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I think that you should always keep in mind that no matter how patient you are with a calf that there are just some that will NEVER make good show prospects or cows.  I agree with Knabe in that you need to learn what it is that is making them kick.  Try and use that to help them get over their...

I agree.  DO NOT WAIT!!! It is highly unlikely that this is a bee sting.  DL- Is there any chance that this could be from harware; perhaps a piece of wire worked its way out of the stomach and into the body wall?  I would like to know how far post calving this cow is. 

We have used both Heat Wave and HW1 and if I put them all in a pen together I would defy anyone to pick out which were which...unless they read their tags.  I guess I don't have a prblem using either bull but I guess I would spend the extra on HW if I were flushing or breeding my very best...

EUREKA!!!  I found it.  I knew I had a picture of Wilson somewhere!!!  CAB, I know that he has changed a little but is this the right picture?  I am thinking that he might have some hair issues but then again, it might have been the fitter.

My father used to wake us kids up early in the morning by blasting this on his record player.  Somewhere along the lines I lost my love for the song along with Stars and Stripes Forever (John Phillip Sousa).  LOL!  Anyway, I think this has a GREAT history. Many people actually think this is a...

Well, it's getting to be that time of year again when we pull out our dented and bent up old A.I. kits and clean them out, restock our semen inventory and make sure that we have enough plastic sheaths to get through the season...and a few extras for when the "neighbor" calls in a panic because...

We are in!  I think we will be helping haul a couple from this area so will be there all week.  Probably bringing the Iowa Maine Trailer too.  I can't wait.  We will have five heifers that we raised showing there.  That's really exciting for me.  Looks to me like the competition is going to be...

OMG, i have been outside all day.  I am sobbing.  RED, you are my friend, my special soul mate. You are so special. You are just you, for real, so out there on the line and willing to speculate and to be upfront. You are what humanity should base their line on. I can't even type anymore. Thank...

I agree with a lot of this advice on breeding heifers and once again must add that a LOT depends on your own personal program. Using a known calving ease bull is very important to our program but you must remember that doesn't guarantee that you won't have problems. The breeding condition as...

The self-catching headgate has some adjustment to it.  I have put 400-500 lb calves in it but you can't use the rear leg holder.  I would say that to use it according to specs you would be able to do 750 lbs to 2000 lbs. That's a rough estimate but mostly it's length of the animal.  I did a bull...

I don't have any personal pictures of my own but if you go to the website I listed above you can see some pictures of the them using it on a Holstein cow.  Actually, I think those are pictures of a much older model as my chute has a much nicer setup for the hind legs and mine has a "poo...

LOL, good question.  That's why I bought it because I have some cows that aren't old show babies and I always hated hauling them 30 or more miles to the nearest vet and then trying to herd them into the electric table and fighting with them.  This set up works just like a working chute.  I could...

The manufacturer of the chute actually has a video they offer.  Doing feet on show calves vs. doing feet on cows is a little different thing. You don't have to worry so much about the finer details.  I got along great with it by know the basics of foot care. I used it when I had cows that needed...

I just wanted to let anyone know that I have placed a hoof trimming chute ad in the classified section.  It's a GREAT piece of equipment and works great on cattle and yearlings.  If you HATE having to haul your cattle somewhere else or just want to have a safe way to work on hoof issues this is...

I have a great hoof trimming chute for sale. It's from Finger Lakes Manufacturing and is like new.  I have used it for cattle, bulls and show cattle.  It's really nice because you don't have to throw them over on a table and it gets the animal in a position where EVERYONE is safe!  With the...

I think Karma is like good "JuJu".  LOL

I told Erin in a letter that now would be a really good time to ask her parents for a puppy!!!  (lol)  How could you say no!  I think Doug will kill me for that one. 

I am so sorry to hear that.  I never met him but have heard so many good things about him and the family.  Flat out good folks.  Red, that would be very nice to send a card from the entire steer planet.  Thanks. Juli

[YIPPEE!!!!!!! (clapping) (clapping) (clapping)  Thanks so much eveyone for helping to support Erin Steele!!!  I just talked to Doug and he is on cloud nine.  Erin is awake for the first time in over a week and they are hoping to get her off the ventilator today!!!  It's the most incredible...

I have this discussion a LOT with friends, cutomers and my spouse.  So many people are breeding their heifers/ cows to "calving ease" bulls and wondering why they are pulling calves and losing heifers.  So many people assume that even if the bull isn't advertised as "calving ease" that if he has...