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San Antonio way!!! My cows will be confused by the strange moisture from the sky. The last two times they got wet was pour on wormer and Saber!

Horrible. Just about the worst thing I've ever read on these forums. I feel sorry for them and their animal.

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I just like red cows with ears. That's what--in my family growing up--a cow was supposed to look like. No reason other than that, and it ain't changing. So, that's what I have. If one gives me trouble, she goes away. If she's not thrifty, she goes away. If she won't raise a strong calf...

Thank you for the responses. About this cut: I washed and scrubbed it (the worst part of the whole thing) with iodine and glued it with super glue. That was yesterday. Today it looks great. If I can keep from getting it infected I think the super glue thing is going to be included in my...

OK, I'm going to give banding a shot. I am vaccinating with Vision 7 at the same time. Should I give them anything else to prevent infection? Tetanus?

Someone else? That is one tool I don't have!

Thank you for your responses. I may go to banding. Sure would make for an easier day of it. What is the oldest calf you've banded?

I was castrating yesterday with a knife. The calf kicked and I cut my left thumb where it joins the hand to the bone. So, I am looking at other methods. I don't want to band as I work them twice a year and some of them are big calves and that is not recommended. I don't want to burdizzo...

Right at the upper end of the sheath next to the testes one of my bulls has developed some abscess looking things. These would be right at the joint of the penis and the testes. Any ideas for what this may be? Can't get a vet to look at it til next week.

Yes, I see small knots everytime I vaccinate or the vet does. Don't know what causes it. I will catch her and mess with it a bit to see what it feels like. She seems to be doing fine with no ill effect and I am apt to let it work itself out if it doesn't bother her or change much. If it's...

I worked my cattle two weeks ago to get some steers out for sale. While I had them caught, I vaccinated a few that I'd missed in February. One of them has a knot where I injected her with Ultrabac the size of a grapefruit. One other one has a knot a little larger than the rest. I've always...

SD Hunter: No, I pay a hell of a lot more than that for the land I lease. It is old coastal and klein grass fields that mesquite has grown up in. I can run more head an acre on it than those BLM lands can run in 640 acres and I have the hunting rights as well. I am the only person allowed on...

SD Hunter, I'm a hunter first a leased (private) land rancher second. But, now I hardly ever hunt because I'm too busy clearing (for wildlife and cattle), shredding, planting, cutting, spraying, calving, fencing, etc. I saw a good buck off my tractor last Fall and never saw him again. There...

You think all those black calves make fun of the white one? Great pictures--thanks!!!