Sick Pen

A friend of ours got back from a short trip to Nebraska where he visited the feedyard a group of us send our cattle to and talked to a Vet that does the work there.  They said our cattle were far and away the healthiest that our group sends.  They said we had the fewest pulls (taken out to treat).  

Well, that will probably end with this group.  This last set of calves that we weaned have been terrible.  We have already treated about 20 out of the 60 in the group. 

The weather hasn't helped much, wet, raining, mud, then single digit temperatures.  All that can be pretty stressful. 

These are the 3 J pulled to treat today.  Coughing, lethargic, fever.  We have had a couple of repeats too.  Hopefully, they will all get straightened out soon so we can sort them and get them vaccinated and ready for the feedlot.  

Apparently, we have a reputation to uphold.