Recent content by S_W

Ear tags are great to have because it helps identify which cow is which, that you own them, who is their dam, and how old they are. However, they can get ripped out if the cow is scratching itself on barb wire, but that's really rare. I highly recommend ear tags. I don't have much experience...

So, my market steer this year has a problem of running and draging me with him. He is already 1058 pounds as of yesterday, so I can't out muscle him. Basically, my steer doesn't want to walk, so he tries to run off towards his pen, or run me into something. It's really hard to keep hold of him...

It could be cancerous. I had a dog growing up that had lumps like that and they would ooze too.(they were cancerous) You could try draining it out completely and then putting the antibiotics on it. Sometimes the cancer comes back somewhere else in them if it is cut off. My mom just left the...