Recent content by JSteim

I have some 20 foot continuous fence panels to build a working pen. I have never built this kind of fence before. Since the fence is all metal I would think it expands and contracts a fair amount as temps change. How do you account for this expansion when putting in the corner posts? I assume...

This is the bull we got last year. He is a little over 2 years old.

We are in the process of putting up some fence around a field that was row cropped. The ground is too wet to disc right now. Whats left is corn stalks and weeds. Part of it is 9 acres of overgrown native plants that the ground is too uneven to row crop. We are throwing plenty of round bales...

Looked at her today for a while. She is clean on her back end - no caked on poop. She poops solid and has a great apetite. None of the other cows are chasing her off the feed. We have a call into our vet to take a look at her.

Partial shot of the cow in September 17.

Ear tag 54 is the 6 year old mother

Calf in October 2 -3 weeks before weaning

4 year old and calf July 2017 - she has lost a little weight from when this photo was taken. I cant find a newer pic at the moment.

not that i can see - after reading the responses i think we need to get a vet out to look at her

She is a lot thinner than that. Ribs and hip bones are really prominent.

We were late moving her to the lease that we wean at . She was nine months at weaning so she has been off her mama for 8 weeks or so.

We bought 3 cows from a dispersal sale in mid 2016. All are related. A 6 year old cow, her 4 year old daughter and a 4 month old heifer calf out of the 4 year old. The 6 year old and the calf arrived in good flesh and are in great shape now. The 4 year old came in really thin and has gotten...

Lots of good advice this thread. Sorry to say I have learned a bunch of the lessons offered here the hard way. When folks on the board say it is tough to make money at cattle it is not empty griping. There are so many expenses expected and otherwise involved in keeping cattle healthy, fat and...

I did a soil test before planting and fertilized to what was indicated. The planting was a month late this year as the farmer who did the work was behind getting cotton harvested elsewhere. I am hoping to get to a perennial forage so that I do not have to disc and re-plant every year.

I am in Central Texas. I have had oats planted on my pasture for the last two years. This year I would like to put the pasture into coastal. What is the timeline/procedure for getting a field ready to sprig later this spring? The soil is blackland. The pasture is in oats now but it did not come...