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Oh and you all know how easy that is to find...

I just love it but it wont pay the bills. It could I guess but with me being already certified it would be quite a risk leaving my decent paying job. Plus after being behind a desk all day it gets me outside where I love it. Its just too bad its at 10pm sometimes (im feeding now) I spend the...

Yeah I just went on my rant I guess. The animals are healthy. Some are just old and they get bad feet because its so Hilly and rocky. I do my best. But I know they are not mistreated. Sometimes that's the best I can do (other stuff suffers - fence etc)

Its a family thing. Definitely not in it to make money. I like it and have a knack for it but am short on time. Plus the land ( just good for pasture and hay really) needs to be used. Im hoping to retire and do it in 25 yrs but a lot can change by then. I know what needs to be done but I still...

Never kept any unfortunately. Neded operating cash more, don't have enough time to watch them enough, don't have a great area to hold them long enough till ready to breed(and keep bulls out), and we just simply lost more cows than expected over last few years. Im very leery of pulling calves. I...

no he's a backgrounder and he buys herds from local farmers that are selling out.

Thanks again

Good point. I agree. We have lost so many cows recently for various reasons - old whatever and haven't replaced well. If you don't have cows you don't have revenue. The revenue should service the debt in theory. (Unless they die) We just aren't running near to capacity and if you run any you...

for the following reasons: 1. to confirm that my rationale is correct and i'm not off my rocker - sometimes we can easily talk ourselves into something 2. because i don't hang around a lot of other beef cattle producers and this is my only place to bounce things off of - i'm a CPA so there's not...

i think i trust the guy i'm getting them from and i kind of misspoke, maybe half of them look thinner than they should (maybe a 3-4 are actually scraggly). I bought 8 last year from the same guy and they were thin, but i feed much better and they put weight back on well and have had some nice...

We have lost a lot of old cows recently to age, etc. I'm looking to buy cows in Indiana and want to have some feedback on prices. Looking to buy 17 bred 5-6 yr old cows. Asking price 950-1000 each. some (3+) have calves on the ground. they look scraggly but it's because the owner fed them...

that and keep dogs away. thanks.

well, i've definitely figured it out. i think 2 things: 1. they both have scabs on their foreheads where they've been fighting - and the SS bull is acting strange when i drive up to it also - like i'm challenging him also 2. i think all the cows are bred (having calves now so this should help)...

maybe 3 years. it's possible i guess but he's never acted that way before even when they were probably all bred and he has always been with another bull. i'd say he's gotten whipped (although doesn't seem reasonable due to the sizes). maybe why the aggression against the truck...i just don't...

Kind of what I was thinking at first but usually if they are 300+ lbs heavier they would have had to get hurt unless the other one is a stud fighter. Not sure why he wants to fight the truck unless his pride is hurt. He doesn't seem to even challenge the other bull.