Recent content by shloh1981

We just bought our first registered bull, a 5 year old Red Angus bull sired by Glacier Chateau 744. Just wondering if anybody out there has experience with bulls by the same sire. Thanks.

Just wondering if anybody has experience with this cross. We have a small herd of red and black angus cows that we keep to raise beef for ourselves and family and friends. With an increase in pasture available I am hoping to increase our numbers to be able to sell quarters and halves of beef...

The parmak charger is supposedly good for 25 miles of fencing..

I use a 6 volt parmak solar charger with just two strands of 17 gauge galvanized wire on several pastures that I lease from a neighbor. In two years I have never had an animal break lose and that includes my bull and several older cows who had never encountered electric fencing before. Here is...

Wondering a few things about lice. Before we got our latest bull (black angus bull from my best friend's dad's herd we bought three years ago as a yearling) I never noticed any infestations of lice in our small herd (4-5 momma cows). Last year in the early spring the bull started showing signs...

Anyone fed wet brewer's grains? I have a friend that has a microbrewery and she is always trying to give me her spent grains for my cattle. I typically feed only grass hay and alfalfa and add a little grain for 90 days or so before butchering. Would probably only feed it with hay to the young...

If you have one a handyman jack also works by wrapping one end of a chain around the bottom of the post and the other around the lifting part of the jack. If the ground is soft you might need a small piece of plywood to put under the jack to keep it from sinking into the ground. This project...

Lucky_P's story reminded me of a story my dad just forwarded me in an email. Hopefully the ladies on this board will forgive me one day... My wife and I went to the state fair and one of the first exhibits we stopped at was the breeding bulls. We went up to the first pen and there was a sign...

Just noticed one of my young cows eating and licking at a pile of dirt. I just moved the cows and the bull to a new pasture after feeding them hay all winter. They always have access to a trace mineral block with selenium. Just wondering if anybody has any thoughts about this or if it is...

A good explanation of how it works.. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4688653.html

Beckett, http://www.ohiovalleyshowsupply.com/cow_calf.html Check it out! I just bought one online for under 10 bucks after reading this thread. Just be careful, I accidently pushed the back button and ended up buying two! shloh1981

greatgerts, In my experience, its best to go the informal route, talk to people you know who have land, or find out who owns "that place" you see on your way to town that has a lot of pasture but no cows and just talk to them, hopefully you are proud of your own place and would be willing to...

We've had a lot of success with butchering young bulls, we raise bulls mostly on grass for kosher beef (steers are not considered kosher) and they always taste great, steaks and all. The meat might seem lean but should be full of flavor and tenderness shouldn't be an issue, especially with a...

What about the ends of the bales? S

I am pretty new on here, only posted a few times. I have a question about a bull. We have a three year old black angus bull and thus far his calves have been great. I read in one of the articles on CT that a skinny young bull can have reduced fertility. We purchased him from a friend when he...