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I agree it is not a replacement for a good nutrition program. We are pregging next week so I will know what kind of conception we have.  I made two changes this year and saw a big difference in return to heat time and condition.  1 was Multi Min and the other was Long Range wormer.  I will use...

Have you called your vet?  Have you temped either one of them?  Is he acting normal otherwise? Lungers will act like this.  Some days are better than others.  RankeCattleCo ResFlor has Banamine in it.  Are you adding more Banamine per your vet?

duncraggan the great thing about farming is we all get to decide what works for us. In February, March, April and sometimes May our survival rate goes up dramatically with shelter for new calves.  This means we have a barn we use for calving with pens, bedding, and concrete.  No shame here. ...

We're about 1/2 hour south of 80 and got started today. There was quite a bit of corn not the best ground and of course it was wet.  But the stalk quality is deteriorating rapidly.  nkotb I am curious as to how you plant for a poor year vs. planting for a good year.  Are you talking about a...

Yes we are sending in the ear when he is put down which will be this week.  I hate doing it but hate seeing them suffer more. I thought hard about the Gucci on the 734 son/Draft Pick granddaughter before I did it. I normally do not do any sort of linebreeding.  And truthfully I cannot remember...

Update on the chute. I have my Stampede and have given it a little bit of a test. Bottom line is I love it.  We've put the weaned calves through, some of the cows, and washed and clipped the sale calves.  I could not be happier as of right now. The only thing I would change is the way you...

We're in Illinois and broke into the hay 2 days ago.  We will get a 4th cutting but of course it will be light.  Weaned all the calves I could. Saw an article on the front page of a local paper claiming farmers were still looking for an above average crop.  Failed to mention test weights or...

I am not sure it is Wyoming but I do not remember seeing it on the list.  If you do a search of the weed it will tell you. I was wrong in what I wrote.  If a calf or cow gets into or responds to it bad enough they will have lasting effects in that they always seem to be very sensitive to it. ...

What part of the country are you in? There is a weed with the common name of beef steak weed or Perilla Frutescens that has been identified by the University.  It causes a ton of problems with swelling in joints, lameness, mimic footrot, lose tails, poor doing and death.  Thankfully it does not...

Who said it would decrease their lifetime fertility?  That has not been the case at all. The full sibs that were not implanted had smaller pelvises.  Management through calving was the same. The heifers are implanted when they hit the replacement pen.  We use one of the Synovex.  We also used...

Glenstory I think Throttle semen should have been sold with nose rings.  I walked into a friend's showbarn one day to see fans turned over and smashed, gates down, bedding everywhere, the chute in pieces, etc.  He had a Throttle in to clip and he turned on the blower.  Our vet routinely...

Lucky_P I really, really hope our experience with the Stampede will be different. If not that is a hell of a lot of money for a chute with those problems that will drive me nuts.  I ran one and didn't have those problems but it hadn't been used much either.  I loved the rear controls and the...

It will be here in about 2 weeks. I liked the idea of the brisket bar way back when I first saw one.  But each time I used one in a group it was nothing but trouble.  When our cows go down I open it back up and try again.  I think our cows have been through the chute so much now they would look...

I'll let you know about the Stampede in a few weeks. We have an ancient Foremost that was a portable vet chute a long time ago.  It is finally on it's last re-weld and served us all very well. I don't like the brisket bars myself but I know some do.  My must have included being able to work...

What have you used to worm him?

We have a Teagle and that is a good question. It is 2 years old and we bought but did not get the knives installed this year.  We put through about a bale and a half a day once we start feeding of ridiculously tight bales weighing about 2300 lbs.  I am running the baler this year so they will...

What is in the feed?  How much protein? How much of the feed? What kind and how much hay?

Do you mean it is a pink eye type growth in the middle of his eye? Do you have a vet close?

I disagree.  It does not mean she automatically died from milk fever.  When they respond that quickly they are not usually, usually being the key word, going to die or need a second dose.  The fact she wouldn't eat or drink afterwards is interesting. I would have wanted blood pulled to find out...

What is the cow and how old is she?