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And even in Texas bred heifers require more calories and more protein than mature cows. They are still developing muscle and frame as well as their calf. The mature cow is fully developed and while its calf requires the cow to increase it's intake, the cow's body is already matured and has lower...

Make your own lock-nuts. Take a regular nut and place it in a vise. Keep about half of the nut above the jaws. Tighten the vise to slightly distort the hole so it is oblong or oval rather than round. This doesn't really take that much pressure so don't over do it. Start the nut with the side...

The world is NOT a Monopoly board. The fact that Donald Trump or Sam Walton's kids or Oprah are getting richer has nothing to do with my ability to succeed. The socialist/progressive have been pushing the idea that the successful got that way by robbing the poor. That is like saying that...

Bred heifers need more calories than mature bred cows. Their bodies are still developing as well as their unborn calf. In northern climates they need calories in cold weather as much as they need protein. A supplement or lick that has oil or fats is ideal. Have you ever had calves from...

This post shows acceptable SC measurements by age. This is from Colorado State Univ. It also links the positive effect of SC to age at puberty. http://www.cattletoday.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=95703&p=1200823&hilit=puberty#p1200823

With Leases the devil is always in the details. Here is a good article in Beef Magazine about Leases: http://beefmagazine.com/blog/3-steps-ne ... -cow-lease In the article the author believes a 40/60 (40% to the owner, 60% to the Rancher) is a equitable split. The one part of your plan that...

Feeling Christmassy! (Is that really a word?) My wife is already cooking up a storm for Christmas Eve dinner tonight. Christmas songs are playing. My daughter, Husband and grandson (3 yrs old) will be here from western Nebraska latter today. My other two grandchildren (3 and 18 months) are...

Lincoln Logs, Erector Sets, and GI Joes. The old GI Joes, they were 11 or 12" tall, not the little ones they sell now. My Grandparents lived in Northern California and would send us almonds and black walnuts. I still remember fudge with black walnuts.

Lucky_P A very good point and another reason why ET is not in my foreseeable future. But then, I'm not in the Seedstock business. I just want to raise quality commercial beef and make money doing it. :)

Lack of experience and lack of a work ethic among the younger generation seems to be epidemic. Mostly I blame parents. Most of my youngest son's (he's 20 yrs old) peers have no idea how to work. They have never been asked to do more than take out the trash while they were growing up. They have...

AND... Your pants don't fall down because they are too big!

Although I don't think I would personally go the ET route, if I were to do it I would look for some Holstein cows that have been culled for low milk production. These are usually sold at slaughter prices and can usually be sold after they have served their purpose at or near the same price you...

You could keep the first bull and see if the SC improves in a couple of months since that is his only shortcoming. #2 should be a no brainer for culling. Poor feet and back are traits you don't want to emulate in your heard. If I were to keep #1 I would look to breed him to a cow/cows who...

What were the Birth Weight EPDs for the Sires? Just cause they are Angus doesn't mean they throw small calves (even though the Angus breeders would have you believe that). An article I read recently stated that first calf heifers should be bred to bulls with birth weight EPD in the top 25% for...

The 7mm Rem Magnum needs a good butt pad. Two of my son's both have a 7mm one is a Ruger the other is a Savage. The Savage came with a factory Pachmayer type butt pad. It has half the felt recoil of the Ruger. The rounds are the same as I reload them with 175gr Nosler Partitions. My son shot...