Recent content by rw77

Well everyone yesterday I dumped 2 boxes of arm and hammer baking soda in his feeder. He ate quite a bit of that yesterday, went out this morning and he was waiting on me. I gave him 1 1/2lb commodity mix and 3lb cracked corn and he ate it right up , plus hes drinking more water again. I guess...

I started out with commodity mix and started Out at 2 times a day. Thought Ive read where they say try around 2% body weight on 15% feed and up the corn. I’ve always mixed 2 teaspoons baking soda with the feed. Could it still be acidosis and what would be the best way to get him healed and back...

Ok peeps. I know its on here somewhere but Im tired of searching . heres my story I pinned my angus steer up the first week of november and started him out on 1 1/2lb 15% commodity mix and 1 1/2lb cracked corn 2x a day and slowly increased the cracked corn 1/2lb week. Ive put 2 teaspoons...

I've also been wanting to try the grass fed beef . maybe in the future , do you just let it run the whole pasture or pin it up in small area and feed it free choice first cutting and thats it ?

I called local feed supply and priced bean meal crimped corn minerals and molasses and the price is the same per ton as the bagged 12% feed mix from tractor supply . they both the same driving distance, both 12% mix , so why bother buying a ton at a time ? , plus the bean meal would be powdery...

ok peeps . lets make this simple , I know different breeds of cattle and rate of gains have a lot to do with feeding rations. I have no scales to keep weighing my Angus steer to try to determine what percentage of body weight for the amount of feed mix to feed him , so I've got a steer thats...

Once a week I put 2 oz to a 50gal , and another spring fed 300 gal tank I put 12oz once a week. Tanks are clean. I’ve read a post on this forum years ago when I was cleaning and scrubbing mine every other week. It said 2oz to 50 gal or 4oz to a hundred. And make sure you use regular Clorox, if...

just wandering if winter feeding cattle on the pasture fields by constantly moving the bale feeders around in the pasture is good or bad , or just feed in one area and scatter with manure spreader ? I'm sure this has been talked about on hear but I've looked . id appreciate opinions on the...

ok friends , after reading all comments I've decided to stretch it to closer to the 18 months . I haven't made the butcher appt. yet so shouldn't be a problem . I forgot to mention I'm in Ohio and raising black Angus so the calves are on the mother and hay right now and were born the first part...

I'm planning on butchering at 12 to 14 months . I would like your opinions on how to feed

That’s supposed to say you won’t see me knock this one in the head .

http://cattletoday.com/forum/gallery/image/235/mini You won’t see me knock this one I’m the head , that’s one nice looking calf

In my case both parents were all black , I’ve only had all black angus for years , this is a first for me , I have learned a lot about the genetics and how they work , very interesting, thanks everyone

hey everyone , I've been raising black Angus cattle for years and a couple months ago I went to the barn and a cow was giving birth , everything went well so I left and came back in a couple hours and this calf was a totally red heifer , I thought this was rare and googled red heifer and it...

hey everyone , I raised black Angus cattle for several years now , but this year one evening I went to the barn and a cow was in the barn giving birth , everything went well so a couple hours later I came back to check on them and the calf was totally red , a red heifer calf . I thought this...