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Well grizzly was not a easy calver for my neighbor. He has pulled all but one and he has already said he will not be using him again. Also most the calves look like good feeders, not sure yet if any of them will be heading to the show ring.

I know that 95% of the sunseekers I have raised have been big calves 100-125 lbs so breeding a sunseeker I would stick with a purebred proven calving ease sire. I have 2 sunseeker heifers bred to Hooks shear force 38K that should calve by the end of the week. Have 2 shear force calves on the...

Stay away from anything that is questionable and that has not been proven. Grizzly sold as calving ease and he has not been consitantly proven yet, also i have not seen a truely great clubby calf out of him anyways. I bred 15 heifers to Grizzly for someone and only 1 born unassisted. One thing...

I AId 15 heifers for someone and they wont be using again. All were big calves and I think only one came unassisted. Most problems they have had in years of calving heifers. All of these heifers are 1000 lbs plus and never had any issues with pelvic size. Also calves have been ok but getting...

I have always liked Lifeline and ground zero calves and cows. I have a great ground zero 2nd calver our of a nichols simm cow. And K & A and Lauterbachs raise some great bulls and cows. Thats actually why I bred some ground zero, i saw some great bulls and heifers at lauterbachs sale about 4...

Saw some great my turns at a sale last year and was really impressed. I took 5 of my best cows that usually get bred sunseeker and bred to My Turn this year. Have 4 on the ground unassisted that look great. 1 black bull out of a smoke char/meyer 734 son cross. 1 black bull out of a black...

I have not bred any alias calves but the sunseekers are usaully the most consistantly good calves I raise. I have had good ones out of char/simm, angus, angus/simm, and sim/maine cows. Have never had one with a bad disposition they are always the first ones broke and quite. All of them have...

I would say most likly dogs and not coyotes. Usually dog or a wild pack of dogs kill more for fun than coyotes. Best investment we ever made was a great pyreenese dog, never had it trained but it would run all night protecting the farm. It would run like a radar start out close to the house and...

We CoSync and use CIDRS and heat detect instead of just timed. Then use KMARs for heat detection then we know they should all come in heat 24-48 hrs after removing the CIDRs. Usually have 90-95% of cows and heifers that come in and 90% of the ones bred settle.

Depends on what breed/breeds you have in your heard right now and what you want to end up with. I would first figure out what breed of cattle or what cross you want to end up with and then select. You may want to go with a purebred bull or a percentage bull. Personally I have a lot of sim/angus...

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hooks shear force 38K is what I bred all my heifers to this year, also AI'd 15 heifers for a neighbor to Grizzly. All due the start of march. His heifers either are stuffed full of hay or 75% of them are going to be big calves so I'm not sold on grizzly just yet. Have to wait a couple more...

The best way I have found is to tie them for a day or so and comb them when they are eating. Then wash them and start blowing them. Broke 30 calves in just  a few weeks last year. Calves were all calm and easy to work with in a week.

I went to a Genex/CRI class. Good 2 weekend class and most of it is spent breding cows and heifers.

I have heard some people taking long streamers and put them on a fan. Then put behind them so the streamers blow on them. They should eventually stop kicking. I usually just wash and blow on them alot and they usually stop after a couple times. Luckily I have not had any kickers for quite a few...

new pics posted. Both of these steers are ready to go, broke to lead and super quite. Take your pic for 1000.

Walks alone is by far the stoutest most powerful bull I have ever seen at his age. He has the whole package, great hair, & moves well. The only thing he did not have was height. Highliner is pretty close to walks alone, but he also has a bigger frame. But when they were at stud last spring I...

Dyer/Jensen Show cattle located in central IA 15 min South of Des Moines. Just south of Indianola IA. Bob Dyer and Josh Jensen Starting to get calves clipped and broke now, come pic out of the lot and save some money before we get all the work done. I run 35 hd and Jensens run over 100hd...

Sounds like you have them in a good spot and are doing everything right. Hopefully it will just take some time for him to recover. Sounds like you have done everything else. I know there are some additives to put in the water that may help. Can't remember the name of it though.

I have not used Draxxin but from what I have read it is supposed to be better than Nuflor. I always use NuFlor with great results. The symptoms sounds like Pneumonia to me. You may just want to switch to a dose of NuFlor and see what happens. I know that when I am sick some drugs help me and...