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BTDT -- I am curious as to why you always eel it is STRUCTURE rather than a simple case of illness. This is the second thread you have leaned toward structure instead of the obviously possibilty it may be a navel infection causing the bucked knees. Structure will ALWAYS be evident at birth...

(thumbsup) Parience my friend -- parience!! Remember, the sooner you see it and react the faster it goes away. The longer they have the problem, the higher the risk of long term damage!! Don't be fooled by early signs of a cure, remember the majic 7 dats!! GOOD JOB -- I am happy for you! Terry

Not seeing your calf here in  a picture is hard to tell, but this sounds more like NAVEL ILL than structure problems. Navel ill is sneaky, they don't have to have swollen navels to be infected. Dead give away, healthy at birth, and in a few days he will start to shake and quiver in the front...

I have a couple possibilities, but will refrane from commenting until you can get some pics on here of the calf. Do so ASAP and maybe you have something some of us can help you with! Pics of the front end from the side please! Terry

;D ;D ;D Thank you a bunch -- makes my day! As Stu said, it only takes about 10 of the ruined cows to equal 1 good one -- and we can only hold 20 -- as of now I have about 2/3 of 1 cow on that basis!! If it weren't so sad it would be funny! Glad to have been of some service, I was about to...

Most of you folks are a long ways from me out here in Neb, we are so slow this past year and even now due to the drought it is pathetic. We have abut a dozen donors here, and the closest one to home is over 400 miles. For the first time in history, all but one cow out there is a Shorthorn. Some...

After all the time I have done ET work, I still laugh when I read some of the techniques some places are still reccommending. I quit breeding more than once over 20 years ago, and if anything, the fertilization percentage went UP, not down. I breed one time, but I alays try and use 2 units of...

In 1991 I had some cows over in a small pasture that had previously been farmed. There were many small, and quite shallow, grooves running thru it -- looked like at some point they were irrigation divits. Any way, one morning I went to check the cows and one of them had layed down in one of...

The key words in this post is LENGTH OF PREGNANCY. Most of the time, vast majority of cows any way, when they get to 4 plus in thier pregnancy, the placenta will then take over the production and maintenance pf PROGESTERONE. This is the pregnancy hormone if you will. Many - many - times, once...

Not knowing where you are located makes it hard to help. I am in SW Neb, ET is all I do, but we can not offer recipients due to the cost and feed and available space. If I can be of help to you on your donors, let me know -- lot's of folks on here know me! Terry

To further confirm some of the scenarios already mentioned, I agree to there being only 2 possible ways this could happen. First, an embryo that splits after implantation and produces 2 pregnancies will ALWAYS be identical -- no other combination possible, the genetics are already in place...

JIT, thanks for the info -- I can see where I was not too far off on my ealier assessment of this GURU we now have as president. As far as I am concerned, he is darn lucky it takes a vast majority to expell these idiots from service, other wise he would most deffinetely be on the famous...

I spent allot of time years ago over in Colo, where they seemed to feed allot of wheat/rye/triticale type products, which were usualy good feed BUT always had the after affects like this. For years, all I heard those old timers say was -- "Wait till it gets big and lance it, nothing else to do""...

Well , thank you for allowing me to vent -- and I do appreciate that AJ. I am almost sorry I have to even entertain this general subject. Trust me folks, I said a heck of allot LESS than I really wanted to  -- but decided I had better at least save a FEW Karma points -- hehehe!! Thank You -- I...

I """""""""HAVE"""""""" to say something here, I can't take it any more. Period. I could give a rat's hairy BUTT about Obama -- what he stands for, OR what he THINKS is best for this (MY AND OUR)) country. He, not unlike a few other past presidents, is up THERE for one reason -- to pad his fat...

I feel very strongly about this topic, so will add some thoughts. First off, I have used the exact same BLUE 120 volt thaw unit as every one else for many many years. The first one I ever bought was always left plugged in inside the lab over in Colorado. Never had an issue andshe stayed at 96...

I had resolved myself to not write into allot of these contraversal topics, as it seems very few have actually absorbed the info I have given from some 30 years of doing ET, but in this case, I am going to say it again. Here goes ---------- 1 ) I have been asked , then MADE to use sexed semen...

You realy need to get her palpated soon, I am suspecting that she may have gone cystic for you -- they have the hormone Cystosterone if they are, and it is not unlike a perpetual in heat cow. Some of those don't always act like a bull when cystic, but will ride and carry on like no other. If...

Red and I and many others were close friends over on the old Showsteers board, and when it went belly up -- I took a couple of months to convert over -- all at her urging to HURRY up and join SP. I did and it didn't take long before we all going strong again. Late fall came around that year and...

Gonewest -- again I have read your very well written and documented assay about this -- ah - TOPIC we all have aquired. To answer your question as to why I'd vote for him -- not again -- but if EVER -- my answer is simply - I have no words !! In plain english -- I didn't the first time and I...