other two are out of maine angus cows.
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    which two heifers would you keep? New pics of 2 and 3 and parentage

    One of my concerns with the black and white heifer was her birth weight she weighed 105lbs and was a hard pull.  Would this be a reason for not keeping her or would she work out ok also she is a little coarse around the shoulders.  We were leaning towards the red heifer but she has started...
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