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Something that also works really well is send him a bill for the damages. Its amazing how "getting into your neighbor's pocket" seems to keep his bulls home!

Read were it was mentioned that the government buys bulls. Would someone explain how that works! Recently purchased a few head of brangus heifers to start our herd. Of the 9 that have calved, we have gotten 8 bulls!!! Thanks for any help.

Thanks, Scotty. I'll look into San Saba. Also, we had to pull one of the calves. He was up, nursing good, and was 15 days old when we had to leave the ranch for a couple of weeks. When we left, he was running around with the other calves and seemed to be in good shape. This weekend I found...

My Brangus heifers have starting calving, and thus far we have only had to "pull" one- both mother and son doing fine! So far the first 5 have all been bulls. They are "black gold" (registered sire and commercial dame). Should I clip them or not? We intent to sell them at auction. Thanks...

Thanks, Shorty. I should have mentioned that she has no temp. The place I bought has nice pipe coral with head holder so we eased her in there and checked her out.

After 35 years "away from the Farm" I recently purchased several "medium" bred heifers. They all did well for about a month but now one is breathing really hard- she "wheezes" and her sides heave. She is eating and drinking as good as ever and has no problem coming up to get the cubes. She...