Recent content by vc

Their reply "His first calf crop looks awesome! I do not have any pictures currently, but there is a bull in the bull sale out of him we will video next week!"

I have 1335 marked in my favorites at STG just need to pull the trigger. "Unreal" probably has his second season of calves coming this year, I just thought with your Heifer being Cluby, a high percentage Calving ease with some eye appeal would hopefully get you a decent calf that comes easy. I...

Here is one that might work for you, he is low birth weight, high on the Docility scale, and has the right parts. I have not used him but have him marked to try, https://cattlevisions.com/schiefelbein-unreal-242/, another Angus on my list for next year...

I would work him up to about 24 pounds a day of his grain along with the rice bran, it should take about a week or 2 to getting up there, add a pound a feeding and then watch for a few days if everything is right add another pound and watch, do this until you have him up to 24 pounds. If he...

I would feed more like stated, curios what feed are you feeding and what is it nutritional value, is it a finisher or grower type feed. It is time to increase the fat and lower the protean, goal is to get him to finish now and to slow down his growth. With 92 days left to feed at 2.7 he would...

Ultra full for the flank area, Follow directions on the bag, Stabilized Rice Bran for the fat, start him on one pound a day working him up to 2 pounds a day, start at least 3 month prior to final show.

Do you have him on a daily hair routine, (rinsing combing, blowing out), he does look like he has quite a bit of flaky skin. I do not think it is normal hair loss, it looks more like rain rot or some other skin issue. I would try treating him with a good vinegar rinse, and then use some...

Do you have any pictures of the calf?

I think most successful producers in the club calf world are doing it by having a few good donor cows and placing embryos in most of their cows and clean up by cleaning up with AI or a Clubby clean up bull. If you look at most sales there are several sets of full sibs in the sale. You need cows...

Club Calves or Breeding heifers?

So are you feeding a commercial show feed or just the barley and oats? If that is the only feed you are feeding him it may be the lack of minerals and the proper amount of fat and protean, you will get one finished on that mix but it might not help with hair you are trying to get. Is he on a...

Daily routine, working the hair, practicing setting up and the stick. Daily routine: Get the calf and yourself into a routine, feeding at the same time, tying the animal up so they get accustomed to standing up for a period of time, handling them every day. A steer or cattle project is for a...

Well it should be cool enough to grow hair, might be genetics in play. What is his breeding? Try putting him on melatonin, you can use over the counter 3mg tablets give him 33 of them a day, or buy one of the supplements with it in it.

Try putting Corona Ointment on it, fully cover it and as it soften ups use a comb to get all dead crusty skin off. it will help the hair grow back as well.

Soak the mud balls with WD40, buy it in the gallon can, fill a small container an dip them until they are saturated. It will soften them up so you break them up.