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Bred heifers up here are starting to catch up with the states anywhere from $1500 to$1800.

A older cow man showed me a trick once and it works great you tie the cow with halter to barn wall, and pass another rope through calf chains hooked to legs of calf to the other wall have the rope about chest high and fairly tight then all you have to do is lean on rope or stand on it pulls the...

I just board off a corner of the barn so cows cant get to it and have a plywood top and put one or two infrared heat lamps high enough so the calf cant touch it I hang it so the cord is tight so if it falls it is unplugged you have to be careful of fire.

thanks didn't know that about pushing hair back will try as soon as it warms up a bit cooled off -20c today with stiff wind feels like -40 after the warm spell last week.

Thanks guys I only have one out of 65 and thought I would give it a try hate sawing off with wire.

Has anyone used those thick black rubber bands (the kind for casterating bigger bulls) to dehorn calves that are coming year old this spring?

That's great wish they were that price here the cattle prices in Alberta are much less good 500lb steers 1.67 and good heifers 500 @145 at the last sale I was at.

A neighbour tried that last year said never again some needed help and most of the calves are born alive I think, but I know where you are coming from open heifers are going for 1.10 lb and breds are in that 1000 to 1250 here good luck any way you go.

I cant tell, I know what ergot looks like in grain but don't know what it would look like in grass. good point I have seen what it can do when their hooves fall off but never a tail and how long would it take? I know she had a tail last week.thanks gives me something to look at.

Went to check my my cows today and a purebred shorthorn cow about 5yrs old was missing her tail it is off at the tail head about 3in left there is no blood just a pink stump.They are cleaning up the sloughs for the last week and I am feeding bales to supplement. Would a poison weed or something...

Muridale has good cattle i use buster2 from them with good sucess.Keep up the good work.

good looking calves and cows what the breeding line of the bull?

This calf catcher is one that a i had made by the neighbour welder i gave him an old bale feeder and wheels off a old combine pickup header and he welded it together works great can weigh,tag, band and give the shots safely [URL=http://s996.photobucket.com/user/tamarackaj/media/106.jpg.html][/URL

yes i find the info somewhat confusing dont give anything to compare to so dont know if good or bad like the carcass weight of 857lbs is this good or bad. I also had hard time entering individual animals and just got report on range of tags i think it will be ok when all the bugs get worked out...

I joined BIXS an site that lets you get the grades and weights of your beef on the hook at time of processing. The grades of my shorthorns are 20%select 33%aaa and38%aa with a hot weight of 874# for 2011 calves what is the weight of butcher steers and heifers that the buyers are looking for? we...

This is pic of my PB shorthorn bull y5 has some saskvalley pioneer 126 in his breeding he bred 35 cows last year as an yearling and come back to this shape only on hay this winter he is very easy keeper looking forward to see what the calves look like will be soon april 8 calving should start if...

Thanks i used ramrod and got all bulls last year will keep one for the cows , i have 2 bred to him for this year. I have also used Muridale Buster 2 and Mist return the pics of the heifers are mostly Buster2. I see at the sale they are offering some semen from Muridale Buster 14k i hope to get...

Thanks coyote but i used 10 straws of him last year just waiting to see how it turns out.

Pic of my shorthorn heifers. purebred and crossbred,have been trying to breed a beefier shorthorn with more of hind 1/4 most of these are getting close to what my goal is i will be AI these and have selected some of the bulls but is hard to get with out sacrificing calving ease have been using...

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