Recent content by libertygarden

Is there an estimate of how many head have been lost to the fires?

Well, the cows look a lot bigger than they looked on Jan 11 when posted this thread, but still no calves.🤣🤣🤣 So when I got them in early August 2022, they were sacks of bones with calves on the side. If you recall, 2022 was when everyone was selling herds in Texas due to the drought: so no...

Are Aberdeen lowline bulls tall enough to breed regular Angus cows?

I almost bought 3 calves by mistake last year until I got the pictures and they looked a whole lot smaller than regular angus calves. Then I was enlightened by the seller.

So I went to the ranch today, as I do every Saturday. This week was in the 40s to 60 range, so I gave the tractor a try and it started as soon as I turned the key. I poured about 1/3 of the Techron bottle that @Caustic Burno recommended since the bottle is for treating a bunch of gallons and I...

@jltrent you may be right. The battery is about 2 years old. I only use the tractor on the weekend for about an hour. Once I didn't use it for two weekends and I had to jump start it. This last time, I tried charging the battery with my pickup for about 20 minutes and the needle on the...

This is how the story ended. I culled a 4 year old cow and her 6 month heifer (private sale the heifer, the cow went to the barn), and a 3-4 year old cow and her 3 month old heifer, also at the barn. I've visited both barns in Paris, TX and spoken to the owners. They are reputable people with...

Thanks for the suggestions.

I've had a diesel tractor since May 2022, and my first experience with anything diesel. Longs story short, last week we had single digit and teen temps every day here in NE TX. When I attempted to start the tractor on Saturday (19F) it would turn but not start. I jumped the battery for 20...

Always remove the net. It makes great kindle to start brush pile fires.

Yesterday, I was inside the barn preparing a few buckets of feed for the cows and heard a humming noise. I stepped out to see what it was and there were 4 heavy bred cows staring at me. It was like scene from children of the corn.

That looks like a panther/leopard to me and probably an escaped pet that somebody smuggled into the country from South America or Africa.

I got an almost new Pfiert auto head gate for $700. I also built a corral pens and alley using 12 coral panels and 2 gates. That was another $1300 delivered. So all in all, for $2000 I have a rudimentary handling facility. I feed cake inside the corral panels and make the cows exit through...