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It looks like the injection site has been overused. NEVER inject in the same spot multiple times, or you will risk something like this. Vary your injection sites and you'll not have this problem.

Either the age is wrong, or the seller is full of it. You better get them weighed, and $3/lb is waaaaaay too high. Have you checked the markets lately? $3 would have been OK in 2014, but definitely not now.

Don't let them fool you into thinking that 2 month old calves are 300#. If they weighed 80# at birth, and gained 2 lbs/day, they would be around 200 lbs. NO WAY they are 300#. Calves that young shouldn't be weaned yet anyway. They should be at least 90 - 100 days old, and then they might...

As far as the "drugs or vaccines" are concerned, I hope that you will vaccinate your calf/cow for the diseases that are appropriate for your area. Not vaccinating an animal could cause unnecessary suffering for the animal, and HUGE vet bills for you. Possibly even the loss of your animal...

Holsteins are a dairy breed, so I'm not surprised that you didn't get much meat. They also are bred to eat a diet that is nutrient dense (mostly grain), so the animal probably wasn't properly finished. Beef breeds are bred to eat a lot. However, they don't need to. They do just fine on...

From the information you have given---It's impossible to make any kind of an educated guess. We'd need to know what breed, where you're located, what your annual rainfall is, the predominant kind of grass in your pasture, how large you want the cattle to be when harvested, etc. I'd suggest...

Pretty likely that you caught it in time. Those are the drugs that my vet would have recommended. Often the source of joint infections is a navel infection, however the nuflor should take care of that if the navel is compromised. Sounds like this calf is getting pretty expensive for you...

One extra large feeding can easily cause scours. If he quits eating or gets lethargic and gets the "runs", you might be in trouble. Doubt that the limp was caused by digestive issues. The electrolytes would not be necessary unless he gets scours. I'd allow him access to a bucket of plain...

The instructions on the milk replacer tags are correct. Do not feel that these calves are not getting enough just because they seem to be hungry when you've fed them their bottle. Overfeeding kills many more calves than underfeeding. Calves are born with a "sucking reflex", and it takes up to...

If part of the udder is red, inflamed, etc., she has mastitis. I would advise you to give her an appropriate dose of penicillin, and keep doing it till the inflammation is gone. The reason that the baby is eating so much is because she isn't getting enough nutrition from the sow. Also, milk...

Forget the stitches. There likely isn't enough skin there to close the wound. I'd just leave the poor thing alone and let nature take it's course. It likely isn't in much pain after this long. When I had pigs, we had several that were stepped on, or had similar injuries, and many of them did...

The fact that this sow doesn't seem to eat much, is not interested in feeding her babies, and seems to be somewhat depressed makes me suspect that she may have an infection somewhere in her body. Did she expel the placenta? Does she have a normal temperature? Just to be sure, I'd give her a...

Latestarter X 2! In my state of South Dakota, we probably vary more than anywhere else. Here in the Eastern part of the state, there are areas where you only need 2.5 - 3 acres of grass for a cow/calf unit. In some of the drier parts of Western SD, they may need up to 25 acres per unit. It...

Doubtful that the meds in the replacer are the same as in the starter. Get the calf started on dry feed ASAP. It would also be helpful if you could include some good quality hay.

DO. NOT. OVERFEED. A hungry calf is a healthy calf. This calf will be bottle fed for several more months, and when it finishes it's bottle it will act VERY hungry. That is because it's brain tells it that it needs to suck longer, while it's stomach is actually full. The sucking instinct is...

Picking the babies up will cause them to squeal, and that likely will upset the sow. Pigs are not meant to be lap sitters.

Doubt that she got bred if she didn't stand for him. Often there will be a bloody show after a cow ovulates. This slime looks quite normal for a cow that's several months post partum. I would quit worrying.

I'd let Dude have access to his creep feed 24/7. Creep feeds are formulated with a limiter in them to control excess consumption, and he might just need to eat more times a day than twice, especially after he empties out his foster mom. Also, I've had experience with cows and foster calves for...

I'd give her 1/4 CC of Ivomec, SQ behind the neck. That will control most worms, mange and lice. I'd also give the other pigs a shot of Ivomec, because if one has any of the aforementioned parasites, they all do. This will also help to stop reinfestation. I'd also get a well-balanced pig...

Calf looks pretty good to me, but the heifer appears to be quite thin. Kind of hard to tell in the pics, but her brisket looks pretty shrunken, and her back end looks emaciated. Wish we had a pic of her from the front and rear. Are her ribs showing? Can't tell in the pics.