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Our working facilities are similar too, as in a crowding tub into a short straight alley just before the squeeze chute. Our squeeze chute is longer because it has a palp cage too. This set up has worked extremely well for us and can also be used by just one person if necessary. Occassionally...

Ditto. I'm sure everyone has found that some work better than others. Even in our own herd, some bulls mate better than others on the same cow. I suppose that is one good reason for utilizing different bulls to try and make the calf the best possible result, which will differ in each case...

That is odd, because the 8180s I have seen out west at Sitz really milked well. Also, I have semen on him and may still use him, but looking at using his very popular son, 004. For the numbers, we thought they would milk heavier. We saw inconsistancy in milking out of our 8180 son's daughters...

It is going to depend upon how you are most comfortable doing A.I. - one arm is used for the gun and the other rectal palpation. My husband does all of our A.I. work and even though in great shape, can get tired. To him what makes it most challenging is the strength needed for your "rectal"...

Our top vote would have to go to Fame - poor performance, nutty dispositions, and females that didn't milk well. We also did not get along well with Roth's Millcreek Unique or 8180. Unique didn't have the growth and 8180's didn't milk like we thought they should either (but they looked good...

Too funny! :lol: Perhaps another good reason not to have camoflauge patterned furniture...maybe that is why floral patterns can be popular. :D

Ok, there are several important ones! I'm one for weights. The reason being is that in order to get the weight, a live calf was delivered (hitting on calving and fertility). Typically if our cows don't wean a calf, they don't stay and right now we all still sell (not sale :D ) them by the...

Do you have any idea what kind of critter you're after? (Make sure it's not the Easter bunny :D - don't want disappointed kids.) Do you have any type of live (box style) traps you can set? Do you think you are getting enough eggs, or do you think it is stealing those too before you can...

Ditto. I'm sure we're not the only ones who have had our own clean up herd sires best several of the big name A.I. sires (from "regular" cows). It is sad if it has become more about money and hype. :( Although we do not have any direct 036 progeny, I think he still has had quite the...

Ditto, for my answer. The NRCS is a good source on burning and the MO Dept of Conservation (went to their burning seminar) too. I'm sure they can help you with guidelines; but, as you well know you can't exactly do it by dates. Depending upon the weather, we have burned in both March and...

Depending upon the tree size, most likely you will have re-growth come next spring. We have used brush hogging, burning, and spraying for CRP management. Unfortunately, the bigger sprouts can require a second treatment - we burned one spring and had some (not all) sprouts (mainly larger elm...

Seems like we can pretty much agree on that what will make a great (influential) bull is what made the Angus breed so popular - the females. We'd have to say that some of our best females descend from 6807, 598 & EXT while others also include Pine Drive Big Sky, TC Dividend 963, 036 and Max. I...

We sell custom fed beef by the sides to people in the St. Louis area. OK, so you can already imagine all the unusual questions we get asked and the funny responses of what do I do with the heart, liver, tongue, and tail? I was helping a person fill out their cutting order and when we were done...

I'm glad to see someone finally have enough "stones" to do what a lot of us have been thinking all along. The most recent addition here had a pretty price tag and includes the words "justice center" in its name - ironic! When I read this, I asked myself "Why is there a federal law requiring...