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yeah he did. but most of his steers we bought, so we didnt have them as long as this one. maybe that was the difference?? he actually did really well, he begged not to go to grannys but stay down at the fair, it was hard of course we were the second steer to leave, he shed a few tears, hes new...

Fair week is coming to a close today. my son who is 8 has been handling it hard. he just lets goes and cries and cries. He knew the end was coming but its just hitting him now. i still havent figured out how to handle this situation. i think im gonna have him go down clean the area up and call...

our son steer did really well at the 4H round up this past weekend. he got reserve heavy weight steer and Reserve Grand Champion Steer. he wieghed 1288. We were impressed. there were three down there that we didnt think we could beat. the one steer that did beat us, was from our farm as well...

another tip: if you do not have a grooming shoot, please ask the owner if you can use it. Just because its empty dont assume you can just use it without asking. (can you tell we've had issues with this) we dont have a problem with people using our shoots if A> we are not using it or about too...

soooooooooooooooooooooo whats teh deal with long? Landtrac tractors? heard thru the grapevine that they are being bought out or going under. and if you need any parts good luck, cuz they cant be found..is that true WELLL, last nite the tractor broke,, really broke, (only tractor) and its...

we have a dark colored stock trailer, we found that the cattles will load better if the inside trailer lights are on or if the side man door is open. usually we have no problems loading them. they dont seem to like the dark. jmo

good job!!!!!

best of luck and keep up the good work i wish our cloverbuds could show animals,

not at this show it wasnt done, but normally at our round up and fair, the judge normal does do this. Maybe not with the beginners but the senior class and intermediate class they do. In the championship round, depending on how good the junior is he will make them switch animals as well . jmo...

http://highlandlivestocksupply.com/inde ... abdd44126a hope that link works Soft Stroke $12.50 Attaches to any Sullivan Show Stick to provide a massaging, scratching tool. The pliable plastic construction of the Soft Stroke makes even the most jumpy cattle more relaxed with its gentle feel.

it was just for the showmanship class, thats how he wanted it, it was his show to judge. sorry but i wont post his name, just dont think its necessary i just hate cutting the leads off! wonder can you buy shorter leads? never really looked back to talking about showsticks, does anyone use...

dang that bites, and i was feeling sorry :cry2: for losing part of my garden, its alot easlier and cheaper to replace a flat of veggies then a field of corn its been cold here to, got the wood stove burning yet, and tis almost june, grrrrrrrrrrrr, hay field is looking ok, but could use some...

it is a great thread. ive never heard a judge comment on the size of a show stick but i have seen judges get pretty upset with the size of the show halter lead. even this past weekend, the judge mentioned about the length of the lead. after about the third class, he quit mentioning it and was...

yes, he still has two shows to go, our county round up in aug and our fair in sept. we are aiming for 1325-1350 for those shows. hes not the best steer, we know that. (its not the best picture either) we had two steers for him to pick from he wanted the red one, so we let him have the red one...