Recent content by smokey road cattle

we retain 10-20 replacement heifers every year , closed herd for 20years , breed first calf heifers to LBW bull ,go into main herd after that and are exposed to their sires next year ,no problems. learned from mistake of letting sires cover them one year and pulled calves on half of them, just...

now is not the time to buy or keep replacement cows or heifers you should have done it in 2021 and 2022 when they were cheap , then you could cull hard now on high butcher cow prices and have more yearlings to sell at record prices, I kept double replacements both years, happy all the way to the...

yes, buying and selling cattle, livestock and farm equipment

we graze on grass and hay free choice until 16 to 18 months then lot up and feed ground cobb corn ,soybean meal,ddg at 12% protien, 25 lbs a day first 30 days ,40 lbs next 30 and free choice the last 40 days ,clean water, mineral and hay free choice all the time. works for my customers

by rule over three should all be boneless [ mad cow from the marrow], we do 20 t0 24 months as we like bone in, we have done over three with roast, brisket ,loins and stew meat boneless and grind everything else. The older the cow the coarser and grainier the loins become.

that 7710 is a lot more tractor than the kubota, hp and weight wise and a lot more work done at the end of the day,if i was close to kentucky i would be interested

thank you ,that was the case I was referring to,didn,t know it was temporary ,we fed litter and snap corn 50/50 ratio as our winter feed to our brood cows for years until tyson shut down operations in north fla. in 2003, grew corn for a local feed lot that fed corn silage and barn litter 50/50...

is it not illegal to feed litter to slaughter cattle due to the animal bi-product being a cause of mad cow disease according to someones study?

what% moisture are you wrapping those at?

just trying to put up higher quality feed

patched two poly tanks with flex seal waterproof tape two years ago no leaks

I know this is a cattle site but it sure is enjoyable to pick a tune on my goldstar g12 while watching the cows graze and I think they like it too

thanks , do you pick a five or just an icon image?

since i cut some acreage away from home and are a one man operation the individual wrapper may be more compliant time wise and hauling

we have twins that do that all the time,mom want let both suck sometimes so we catch that one everyday and bottle feed,after several days it will come to the bottle on its own until it starts getting enough from stealing or mom finally accepts it. at that time its through with that bottle